A skill your agent uses when planning a SIGIR project calendar — backward-planning from the January-pattern abstract/paper deadlines to the July conference, sequencing evidence freeze, significance…

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Install Sigir Workflow

skills CLI
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill sigir-workflow -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills sigir-workflow --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/SIGIR-Skills/skills/sigir-workflow .claude/skills/sigir-workflow && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.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/

Facts

Skill name
sigir-workflow
GitHub stars
1.2k
Token cost
~1.6k tokens
SKILL.md length
679 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
2,387
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when planning a SIGIR project calendar — backward-planning from the January-pattern abstract/paper deadlines to the July conference, sequencing evidence freeze, significance…

  • Planning a SIGIR project calendar — backward-planning from the January-pattern abstract/paper deadlines to the July conference
  • SKILL.md covers The annual shape, Backward plan from the paper…, Multi-track coordination and The fallback calendar, plus 3 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Sequencing evidence freeze

What it does

Sigir Workflow is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when planning a SIGIR project calendar — backward-planning from the January-pattern abstract/paper deadlines to the July conference, sequencing evidence freeze, significance testing, and anonymization, coordinating multi-track decisions, and wiring the SIGIR/ECIR/CIKM/WSDM/SIGIR-AP fallback calendar into one pipeline.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.6k 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

  • Planning a SIGIR project calendar — backward-planning from the January-pattern abstract/paper deadlines to the July conference
  • Sequencing evidence freeze
  • Significance testing
  • Coordinating multi-track decisions

Example prompts

  • “/sigir-workflow”

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

Sigir Workflow loads about 1.6k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 85 tokens; SKILL.md has 679 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~85
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.6k

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

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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). 679 words, ~1,552 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/sigir-workflow/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
sigir-workflow
description
Use when planning a SIGIR project calendar — backward-planning from the January-pattern abstract/paper deadlines to the July conference, sequencing evidence freeze, significance testing, and anonymization, coordinating multi-track decisions, and wiring the SIGIR/ECIR/CIKM/WSDM/SIGIR-AP fallback calendar into one pipeline.

SIGIR Workflow

SIGIR is an annual single-cycle venue with a distinctive rhythm: recent editions put the full-paper deadline in mid-January (2025: abstract Jan 16, paper Jan 23; 2026 trackers reported Jan 15/22 — exact dates 待核实 on the current Key Dates page), notification in early spring, camera-ready in late April (Apr 29, 2026 verified for Resources/LRE), and the conference in July (2026: July 20-24, Melbourne). Secondary tracks stagger a few weeks behind the full-paper dates. Plan backward from the dates you verify, and treat every date in this file as a pattern anchor, not a promise.

SIGIR is a conference run by ACM SIGIR (the special interest group): there is no standing editor-in-chief — program leadership rotates per edition — and no journal-style APC; costs arrive as registration and travel, with ACM Open status determining any publication-fee exposure per institution (待核实).

The annual shape

Phase (pattern)Months (recent cycles)Owner's job
Track decision + scopingAug-OctPick full/short/resource/repro target; freeze claim
Evidence buildOct-DecCollections, baselines, runs, ablations
Writing + auditsDec-JanStyle, related-work, submission audits
Abstract → paper deadlinesmid-JanMetadata frozen a week early; PDF last
Review windowFeb-MarResponse prep if a channel opens; next-venue scouting
Notification → camera-readyMar-AprTAPS pipeline, artifacts public
ConferenceJulPresentation, community work

Backward plan from the paper deadline

Weeks outMilestone for a ranking/retrieval paper
10+Claim frozen; collection lineup chosen against the claim's scope
8Baselines reproduced at current strength, tuning protocol logged
6Main results stable across seeds; ablation matrix running
4Full draft in sigconf; significance script wired to run files
3Internal mock review by an evaluation-minded reader
2Repository mirror anonymized; PAPER_MAP written
1Submission audit (sigir-submission); PC nominee confirmed; buffer
0Abstract by its deadline, PDF by its deadline, both AoE

The two-stage deadline is a real gate: the abstract registers title, authors, and track, and late abstracts close the door regardless of PDF readiness. Freeze the author list before the abstract — ACM authorship policy makes later changes painful.

