Acm Sigcomm
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A skill your agent uses when targeting ACM SIGCOMM (SIGCOMM) or deciding whether a computer-science manuscript fits this venue.
Agent skill
Sigcomm Topic Selection
by brycewang-stanford in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills
A skill your agent uses when deciding whether a project is a strong ACM SIGCOMM fit, choosing the research versus experience track, identifying the networking-stack mechanism at the core of the…
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Install Sigcomm Topic Selection
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill sigcomm-topic-selection -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills sigcomm-topic-selection --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/SIGCOMM-Skills/skills/sigcomm-topic-selection .claude/skills/sigcomm-topic-selection && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.
Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/
Install the "sigcomm-topic-selection" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/SIGCOMM-Skills/skills/sigcomm-topic-selection into .claude/skills/sigcomm-topic-selection/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "sigcomm-topic-selection", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/SIGCOMM-Skills/skills/sigcomm-topic-selectionType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill sigcomm-topic-selection -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills sigcomm-topic-selection --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/SIGCOMM-Skills/skills/sigcomm-topic-selection .agents/skills/sigcomm-topic-selection && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "sigcomm-topic-selection" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/SIGCOMM-Skills/skills/sigcomm-topic-selection into .agents/skills/sigcomm-topic-selection/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "sigcomm-topic-selection", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill sigcomm-topic-selection -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills sigcomm-topic-selection --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/SIGCOMM-Skills/skills/sigcomm-topic-selection .cursor/skills/sigcomm-topic-selection && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "sigcomm-topic-selection" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/SIGCOMM-Skills/skills/sigcomm-topic-selection into .cursor/skills/sigcomm-topic-selection/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "sigcomm-topic-selection", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.git --path SIGCOMM-Skills/skills/sigcomm-topic-selection--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill sigcomm-topic-selection -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills sigcomm-topic-selection --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/SIGCOMM-Skills/skills/sigcomm-topic-selection .gemini/skills/sigcomm-topic-selection && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "sigcomm-topic-selection" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/SIGCOMM-Skills/skills/sigcomm-topic-selection into .gemini/skills/sigcomm-topic-selection/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "sigcomm-topic-selection", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills sigcomm-topic-selectionInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill sigcomm-topic-selection -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/SIGCOMM-Skills/skills/sigcomm-topic-selection .github/skills/sigcomm-topic-selection && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "sigcomm-topic-selection" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/SIGCOMM-Skills/skills/sigcomm-topic-selection into .github/skills/sigcomm-topic-selection/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "sigcomm-topic-selection", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill sigcomm-topic-selection -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills sigcomm-topic-selection --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/SIGCOMM-Skills/skills/sigcomm-topic-selection .opencode/skills/sigcomm-topic-selection && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "sigcomm-topic-selection" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/SIGCOMM-Skills/skills/sigcomm-topic-selection into .opencode/skills/sigcomm-topic-selection/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "sigcomm-topic-selection", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
sigcomm-topic-selection- GitHub stars
- 1.2k
- Token cost
- ~1.2k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 537 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 2,387
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
A skill your agent uses when deciding whether a project is a strong ACM SIGCOMM fit, choosing the research versus experience track, identifying the networking-stack mechanism at the core of the…
- Deciding whether a project is a strong ACM SIGCOMM fit
- SKILL.md covers Fit test, Where else the work might belong, The routing that trips people up and Vignette: where a…, plus 2 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
- Choosing the research versus experience track
What it does
Sigcomm Topic Selection is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when deciding whether a project is a strong ACM SIGCOMM fit, choosing the research versus experience track, identifying the networking-stack mechanism at the core of the contribution, and routing misfits to NSDI, MobiCom, CoNEXT, IMC, SIGMETRICS, or a systems venue before writing begins.
Its SKILL.md is about 1.2k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.
