Use when explaining or planning around AAAI's two-phase review process, Phase 1 rejection risk, Phase 2 additional reviews, AI-assisted review pilot, author feedback, SPC/AC discussion, and final decisions.
SkillScore96Maintained
Automatic
◆Research pack
Last verified 9/2/2026
What it changes
Passed 22 of 23 test cases with the skill, and 12 of 23 without it.
Without skill52%
With skill96%
Checks it passed that the model alone missed
States that author feedback is not open during Phase 1.
Uses the bracketed key '[Stage] Phase 2' in the formatted output.
Explains that Phase 1 AI reviews are non-decisional and advisory.
and 12 more in the full report
11 fixed11 passed either way0 still failing1 broke
Pass-rate lift
+43 pp
Tokens
+10%
Agent turns
0%
Response time
-26%
Model gemini-3.6-flashMeasured 9/2/2026v222 of 23 cases passed with skill
Tokens, turns and time describe resource use, not a dollar price.
See it in action
One of 11 test cases the skill fixed. Same model, same prompt, with and without the skill.
1 of 11
Prompt
How many reviewers are assigned to evaluate a manuscript during Phase 1 of the AAAI main technical track, and what type of reviewers are they?
What was checked, without and with the skill
Checked
Without skill
With skill
States that Phase 1 allocates two human reviews and one advisory AI-generated review.
Missed
Passed
case-20 · gemini-3.6-flash · 9/2/2026 · answers are capped and redacted
What's inside
The instructions your model reads when the skill loads.
SKILL.md66 linessingle file
AAAI Review Process
Use this to plan around AAAI review rather than treating it as a generic OpenReview rebuttal.
Reopen the current review-process page and author FAQ before advising on timing or strategy.
Process model
AAAI main technical track uses double-blind reviewing.
AAAI-27 uses a two-phase review process. Phase 1 allocates three reviewers — two human reviews
supplemented by one non-decisional AI-generated review. Papers with sufficiently negative reviews
are rejected before author feedback (AAAI-27: notified 2026-09-24).
Papers continuing to Phase 2 receive additional reviews, up to five in total, and one author
feedback phase (AAAI-27: 2026-10-19 to 10-25, final decisions 2026-11-30). Phase 2 reviewers are
not shown the Phase 1 reviews until they have submitted their own — so a Phase 2 review is an
independent read, not a reaction to the earlier ones.
Final decisions were made through reviewer discussion and senior program committee oversight,
not by the AI review.
Author feedback is short and constrained; it is mainly for correcting misunderstandings, not
replacing the paper.
Author strategy
Reduce Phase 1 reject risk before submission by making contribution, evidence, and checklist
compliance obvious.
When reviews arrive, distinguish human-review claims, AI-review errors, and AC/SPC decision
questions.
Use rebuttal to resolve the highest-impact factual issue under the character limit.
Do not attack the AI review. Correct it when it contains consequential false statements.
Avoid new experiments in rebuttal; use submitted evidence and camera-ready promises sparingly.
Stage-by-stage decision map
AAAI's pipeline differs from a single-round OpenReview venue, so plan actions per stage rather than
treating every signal as a rebuttal opportunity.