Agent skill

Tacas Artifact Evaluation

by brycewang-stanford in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills

A skill your agent uses when packaging a TACAS (ETAPS) artifact for the ETAPS Artifact Badges (Available, Functional, Reusable), covering the two-round model (mandatory, PC-parallel evaluation for…

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Install Tacas Artifact Evaluation

skills CLI
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill tacas-artifact-evaluation -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills tacas-artifact-evaluation --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/TACAS-Skills/skills/tacas-artifact-evaluation .claude/skills/tacas-artifact-evaluation && 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
tacas-artifact-evaluation
GitHub stars
1.2k
Token cost
~1.4k tokens
SKILL.md length
593 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
2,387
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when packaging a TACAS (ETAPS) artifact for the ETAPS Artifact Badges (Available, Functional, Reusable), covering the two-round model (mandatory, PC-parallel evaluation for…

  • Packaging a TACAS (ETAPS) artifact for the ETAPS Artifact Badges (Available
  • SKILL.md covers The two rounds (know which one…, The ETAPS Artifact Badges, What the AEC opens first and Packaging plan, plus 4 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Covering the two-round model (mandatory

What it does

Tacas Artifact Evaluation is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when packaging a TACAS (ETAPS) artifact for the ETAPS Artifact Badges (Available, Functional, Reusable), covering the two-round model (mandatory, PC-parallel evaluation for tool and tool-demo papers vs voluntary post-acceptance evaluation for research and case-study papers), what the AEC checks on the clean evaluation VM, DOI-issuing archives, and evaluator-proof documentation.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.4k 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

  • Packaging a TACAS (ETAPS) artifact for the ETAPS Artifact Badges (Available
  • Covering the two-round model (mandatory
  • PC-parallel evaluation for tool and tool-demo papers vs voluntary post-acceptance evaluation for research and case-study papers)
  • What the AEC checks on the clean evaluation VM

Example prompts

  • “/tacas-artifact-evaluation”

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

Tacas Artifact Evaluation loads about 1.4k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 103 tokens; SKILL.md has 593 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~103
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.4k

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). 593 words, ~1,409 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/tacas-artifact-evaluation/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
tacas-artifact-evaluation
description
Use when packaging a TACAS (ETAPS) artifact for the ETAPS Artifact Badges (Available, Functional, Reusable), covering the two-round model (mandatory, PC-parallel evaluation for tool and tool-demo papers vs voluntary post-acceptance evaluation for research and case-study papers), what the AEC checks on the clean evaluation VM, DOI-issuing archives, and evaluator-proof documentation.

TACAS Artifact Evaluation

Use this for the artifact track. TACAS treats the artifact as a first-class citizen, and the process differs from most venues in two ways: for tool papers it is mandatory and runs in parallel with paper review, and badging follows the ETAPS Artifact Badge guidelines, decided by the Artifact Evaluation Committee (AEC) and printed on the paper's title page.

The two rounds (know which one you are in)

RoundApplies toTimingConsequence
Round 1 — mandatoryRegular tool + tool-demonstration papersSubmitted right after the paper, evaluated with the PCOutcome feeds the acceptance decision
Round 2 — voluntaryRegular research + case-study papersAfter acceptance notificationEarns title-page badges; does not gate acceptance

The consequence for a tool paper is blunt: a package that does not build or run on the clean evaluation VM can cost the paper, not merely a badge. Treat the artifact as a co-equal deliverable due about two weeks after the paper.

The ETAPS Artifact Badges

BadgeWhat it certifiesWhat earns it
AvailableThe artifact is permanently, publicly retrievableDeposit in a DOI-issuing archive (Zenodo, figshare, Software Heritage)
FunctionalThe artifact runs and does what the paper saysA clean-VM install, a smoke run, and documented expected outputs
ReusableOthers can build on and adapt itThe Functional bar plus careful docs, structure, licensing, and generality

The AEC decides which subset a given artifact receives. Available is low-cost, high-value (archive the package); Functional and Reusable require the evaluator's own run to succeed on the provided VM, so the failure mode is always "did not run in their environment," never "the idea was weak."

What the AEC opens first

Claim typeFirst thing inspectedCommon failure caught
A verification toolThe README and one smoke command on the VMUndocumented deps; needs network; only-builds-on-authors'-machine
A benchmark comparisonThe script that regenerates the headline tableNumbers in the PDF no script reproduces
A soundness claimThe validation / witness-checking path"Fast" results that were never checked for correctness
A tool-demonstrationThe documented demo walkthroughThe demo the paper describes cannot be driven on the VM

Assume a bounded evaluator time budget on the clean ETAPS VM. Design for the first ten minutes to succeed: a smoke run that finishes fast and prints an expected output.

