How To Communicate
databasus/databasus
Communicate clearly in every response, progress update and agent-authored document.
A skill your agent uses when planning author-side communication for a STOC (ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing) submission, where no standing rebuttal phase exists — covering pre-emptive writing…
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill stoc-author-response -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills stoc-author-response --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/STOC-Skills/skills/stoc-author-response .claude/skills/stoc-author-response && 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 "stoc-author-response" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/STOC-Skills/skills/stoc-author-response into .claude/skills/stoc-author-response/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "stoc-author-response", 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/STOC-Skills/skills/stoc-author-responseType 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 stoc-author-response -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills stoc-author-response --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/STOC-Skills/skills/stoc-author-response .agents/skills/stoc-author-response && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "stoc-author-response" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/STOC-Skills/skills/stoc-author-response into .agents/skills/stoc-author-response/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "stoc-author-response", 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 stoc-author-response -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills stoc-author-response --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/STOC-Skills/skills/stoc-author-response .cursor/skills/stoc-author-response && 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 "stoc-author-response" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/STOC-Skills/skills/stoc-author-response into .cursor/skills/stoc-author-response/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "stoc-author-response", 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 STOC-Skills/skills/stoc-author-response--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 stoc-author-response -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills stoc-author-response --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/STOC-Skills/skills/stoc-author-response .gemini/skills/stoc-author-response && 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 "stoc-author-response" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/STOC-Skills/skills/stoc-author-response into .gemini/skills/stoc-author-response/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "stoc-author-response", 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 stoc-author-responseInstalls 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 stoc-author-response -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/STOC-Skills/skills/stoc-author-response .github/skills/stoc-author-response && 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 "stoc-author-response" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/STOC-Skills/skills/stoc-author-response into .github/skills/stoc-author-response/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "stoc-author-response", 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 stoc-author-response -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 stoc-author-response --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/STOC-Skills/skills/stoc-author-response .opencode/skills/stoc-author-response && 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 "stoc-author-response" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/STOC-Skills/skills/stoc-author-response into .opencode/skills/stoc-author-response/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "stoc-author-response", 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.
stoc-author-responseA skill your agent uses when planning author-side communication for a STOC (ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing) submission, where no standing rebuttal phase exists — covering pre-emptive writing…
Stoc Author Response is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when planning author-side communication for a STOC (ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing) submission, where no standing rebuttal phase exists — covering pre-emptive writing that answers objections in advance, chair-mediated technical clarifications if the PC asks, and the FOCS resubmission letter after a rejection.
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.
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.
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 932eb23. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
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.
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.
No URLs in SKILL.md.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Stoc Author Response loads about 1.7k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 85 tokens; SKILL.md has 874 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.
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.
The full file from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills at commit 932eb23, republished under its MIT licence (© brycewang-stanford). 874 words, ~1,740 tokens.
.claude/skills/stoc-author-response/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).Set expectations first: the STOC 2026 Call for Papers announced no author-response or rebuttal round, and the decision timeline ran directly from the November 4, 2025 deadline to notification on or before February 1, 2026 (checked 2026-07-08). Historically STOC decisions arrive without authors ever seeing the reviews before the outcome. Whether any given cycle adds a feedback experiment is a per-year choice: 待核实 against the live CFP and PC-chair announcements each fall. This skill therefore covers the three channels that actually exist.
At a no-rebuttal venue, every anticipated objection must be answered inside the submission itself, because there is no second chance. Build an objection ledger during the final month and discharge each row into the paper:
| Predictable objection | Where to discharge it in a STOC submission |
|---|---|
| "Is this not implied by [known result]?" | A "Comparison with prior work" paragraph that names the result and states the formal gap |
| "The improvement is only in the exponent/log factor" | An explicit "Why this barrier matters" passage citing the known obstruction |
| "The technique looks standard" | A technical-overview section isolating the genuinely new step |
| "Does the proof of Lemma X really work?" | Full proof in the appendix plus a one-line proof idea at the statement |
| "Why STOC and not SODA/CCC/ITCS?" | First-page framing that names the cross-area consequence |
| "The model seems contrived" | A remarks subsection defending the model with prior uses |
A useful drill: have a colleague write three hostile review sentences, then verify the submission already contains the counter-text at a location the table of contents makes findable.
