venue-templates

Trigger phrases

Phrases that activate this skill when typed to Claude Code:

• NeurIPS paper template
• Nature submission requirements
• ICML formatting guidelines
• venue template for
• journal LaTeX template

What it does

venue-templates is a Claude Code skill from K-Dense AI’s scientific-agent-skills repo. It turns Claude into a submission preparation specialist with access to formatting requirements, LaTeX templates, and submission guidelines for major scientific publication venues — Nature, Science, PLOS, IEEE, and ACM journals; machine learning and HCI conferences (NeurIPS, ICML, CVPR, CHI); research poster formats; and grant proposals (NSF, NIH, DOE, DARPA).

A session produces a ready-to-compile LaTeX file using the correct template and class for the target venue, with formatting pre-applied so you can focus on content rather than formatting compliance.

When to use it

Reach for it when:

• You’re preparing a paper for a specific journal or conference and need the correct LaTeX class, style files, and formatting setup
• You want to confirm page limits, figure number restrictions, or supplementary material policies for a target venue before drafting
• You’re switching from one venue to another and need to reformat an existing manuscript to meet the new requirements

When not to reach for it:

• You need writing assistance for the paper content itself — use scientific-writing
• You need a research poster specifically — use latex-posters

Install

Copy the SKILL.md from K-Dense AI’s venue-templates folder into .claude/skills/venue-templates/ in your project.

Trigger phrases: “NeurIPS paper template”, “Nature submission requirements”, “ICML formatting guidelines”, “venue template for”.

What a session looks like

A typical session has three phases:

1. Venue identification. Specify the target journal or conference. Claude retrieves the current formatting requirements — page limits, double/single column, font, reference style, figure format, and supplementary material policy.
2. Template scaffold. Claude generates a LaTeX file using the appropriate document class and style files, with placeholder sections and the correct preamble configuration for the venue.
3. Compliance check. If you provide an existing draft, Claude checks it against the venue requirements and flags non-compliant elements — incorrect margins, figure count, or reference style.

Receipts

Where it works well:

• ML conference templates (NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR) — the LaTeX classes are well-documented and Claude’s setup is reliable for double-blind submission mode
• Journal submission checklists — confirming the full set of required files (cover letter, author contributions, data availability statement) before you upload to the journal system

Where it backfires:

• Venue requirements change annually for conferences; always cross-check the generated requirements against the official call-for-papers for the current year
• Some proprietary journal submission systems have additional formatting quirks in their Word templates that aren’t captured in the LaTeX path

Pattern that works: run venue-templates at the start of a new paper to set up the scaffold, not at the end when reformatting from your own structure — it’s much cleaner to write into the correct template than to retrofit it.

Source and attribution

Originally authored by K-Dense Inc.. The canonical SKILL.md lives in the venue-templates folder of their public scientific-agent-skills repository.

License: MIT. Install, adapt, and redistribute with attribution preserved.

This page documents the skill from a practitioner’s perspective. For the formal spec and any updates, defer to the source repo.