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Packaging plan

text
[VM-ready]    a package that builds/runs inside the provided VM image, offline, deps vendored
[README]      one screen: what it is, smoke run, per-claim reproduction, expected outputs + runtimes
[Mapping]     an explicit table: paper claim -> script -> expected result
[Benchmarks]  the actual task set vendored (or documented access), not just a pointer
[Validation]  a witness-checking or cross-tool script for any soundness/correctness claim
[License]     an OSI-approved license so the artifact can be badged Reusable
[Archive]     deposit in a DOI-issuing repository for the Available badge (esp. at camera-ready)

Anonymity by category (do not get this backwards)

  • Round-1 tool / tool-demo artifacts are single-blind — they may carry the tool identity and authorship, matching the single-blind paper.
  • Round-2 research artifacts are submitted after acceptance, so anonymity is no longer the concern; but a research review artifact attached to the double-blind paper (if you choose to supply one at submission) must be anonymized — no owner strings, lab names, or identity-revealing repository URLs.

Worked vignette: badging a model-checking tool

A regular tool paper contributes a new checker. To target Available + Functional + Reusable: ship a VM-ready image with the tool prebuilt; a smoke.sh that verifies one small bundled task in under a minute; a reproduce/ directory whose scripts regenerate the benchmark table from logged runs; a claim-to-script mapping in the README; the vendored benchmark set; a witness-validation script for the soundness claim; and an Apache/MIT license. State honestly which results are turnkey and which need the full (slow) benchmark run. Deposit the final version on Zenodo for the DOI.

Calibration

  • The badge set, the round structure, and the VM image are set per edition on the tacas.info artifact page — confirm the current guidelines and image before packaging.
  • Do not conflate the mandatory Round-1 deadline with the voluntary Round-2 or the camera-ready; they are distinct dates.

Output format

text
[Round] mandatory (tool/tool-demo, PC-parallel) / voluntary (research/case-study, post-acceptance)
[Target badges] Available / Functional / Reusable
[Clean-VM test] does build + smoke run succeed offline on the provided VM? yes/no
[Claim mapping] <claim -> script -> expected result present? yes/no>
[Archive] DOI-issuing deposit ready for Available? yes/no
[Fixes before upload] <ordered list>

© 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 TACAS-Skills/skills/tacas-artifact-evaluation of brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 932eb23

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Questions about Tacas Artifact Evaluation

What does Tacas Artifact Evaluation do?

A skill your agent uses when packaging a TACAS (ETAPS) artifact for the ETAPS Artifact Badges (Available, Functional, Reusable), covering the two-round model (mandatory, PC-parallel evaluation for…. Tacas Artifact Evaluation is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when packaging a TACAS (ETAPS) artifact for the ETAPS Artifact Badges (Available, Functional, Reusable), covering the two-round model (mandatory, PC-parallel evaluation for tool and tool-demo papers vs voluntary post-acceptance evaluation for research and case-study papers), what the AEC checks on the clean evaluation VM, DOI-issuing archives, and evaluator-proof documentation.

When should I use Tacas Artifact Evaluation?

Tacas Artifact Evaluation fits situations like: packaging a TACAS (ETAPS) artifact for the ETAPS Artifact Badges (Available; covering the two-round model (mandatory; PC-parallel evaluation for tool and tool-demo papers vs voluntary post-acceptance evaluation for research and case-study papers); what the AEC checks on the clean evaluation VM.

How do I install Tacas Artifact Evaluation in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Tacas Artifact Evaluation in Codex?

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

Can I use Tacas Artifact Evaluation 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 tacas-artifact-evaluation -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/tacas-artifact-evaluation, .gemini/skills/tacas-artifact-evaluation, .github/skills/tacas-artifact-evaluation and .opencode/skills/tacas-artifact-evaluation in your project.

What does Tacas Artifact Evaluation need to run?

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

Does Tacas Artifact Evaluation 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 Tacas Artifact Evaluation 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 Tacas Artifact Evaluation use?

Tacas Artifact Evaluation 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 Tacas Artifact Evaluation use?

About 1.4k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.6k 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 Tacas Artifact Evaluation?

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.