A skill your agent uses when planning a STOC (ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing) project calendar — backward planning to the early-November deadline, the STOC/FOCS alternating two-deadline year…

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Install Stoc Workflow

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

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills stoc-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/STOC-Skills/skills/stoc-workflow .claude/skills/stoc-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
stoc-workflow
GitHub stars
1.2k
Token cost
~1.6k tokens
SKILL.md length
765 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 STOC (ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing) project calendar — backward planning to the early-November deadline, the STOC/FOCS alternating two-deadline year…

  • Works in 4 steps: Triage the corrections file into… → Hit both March 31 deliverables: the ACM… → Prepare the TheoryFest talk: one… → …
  • Planning a STOC (ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing) project calendar — backward planning to the early-November deadline
  • SKILL.md covers The two-beat theory year, Backward plan to a November…, Between submission and… and From acceptance to Salt Lake…, plus 4 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Stoc Workflow is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when planning a STOC (ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing) project calendar — backward planning to the early-November deadline, the STOC/FOCS alternating two-deadline year that theory groups schedule around, full-version and camera-ready milestones, and the June TheoryFest endpoint.

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.

It sits in Product & Project Management, covering Project management. 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 STOC (ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing) project calendar — backward planning to the early-November deadline
  • The STOC/FOCS alternating two-deadline year that theory groups schedule around
  • Full-version and camera-ready milestones
  • The June TheoryFest endpoint

Example prompts

  • “/stoc-workflow”

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Triage the corrections file into camera-ready fixes vs. full-version-only
  2. Hit both March 31 deliverables: the ACM proceedings version and the public
  3. Prepare the TheoryFest talk: one theorem, one technique, one open problem;
  4. Confirm registration and attendance obligations from the acceptance email

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

Stoc Workflow loads about 1.6k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 76 tokens; SKILL.md has 765 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~76
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

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). 765 words, ~1,629 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/stoc-workflow/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
stoc-workflow
description
Use when planning a STOC (ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing) project calendar — backward planning to the early-November deadline, the STOC/FOCS alternating two-deadline year that theory groups schedule around, full-version and camera-ready milestones, and the June TheoryFest endpoint.

STOC Workflow

STOC is a conference with per-edition leadership, not a journal: SIGACT appoints a fresh program committee and chair every year (STOC 2026: PC chair Artur Czumaj; verified 2026-07-08 via the CFP), there is no standing editor, and publication costs ride on conference registration rather than author fees. Anchor timeline, 2026 cycle: submissions November 4, 2025 (4:59pm EST); notification by February 1, 2026; camera-ready and public full version March 31, 2026 (AoE); conference June 22–26, 2026, Salt Lake City, inside a five/six-day TheoryFest program. Every date below is that cycle's snapshot — reopen acm-stoc.org for the live year before acting on any of them.

The two-beat theory year

The field's real planning unit is not one deadline but the STOC/FOCS pair: STOC submissions close in early November for a June conference; FOCS closes in early April for a fall conference (FOCS 2026: deadline April 1, 2026, 21:00 UTC; conference November 8–11, 2026, New York — verified 2026-07-08). The same community, largely overlapping reviewer pools, near-identical scope. Strategic consequences:

Situation in late OctoberSound play
Result complete, writing strongSubmit to STOC
Proof complete, writing weakSubmit only if the overview can be made honest in time; a rushed overview at a no-rebuttal venue is unrecoverable
One lemma still openHold for FOCS in April; five months closes lemmas
STOC rejection arrives Feb 1Two months to repair for FOCS — enough for presentation surgery, rarely enough for new mathematics
Result claimed by concurrent preprintPost to arXiv immediately for priority, then decide venue calmly

A result that misses both beats simply waits; nothing in theory culture penalizes a strong paper for arriving one cycle later, but plenty penalizes a broken proof for arriving on time.

Backward plan to a November deadline

  • T−16 weeks: the mathematical result exists in believed-complete form. Everything after this is verification and writing; theorem-proving scheduled inside the writing window is the classic failure.
  • T−12 weeks: full proofs written out (full-version draft), not just notes. Writing proofs is verification at this venue; gaps surface only under the discipline of complete prose.
  • T−8 weeks: internal verification pass — each theorem checked by a coauthor who did not draft its proof (stoc-reproducibility's workflow).
  • T−6 weeks: extract the extended abstract from the full version: choose the twelve-page story, write the technical overview (stoc-writing-style).
  • T−3 weeks: hostile-read by a colleague outside the sub-area; their confusion map drives the final overview rewrite.
  • T−1 week: literature re-sweep (arXiv/ECCC), objection-ledger check (stoc-author-response), anonymity sweep and HotCRP dry run (stoc-submission). If opting into a pre-submission feedback experiment (2026: full paper due ~3 days early), the paper must be done here.
  • T: upload with hours to spare; the deadline is a US-Eastern wall-clock time, not AoE, and this catches Europeans annually.
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Between submission and decision (Nov–Feb)