The repository describes itself as: Journal-specific Claude Code/Codex skill packs covering mainstream journals — AER, QJE, Nature, Cell, 管理世界, 经济研究 & 200+ more — your fast track to getting published. ｜ 覆盖主流期刊的… The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
- Deciding whether a project is a strong ACM SIGCOMM fit
- Choosing the research versus experience track
- Identifying the networking-stack mechanism at the core of the contribution
- Routing misfits to NSDI
Example prompts
- “/sigcomm-topic-selection”
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 932eb23. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Context cost
Sigcomm Topic Selection loads about 1.2k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 79 tokens; SKILL.md has 537 words of instructions outside code blocks.
Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.
Safety
Auto-check passed
The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.
Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.
SKILL.md
The full file from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills at commit 932eb23, republished under its MIT licence (© brycewang-stanford). 537 words, ~1,164 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/sigcomm-topic-selection/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).- name
- sigcomm-topic-selection
- description
- Use when deciding whether a project is a strong ACM SIGCOMM fit, choosing the research versus experience track, identifying the networking-stack mechanism at the core of the contribution, and routing misfits to NSDI, MobiCom, CoNEXT, IMC, SIGMETRICS, or a systems venue before writing begins.
SIGCOMM Topic Selection
Use this before writing, and before committing the single yearly deadline. SIGCOMM is the broad networking flagship: it rewards a contribution to the design, measurement, or analysis of networks and communication systems that is stated as a mechanism or architecture and proven under realistic conditions. Reopen the current CFP's topic list before final routing — emphasis drifts between editions.
Fit test
- Prefer SIGCOMM when the contribution is a networking-stack idea — a protocol, transport or congestion mechanism, routing or forwarding architecture, data-center or wide-area fabric, programmable-data-plane technique, network measurement result, or systems-for-networking design — with evaluation on a testbed, trace, or deployment.
- The bar is a principle that travels, not a tuned deployment. A single-site tuning win with no generalizable mechanism reads as under-contribution here even if the numbers are good.
- Both tracks live under this bar: research wants design novelty and depth; experience wants lessons only real operation at scale can teach.
Where else the work might belong
| Signal in the project | Better-fit venue | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Networked-systems build with heavy implementation, USENIX-style | NSDI | Design-and-implementation focus; two deadlines a year |
| Mobile, wireless, or physical-layer / RF mechanism | MobiCom (or SIGMOBILE venues) | Over-the-air and device evidence is that community's core |
| Solid networking result, but incremental for the flagship | CoNEXT | SIGCOMM's sister venue for strong but narrower contributions |
| Pure Internet/traffic measurement with no new mechanism | IMC | Measurement-methodology venue; SIGCOMM wants measurement to motivate a mechanism |
| Performance modeling / analysis as the contribution | SIGMETRICS | Analytical and evaluation-method emphasis |
| OS/storage/distributed-systems core, networking secondary | OSDI / SOSP | Systems-first framing |
The routing that trips people up
SIGCOMM and NSDI overlap heavily, and authors agonize over the split. A workable heuristic: if the paper's spine is a networking abstraction, protocol, or measurement-driven design argument, it leans SIGCOMM; if the spine is a built-and-deployed system whose value is in the engineering and implementation, it leans NSDI. Neither is a rule — strong papers cross the line both ways — but the single SIGCOMM deadline means a misroute costs a year, so decide deliberately. IMC is the other frequent confusion: a measurement paper needs a mechanism or a design implication to be SIGCOMM rather than IMC.
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Vignette: where a congestion-control result goes
A project proposes a new congestion signal and shows it cuts tail flow-completion time on a data-center testbed. SIGCOMM reading: strong fit — a transport mechanism with tail evidence under realistic traffic is the house genre (compare DCTCP and pFabric in the exemplars). Strip the mechanism and keep only a measurement of how badly today's schemes behave, and it drifts toward IMC; rebuild it as a fully implemented, deployed RPC stack whose contribution is the system, and NSDI becomes competitive. Same core, three homes.
Sharpening moves before committing
- Name the mechanism in one sentence: the protocol change, the architectural shift, or the measured invariant. If no mechanism exists, the SIGCOMM framing does not exist either.
