A skill your agent uses when planning a SODA (ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms) campaign end to end — backward-planning to the July AoE deadline, SODA's seat in the theory calendar between…

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Install Soda Workflow

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

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills soda-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/SODA-Skills/skills/soda-workflow .claude/skills/soda-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
soda-workflow
GitHub stars
1.2k
Token cost
~1.7k tokens
SKILL.md length
784 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 SODA (ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms) campaign end to end — backward-planning to the July AoE deadline, SODA's seat in the theory calendar between…

  • Planning a SODA (ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms) campaign end to end — backward-planning to the July AoE deadline
  • SKILL.md covers SODA's seat in the theory year, Backward plan to July 9, If the deadline is this week and The quiet phases and their jobs, plus 3 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • SODAs seat in the theory calendar between STOC and FOCS deadlines

What it does

Soda Workflow is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when planning a SODA (ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms) campaign end to end — backward-planning to the July AoE deadline, SODA's seat in the theory calendar between STOC and FOCS deadlines, the September rebuttal and October decision, satellite deadlines (ALENEX, SOSA), and the January conference.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.7k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Research & Science. 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 SODA (ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms) campaign end to end — backward-planning to the July AoE deadline
  • SODAs seat in the theory calendar between STOC and FOCS deadlines
  • The September rebuttal and October decision
  • Satellite deadlines (ALENEX

Example prompts

  • “/soda-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

Soda Workflow loads about 1.7k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 81 tokens; SKILL.md has 784 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~81
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.7k

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). 784 words, ~1,659 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/soda-workflow/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
soda-workflow
description
Use when planning a SODA (ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms) campaign end to end — backward-planning to the July AoE deadline, SODA's seat in the theory calendar between STOC and FOCS deadlines, the September rebuttal and October decision, satellite deadlines (ALENEX, SOSA), and the January conference.

SODA Workflow

The 2027 anchor calendar, checked 2026-07-08 (SIAM SODA27/ALENEX27/SOSA27 pages via search renderings; siam.org blocked direct fetches): papers due July 9, 2026 (AoE) on soda27.hotcrp.com; reviews to authors by September 1; responses due September 4; decisions October 2026; conference January 24-27, 2027, Philadelphia, co-located with ALENEX (papers due July 20, 2026) and SOSA (papers due August 6, 2026). SODA appoints a new PC every cycle under joint SIAM/ACM SIGACT sponsorship — every date here is a 2027-cycle snapshot, void for any other year until re-checked.

SODA's seat in the theory year

Theory groups plan around three rotating deadlines, and SODA's is the summer one:

BeatDeadline seasonConference season2026-27 anchors
SODAearly-mid JulyJanuaryJuly 9, 2026 → January 24-27, 2027
STOCearly NovemberJunepattern; 2027 dates 待核实
FOCSearly AprilOctober-Novemberpattern; 2027 dates 待核实

Sitting in SODA's seat, the planning consequences are:

  • A result finished in spring has a natural July home at SODA; pushing to the November STOC deadline buys four months you may not need and delays the talk by five.
  • A SODA rejection lands in October — about a month before STOC's deadline. That is enough time for presentation surgery and review-driven repairs, not for new mathematics. Decide within a week of the decision.
  • A result that misses July 9 waits four months (STOC), nine months (FOCS), or twelve (next SODA). Theory culture never punishes a year's delay; it always punishes a broken lemma. When in doubt, wait.
  • January is also ITCS season: a conceptual paper rejected from SODA often fits ITCS's early-September deadline pattern (2027 dates: 待核实).

Backward plan to July 9

CheckpointState of the project
T-12 weeks (mid-April)Result proved to the group's satisfaction; claims ledger opened (soda-reproducibility)
T-8 weeks (mid-May)Full proofs written as prose — writing is the verification
T-6 weeks (late May)Blind proof-check pass: each proof verified by a non-author of that proof
T-4 weeks (June)Front matter built: title-page abstract, overview, prior-bound table (soda-writing-style); final arXiv sweep for concurrent work
T-2 weeksFormat and anonymity audit (soda-submission); HotCRP record created; conflicts entered
T-1 weekFull-document read by the least-involved coauthor; freeze
July 9, AoEUpload confirmed by re-downloading the stored PDF

The classic failure is proving through June: theorem-finishing scheduled inside the writing window converts both into deadline-night work.