  • Post or refresh the arXiv/ECCC version if the cycle's double-blind rules permit (待核实 — check the live CFP's stance on preprints during review).
  • Keep a corrections file: any bug or improvement found post-submission goes in it, dated. If a chair-mediated query arrives, answers come from this file; if acceptance arrives, it becomes the camera-ready worklist.
  • Do not silently rewrite the posted preprint mid-review in ways that diverge from the submitted PDF; reviewers may be reading both.

From acceptance to Salt Lake City (Feb–Jun)

  1. Triage the corrections file into camera-ready fixes vs. full-version-only improvements (stoc-camera-ready).
  2. Hit both March 31 deliverables: the ACM proceedings version and the public full version with complete proofs — the CFP treats the second as an expectation of acceptance, not a courtesy.
  3. Prepare the TheoryFest talk: one theorem, one technique, one open problem; rehearse to the announced slot length. Poster/workshop add-ons follow the program announcement (待核实 per cycle).
  4. Confirm registration and attendance obligations from the acceptance email (待核实; not stated in the CFP excerpts verified for this pack).

The cycle at a glance (2026 snapshot)

text
2025-11-01  optional LLM-feedback upload (experiment; 3 days early)
2025-11-04  STOC deadline, 4:59pm EST
2026-02-01  decisions out (at the latest)
2026-02..03 accepted: corrections triage, ACM reformat, talk draft
            rejected: repair memo -> FOCS decision point
2026-03-31  camera-ready (AoE) + full version live on arXiv/ECCC
2026-04-01  FOCS 2026 deadline, 21:00 UTC (the other beat)
2026-06-22  STOC / TheoryFest week opens, Salt Lake City
2026-11-08  FOCS 2026 conference, New York

Print the equivalent table for the live year from the current CFPs before using it; both venues move their dates by days-to-weeks between cycles.

Ownership map for multi-author teams

Name one owner each for: proof verification, the twelve-page story, the literature sweep, anonymity/format compliance, and the full-version release. The two that slip when shared are verification ("I thought you checked Lemma 5") and the full version ("the arXiv update can wait") — both are reputation-priced at this venue.

Cycle-volatility warnings

  • Deadlines, the guaranteed-read window, double-blind details, and any feedback experiments are re-set annually in the CFP; the TheoryFest format itself evolves (待核实 whether future editions keep the expanded-week structure).
  • FOCS mechanics are set independently by the IEEE TCMF side; never infer one venue's rules from the other's.

Output format

text
[Current stage] proving / verifying / writing / submitted / decided / camera-ready
[Beat decision] STOC <year> / FOCS <year> / hold one cycle
[Backward plan] <next two milestones with dates>
[Corrections file] empty / <n> entries pending
[Owner map] <verification, story, literature, compliance, full version>

© 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 STOC-Skills/skills/stoc-workflow of brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 932eb23

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Questions about Stoc Workflow

What does Stoc Workflow do?

A skill your agent uses when planning a STOC (ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing) project calendar — backward planning to the early-November deadline, the STOC/FOCS alternating two-deadline year…. Stoc Workflow is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when planning a STOC (ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing) project calendar — backward planning to the early-November deadline, the STOC/FOCS alternating two-deadline year that theory groups schedule around, full-version and camera-ready milestones, and the June TheoryFest endpoint.

When should I use Stoc Workflow?

Stoc Workflow fits situations like: planning a STOC (ACM Symposium on Theory of Computing) project calendar — backward planning to the early-November deadline; the STOC/FOCS alternating two-deadline year that theory groups schedule around; full-version and camera-ready milestones; the June TheoryFest endpoint.

How do I install Stoc Workflow in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Stoc Workflow in Codex?

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

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

What does Stoc Workflow need to run?

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

Does Stoc 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 Stoc 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 Stoc Workflow use?

Stoc 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 Stoc Workflow use?

About 1.6k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 6.5k 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 Stoc Workflow?

brycewang-stanford (a GitHub user) maintains it in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills, which has 1,219 GitHub stars. The repository holds 2,387 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 27, 2026.

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