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ZimoLiao/scholaraio
A skill your agent uses when the user asks about research themes, topic distribution, BERTopic clustering, topic overview, topic papers, topic merges, or HTML topic visualizations.
Agent skill
by brycewang-stanford in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills
A skill your agent uses when deciding whether a project belongs at the USENIX Security Symposium or a sibling venue — routing among USENIX Security, IEEE S&P, ACM CCS, NDSS, and specialty venues…
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill usenixsec-topic-selection -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills usenixsec-topic-selection --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/USENIX-Security-Skills/skills/usenixsec-topic-selection .claude/skills/usenixsec-topic-selection && 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 "usenixsec-topic-selection" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/USENIX-Security-Skills/skills/usenixsec-topic-selection into .claude/skills/usenixsec-topic-selection/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "usenixsec-topic-selection", 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/USENIX-Security-Skills/skills/usenixsec-topic-selectionType 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 usenixsec-topic-selection -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills usenixsec-topic-selection --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/USENIX-Security-Skills/skills/usenixsec-topic-selection .agents/skills/usenixsec-topic-selection && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "usenixsec-topic-selection" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/USENIX-Security-Skills/skills/usenixsec-topic-selection into .agents/skills/usenixsec-topic-selection/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "usenixsec-topic-selection", 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 usenixsec-topic-selection -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills usenixsec-topic-selection --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/USENIX-Security-Skills/skills/usenixsec-topic-selection .cursor/skills/usenixsec-topic-selection && 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 "usenixsec-topic-selection" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/USENIX-Security-Skills/skills/usenixsec-topic-selection into .cursor/skills/usenixsec-topic-selection/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "usenixsec-topic-selection", 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 USENIX-Security-Skills/skills/usenixsec-topic-selection--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 usenixsec-topic-selection -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills usenixsec-topic-selection --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/USENIX-Security-Skills/skills/usenixsec-topic-selection .gemini/skills/usenixsec-topic-selection && 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 "usenixsec-topic-selection" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/USENIX-Security-Skills/skills/usenixsec-topic-selection into .gemini/skills/usenixsec-topic-selection/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "usenixsec-topic-selection", 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 usenixsec-topic-selectionInstalls 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 usenixsec-topic-selection -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/USENIX-Security-Skills/skills/usenixsec-topic-selection .github/skills/usenixsec-topic-selection && 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 "usenixsec-topic-selection" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/USENIX-Security-Skills/skills/usenixsec-topic-selection into .github/skills/usenixsec-topic-selection/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "usenixsec-topic-selection", 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 usenixsec-topic-selection -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 usenixsec-topic-selection --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/USENIX-Security-Skills/skills/usenixsec-topic-selection .opencode/skills/usenixsec-topic-selection && 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 "usenixsec-topic-selection" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/USENIX-Security-Skills/skills/usenixsec-topic-selection into .opencode/skills/usenixsec-topic-selection/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "usenixsec-topic-selection", 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.
usenixsec-topic-selectionA skill your agent uses when deciding whether a project belongs at the USENIX Security Symposium or a sibling venue — routing among USENIX Security, IEEE S&P, ACM CCS, NDSS, and specialty venues…
Usenixsec Topic Selection is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when deciding whether a project belongs at the USENIX Security Symposium or a sibling venue — routing among USENIX Security, IEEE S&P, ACM CCS, NDSS, and specialty venues (PETS, SOUPS, RAID, WOOT), and confirming the work has the artifact/measurement/systems evidence USENIX Security rewards.
Its SKILL.md is about 1.3k 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.
Usenixsec Topic Selection loads about 1.3k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 81 tokens; SKILL.md has 559 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). 559 words, ~1,317 tokens.
.claude/skills/usenixsec-topic-selection/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).The most expensive USENIX Security mistake is made before writing: submitting a paper whose center of gravity is somewhere else. USENIX Security is now USENIX's flagship summer event (USENIX ATC ended after 2025, leaving Security as the association's premier venue), and it draws a specific kind of security paper. This skill decides fit and routes the misfits before a cycle is spent.
The venue rewards security research whose evidence can be audited and reused — a bias reflected in its mandatory Open Science policy and two-phase artifact evaluation. It is the natural home for:
The through-line: a security contribution other researchers can pick up, run, and extend. If the artifact, dataset, or measurement is the beating heart of the paper, USENIX Security is likely the right seat.