If the deadline is this week

This pack's anchor deadline (July 9, 2026) sits in early July — so a reader in the first week of July 2026 is not planning, but triaging. Honest triage:

State of the paper todayVerdict
Proofs complete, front matter roughSubmit: polish the abstract and overview first, in that order — they carry triage review
One proof "almost works"Do not submit the claim. Either weaken the theorem to what is proved, or hold the paper for STOC
Complete but nobody re-checked the proofsSubmit only with a same-week blind check of the main theorem; a withdrawn SODA paper costs less than a refuted one
Result strong, writing chaoticSubmit if the first ten pages can be made honest by Thursday; the back matter is verified, not enjoyed
Waiting on an experimentCut it; experiments are optional evidence at SODA (soda-experiments) and never worth a missed AoE cutoff

The one thing not to do in deadline week: broaden claims to justify the rush. Reviewers arrive in August with time you did not have.

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The quiet phases and their jobs

  • July-August (refereeing): do not idle. Maintain the claims ledger, pre-draft the two predictable rebuttal paragraphs, post/refresh the arXiv version, and decide whether an ALENEX (July 20) or SOSA (August 6) companion is real.
  • September 1-4 (rebuttal): the three-day sprint; all-hands availability arranged in advance (soda-author-response).
  • September-October (PC deliberation): silence is structural, not informative. Prepare both branches: camera-ready plan and re-route plan.
  • October-January (accepted branch): condensation, SIAM forms, arXiv sync, talk build (soda-camera-ready); registration logistics for Philadelphia.

Owner discipline for a group submission

Every deadline on this page needs exactly one named owner, decided in June:

  • Deadline owner — watches the SIAM page for changes, does the final upload, holds the HotCRP credentials, converts AoE to local time correctly.
  • Ledger owner — maintains the claims ledger from soda-reproducibility through submission and into rebuttal week.
  • Rebuttal owner — pre-books the September 1-4 window across all coauthor calendars in July, when calendars are still empty.
  • Satellite owner — if an ALENEX or SOSA companion exists, it gets its own three owners; shared ownership across sibling submissions is how one deadline eats another.

Multi-paper and satellite choreography

text
Decision tree for a group with theory + implementation results in June 2026:
1. Theory result stands alone?            -> SODA by July 9
2. Implementation contribution disjoint?  -> ALENEX by July 20 (AE follows)
3. Simplification of a known result?      -> SOSA by August 6
4. Same claims in two of the above?       -> pick one; overlap risks both
Each paper needs its own contribution sentence that mentions no sibling.

One calendar per paper, one owner per deadline. Shared-author papers at SODA and a satellite also share the January trip — one registration decision, one talk rehearsal block, and no scheduling collision (satellites run January 24-26, inside the SODA window).

Output format

text
[Cycle verdict] Submit July 9 / hold for STOC / re-route
[Backward plan] <checkpoint dates with owners, from today>
[Quiet-phase tasks] <ledger, rebuttal prep, arXiv, satellite decisions>
[Contingency] <October rejection branch: repair-for-STOC or wait>
[Satellite calendar] <ALENEX/SOSA/ITCS deadlines in play, if any>

© 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 SODA-Skills/skills/soda-workflow of brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 932eb23

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Questions about Soda Workflow

What does Soda Workflow do?

A skill your agent uses when planning a SODA (ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms) campaign end to end — backward-planning to the July AoE deadline, SODA's seat in the theory calendar between…. Soda Workflow is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when planning a SODA (ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms) campaign end to end — backward-planning to the July AoE deadline, SODA's seat in the theory calendar between STOC and FOCS deadlines, the September rebuttal and October decision, satellite deadlines (ALENEX, SOSA), and the January conference.

When should I use Soda Workflow?

Soda Workflow fits situations like: planning a SODA (ACM-SIAM Symposium on Discrete Algorithms) campaign end to end — backward-planning to the July AoE deadline; SODAs seat in the theory calendar between STOC and FOCS deadlines; the September rebuttal and October decision; satellite deadlines (ALENEX.

How do I install Soda Workflow in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Soda Workflow in Codex?

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

Can I use Soda 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 soda-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/soda-workflow, .gemini/skills/soda-workflow, .github/skills/soda-workflow and .opencode/skills/soda-workflow in your project.

What does Soda Workflow need to run?

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

Does Soda 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 Soda 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 Soda Workflow use?

Soda 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 Soda Workflow use?

About 1.7k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 6.6k 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 Soda Workflow?

brycewang-stanford (a GitHub user) maintains it in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills, which has 1,231 GitHub stars. The repository holds 2,387 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 27, 2026.

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