- Decide the track honestly and early; the experience track is a strength for real deployments, not a demotion.
- Confirm the evaluation can reach testbed, trace, or deployment evidence, not simulation only; simulation-only fabric claims are a quiet fit failure at this venue.
- Weigh the one-deadline cost: if the result is a year from convincing, plan the year rather than gambling the single February slot.
Output format
[Fit] strong SIGCOMM / possible SIGCOMM / better elsewhere
[Track] research / experience / n-a
[Best venue] SIGCOMM / NSDI / MobiCom / CoNEXT / IMC / SIGMETRICS / other
[Mechanism sentence] <one sentence naming the networking contribution>
[Top rejection risk] <novelty / evidence realism / measurement-only / scope>
[Next action] <mechanism, evaluation, framing, or venue switch>© brycewang-stanford, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file
Files
Just SKILL.md in SIGCOMM-Skills/skills/sigcomm-topic-selection of brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 932eb23
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Sigcomm Topic Selection next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sigcomm Topic Selection this skillbrycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills | 1.2k | — | ~1.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Acm Sigcommfranklee16/academic-research-skills | 223 | 1 repos | ~1.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| TopicsZimoLiao/scholaraio | 577 | — | ~294 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Topic Modelingbrycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills | 4.5k | — | ~3.7k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Acm Workshop On Hot Topics In Networksfranklee16/academic-research-skills | 223 | 1 repos | ~1.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| Bestblogs Topicginobefun/BestBlogs | 4k | — | ~670 | Automated safety check: Pass | None |
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Questions about Sigcomm Topic Selection
What does Sigcomm Topic Selection do?
A skill your agent uses when deciding whether a project is a strong ACM SIGCOMM fit, choosing the research versus experience track, identifying the networking-stack mechanism at the core of the…. Sigcomm Topic Selection is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when deciding whether a project is a strong ACM SIGCOMM fit, choosing the research versus experience track, identifying the networking-stack mechanism at the core of the contribution, and routing misfits to NSDI, MobiCom, CoNEXT, IMC, SIGMETRICS, or a systems venue before writing begins.
When should I use Sigcomm Topic Selection?
Sigcomm Topic Selection fits situations like: deciding whether a project is a strong ACM SIGCOMM fit; choosing the research versus experience track; identifying the networking-stack mechanism at the core of the contribution; routing misfits to NSDI.
How do I install Sigcomm Topic Selection in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill sigcomm-topic-selection -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (SIGCOMM-Skills/skills/sigcomm-topic-selection in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .claude/skills/sigcomm-topic-selection in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Sigcomm Topic Selection in Codex?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill sigcomm-topic-selection -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (SIGCOMM-Skills/skills/sigcomm-topic-selection in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .agents/skills/sigcomm-topic-selection in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Sigcomm Topic Selection in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill sigcomm-topic-selection -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/sigcomm-topic-selection, .gemini/skills/sigcomm-topic-selection, .github/skills/sigcomm-topic-selection and .opencode/skills/sigcomm-topic-selection in your project.
What does Sigcomm Topic Selection need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Sigcomm Topic Selection is instructions for the agent only.
Does Sigcomm Topic Selection access the network?
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Sigcomm Topic Selection safe to install?
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.
What licence does Sigcomm Topic Selection use?
Sigcomm Topic Selection is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
How many tokens does Sigcomm Topic Selection use?
About 1.2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.7k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.
What are the alternatives to Sigcomm Topic Selection?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Sigcomm Topic Selection: Acm Sigcomm (franklee16/academic-research-skills, 223 stars), Topics (ZimoLiao/scholaraio, 577 stars), Topic Modeling (brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills, 4.5k stars) and Acm Workshop On Hot Topics In Networks (franklee16/academic-research-skills, 223 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Sigcomm Topic Selection?
brycewang-stanford (a GitHub user) maintains it in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills, which has 1,228 GitHub stars. The repository holds 2,387 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 27, 2026.
Source: brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.