| If the paper is most centrally... | Prefer | Because |
|---|---|---|
| An auditable systems/measurement artifact | USENIX Security | Open-science + AE culture rewards reusable evidence |
| Broad security with strong theory/formal framing | IEEE S&P (Oakland) | S&P's remit spans foundational and policy-adjacent security |
| Applied crypto, or a topic in a CCS-strong subcommunity | ACM CCS | Deep applied-crypto and large PC coverage |
| Network/protocol-centered, or wants a specific spring slot | NDSS | Network-and-distributed-systems framing, one annual cycle |
| Privacy-defining (PETs, anonymity, disclosure control) | PETS/PoPETs | Privacy-specialist reviewers |
| Human-subjects / usability-centered | SOUPS | Usable-security expert pool |
| Offense/PoC or exploit-forward | WOOT (or S&P/CCS) | Offensive-research venue |
| Systems contribution with security as an application | OSDI/SOSP/NSDI | Systems PC judges the systems core |
The four flagships heavily overlap; the deciding question is which committee's expertise the paper most needs, not which deadline is soonest. A measurement paper wants USENIX Security's measurement reviewers; a lattice-crypto proof wants CCS's or S&P's crypto reviewers. Route by reviewer fit.
Some projects are systems or ML papers wearing a security hat. Apply a subtraction test: remove the adversary — does a contribution remain that USENIX Security reviewers would still value? If the paper is really a performance result with a threat-model paragraph bolted on, systems reviewers at OSDI/NSDI will judge the core better. If removing the adversary collapses the contribution, it is genuinely a security paper — now pick among the security venues by reviewer fit above.
USENIX Security's 13-page body enforces focus. Signals a project is oversized:
Splitting usually produces two stronger papers than one crowded one — and with two
cycles a year plus the sibling venues, the calendar rewards the split (see
usenixsec-workflow).
[ ] The contribution survives the remove-the-adversary test
[ ] There is an artifact/dataset/measurement reviewers could reuse
(or a defensible Open Science reason there isn't)
[ ] Ethics/disclosure path is clear and, for live work, already moving
[ ] The nearest prior work is at USENIX Security or a Big-Four sibling,
not a distant field — the reviewer pool will recognize the problem
[ ] The evidence bar (adaptive attacker / base rates / vantage validity)
is reachable before the target cycle's deadlineFail two or more and either reshape the paper or route it elsewhere before writing.
[Fit verdict] USENIX Security / sibling venue / reshape first
[Subtraction test] contribution remaining after removing the adversary
[Reviewer-fit routing] chosen venue + the committee-expertise reason
[Scope] one paper / split, with the split lines if any
[Readiness] gate items passed n/6 + blockers© 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 USENIX-Security-Skills/skills/usenixsec-topic-selection of brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 932eb23
Usenixsec Topic Selection 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Usenixsec Topic Selection this skillbrycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills | 1.2k | — | ~1.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| TopicsZimoLiao/scholaraio | 577 | — | ~294 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Topic Modelingbrycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills | 4.5k | — | ~3.7k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Bestblogs Topicginobefun/BestBlogs | 4k | — | ~670 | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| Zsxq Topicitwanger/toBeBetterJavaer | 18k | — | ~564 | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| Pubmed Topic Recommendaipoch/medical-research-skills | 2k | — | ~1.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
ZimoLiao/scholaraio
A skill your agent uses when the user asks about research themes, topic distribution, BERTopic clustering, topic overview, topic papers, topic merges, or HTML topic visualizations.
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A skill your agent uses when deciding whether a project belongs at the USENIX Security Symposium or a sibling venue — routing among USENIX Security, IEEE S&P, ACM CCS, NDSS, and specialty venues…. Usenixsec Topic Selection is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when deciding whether a project belongs at the USENIX Security Symposium or a sibling venue — routing among USENIX Security, IEEE S&P, ACM CCS, NDSS, and specialty venues (PETS, SOUPS, RAID, WOOT), and confirming the work has the artifact/measurement/systems evidence USENIX Security rewards.
Usenixsec Topic Selection fits situations like: deciding whether a project belongs at the USENIX Security Symposium; A sibling venue — routing among USENIX Security; specialty venues (PETS; confirming the work has the artifact/measurement/systems evidence USENIX Security rewards.
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill usenixsec-topic-selection -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (USENIX-Security-Skills/skills/usenixsec-topic-selection in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .claude/skills/usenixsec-topic-selection in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill usenixsec-topic-selection -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (USENIX-Security-Skills/skills/usenixsec-topic-selection in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .agents/skills/usenixsec-topic-selection 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 usenixsec-topic-selection -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/usenixsec-topic-selection, .gemini/skills/usenixsec-topic-selection, .github/skills/usenixsec-topic-selection and .opencode/skills/usenixsec-topic-selection in your project.
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Usenixsec Topic Selection 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.
Usenixsec Topic Selection is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
About 1.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.3k 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 Usenixsec Topic Selection: Topics (ZimoLiao/scholaraio, 577 stars), Topic Modeling (brycewang-stanford/Auto-Empirical-Research-Skills, 4.5k stars), Bestblogs Topic (ginobefun/BestBlogs, 4k stars) and Zsxq Topic (itwanger/toBeBetterJavaer, 18k 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 1,228 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.