Multi-track coordination

Groups often have several irons: a full paper, a short paper from a side finding, a resource from the data work. SIGIR's cross-track double-submission ban makes this a planning problem, not just an ethics one:

  • Assign each contribution to exactly one track before the abstract deadline.
  • Stagger risk: if the full paper is rejected, which parts return as a short paper or resource paper next cycle? Write the modular repo accordingly.
  • The Resources track's own calendar (2026: abstract Feb 5, notify Apr 2, camera Apr 29) runs weeks behind full papers — a rejected-dataset-chapter salvage plan is sometimes executable in the same year. Verify each cycle.
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The fallback calendar

IR has a dense venue ring, so a SIGIR reject waits weeks, not a year:

text
Typical resubmission ring (verify each venue's current dates):
SIGIR (Jan deadline, Jul conf)
  -> CIKM     (~May/Jun deadline, Nov conf)   broader IR+KM+DB scope
  -> SIGIR-AP (~Jul deadline, Dec conf)       regional; has advertised an R&R route
  -> WSDM     (~Aug deadline, Feb/Mar conf)   web search + data mining angle
  -> ECIR     (~Sep/Oct deadline, Mar/Apr conf) European IR, full+repro tracks
  -> back to SIGIR (Jan)
Journal exits: TOIS / TOIS-adjacent for work that outgrew 9 pages.

Each hop costs a re-framing pass, not just a re-upload: CIKM wants the knowledge/ data-management angle sharpened, WSDM the web/user-data angle, ECIR welcomes reproducibility framing. Budget one week per hop for venue-fit revision.

Ownership map

Deadline collapses at SIGIR are usually ownership failures, not effort failures. Assign by name, once, in the scoping phase:

DeliverableSingle owner's duty
Run files + significance scriptOne person regenerates every table end-to-end
Baseline tuning logProves symmetry claims during review
Anonymization sweepNames, logs, leaderboards, metadata, repo history
OpenReview metadata + PC nomineeAbstract-deadline gate; nominee agreed in advance
Camera-ready/TAPSStarts the week of notification, not the week of the deadline

Shared ownership of the anonymization sweep is the classic failure: everyone assumes someone else checked the PDF metadata.

Failure modes by phase

  • Claim still moving at week 6 → the collection lineup no longer matches the claim; scope-narrow now rather than during reviews.
  • Baselines start in week 4 → tuning symmetry becomes unprovable; this is the most-cited fatal review at this venue.
  • Anonymization at week 0 → leaderboard rows, repo history, and system names leak under deadline pressure (see sigir-submission).
  • Response window opens and nobody owns run files → coordinate-based replies become impossible; archive the exact submitted PDF + runs at upload time.
  • Camera-ready collides with teaching/travel in April → TAPS proofs get rubber-stamped; schedule the proof check like a review, not a formality.

Output format

text
[Current phase] scoping / evidence / writing / submitted / responding / camera-ready
[Verified dates] <each from the live Key Dates page, with URL + check date>
[Backward plan] next three milestones with owners
[Track map] contribution -> track, cross-track conflicts: none / <list>
[Fallback route] <next two venues with verified deadlines>
[Risk register] <top risk from the failure-mode list>

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Files

Just SKILL.md in SIGIR-Skills/skills/sigir-workflow of brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 932eb23

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Questions about Sigir Workflow

What does Sigir Workflow do?

A skill your agent uses when planning a SIGIR project calendar — backward-planning from the January-pattern abstract/paper deadlines to the July conference, sequencing evidence freeze, significance…. Sigir Workflow is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when planning a SIGIR project calendar — backward-planning from the January-pattern abstract/paper deadlines to the July conference, sequencing evidence freeze, significance testing, and anonymization, coordinating multi-track decisions, and wiring the SIGIR/ECIR/CIKM/WSDM/SIGIR-AP fallback calendar into one pipeline.

When should I use Sigir Workflow?

Sigir Workflow fits situations like: planning a SIGIR project calendar — backward-planning from the January-pattern abstract/paper deadlines to the July conference; sequencing evidence freeze; significance testing; coordinating multi-track decisions.

How do I install Sigir Workflow in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill sigir-workflow -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (SIGIR-Skills/skills/sigir-workflow in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .claude/skills/sigir-workflow in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Sigir Workflow in Codex?

Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill sigir-workflow -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (SIGIR-Skills/skills/sigir-workflow in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .agents/skills/sigir-workflow in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Sigir Workflow 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 sigir-workflow -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/sigir-workflow, .gemini/skills/sigir-workflow, .github/skills/sigir-workflow and .opencode/skills/sigir-workflow in your project.

What does Sigir Workflow need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Sigir Workflow is instructions for the agent only.

Does Sigir Workflow 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 Sigir Workflow 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 Sigir Workflow use?

Sigir Workflow 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 Sigir Workflow use?

About 1.6k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 6.2k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

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Who maintains Sigir Workflow?

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.

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