Theory PCs sometimes route a narrow technical question to authors through the PC chair when correctness of a specific step is the deciding issue. You cannot solicit this contact; you can only be ready for it. If it comes:
Reply skeleton (keep under ~300 words, anonymous if the cycle is double-blind):
1. Restate the question in one line.
2. The direct answer: the step holds because <argument>, see p.<n>, Eq. (<k>).
3. If a hypothesis was implicit: name it, confirm it is satisfied where used.
4. If repair is needed: the corrected statement, and what changes downstream.Reviews arrive with the decision. The productive response is a resubmission memo written within a week, while the reviews are fresh:
focs.computer.org/2026/). The
same community reviews both venues; an unchanged resubmission is frequently
re-reviewed by an overlapping pool, so visible improvement is strategy, not
courtesy.STOC reviews released with decisions vary from a paragraph to several pages. Decode them before reacting:
<venue>" is the breadth axis talking. It is often the most
actionable sentence in the review: the mathematics passed, the framing or
the routing failed.stoc-writing-style).[Channel in play] pre-emptive writing / chair query received / post-decision triage
[Objection ledger] <objection -> discharge location in the PDF>
[Query reply plan] <question, answer location, honesty check>
[Resubmission target] FOCS <deadline> / SODA / journal / strengthen first
[Risk] <the one unresolved reviewer concern>© 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
Just SKILL.md in STOC-Skills/skills/stoc-author-response of brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 932eb23
Stoc Author Response 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stoc Author Response this skillbrycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills | 1.2k | — | ~1.7k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| How To Communicatedatabasus/databasus | 8.8k | — | ~3.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Responsive Unitsthedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist | 74k | — | ~472 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Abp Authorizationabpframework/abp | 14k | — | ~1.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | LGPL-3.0 | |
| Hermes Agent Skill AuthoringNousResearch/hermes-agent | 252k | — | ~3.6k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Focs Author Responsebrycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills | 1.2k | — | ~1.6k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
databasus/databasus
Communicate clearly in every response, progress update and agent-authored document.
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brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills
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A skill your agent uses when planning author-side communication for a STOC (ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing) submission, where no standing rebuttal phase exists — covering pre-emptive writing…. Stoc Author Response is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when planning author-side communication for a STOC (ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing) submission, where no standing rebuttal phase exists — covering pre-emptive writing that answers objections in advance, chair-mediated technical clarifications if the PC asks, and the FOCS resubmission letter after a rejection.
Stoc Author Response fits situations like: planning author-side communication for a STOC (ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing) submission; where no standing rebuttal phase exists — covering pre-emptive writing that answers objections in advance; chair-mediated technical clarifications if the PC asks; the FOCS resubmission letter after a rejection.
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill stoc-author-response -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (STOC-Skills/skills/stoc-author-response in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .claude/skills/stoc-author-response in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill stoc-author-response -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (STOC-Skills/skills/stoc-author-response in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .agents/skills/stoc-author-response in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
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 stoc-author-response -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/stoc-author-response, .gemini/skills/stoc-author-response, .github/skills/stoc-author-response and .opencode/skills/stoc-author-response in your project.
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Stoc Author Response is instructions for the agent only.
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.
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.
Stoc Author Response is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
About 1.7k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 7k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Stoc Author Response: How To Communicate (databasus/databasus, 8.8k stars), Responsive Units (thedaviddias/Front-End-Checklist, 74k stars), Abp Authorization (abpframework/abp, 14k stars) and Hermes Agent Skill Authoring (NousResearch/hermes-agent, 252k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
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.
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.