Use when targeting ACM CoNEXT (CoNEXT) or deciding whether a computer-science manuscript fits this venue. Encodes conference fit, framing, evidence bar, submission-cycle checks, rebuttal posture, and desk-reject risks for networking.
SkillScore87Maintained
Automatic
◆Research pack
Last verified 9/1/2026
What it changes
Passed 20 of 23 test cases with the skill, and 17 of 23 without it.
Without skill74%
With skill87%
Checks it passed that the model alone missed
The response emphasizes checking current cycle anonymity and ethics guidelines before submitting.
The response explicitly directs the user to check the official venue domain at conferences2.sigcomm.org.
The output strictly adheres to the single-line bracketed key-value format without adding markdown section headers.
and 2 more in the full report
5 fixed15 passed either way1 still failing2 broke
Pass-rate lift
+13 pp
Tokens
+50%
Agent turns
0%
Response time
-20%
Model gemini-3.6-flashMeasured 9/1/2026v120 of 23 cases passed with skill
Tokens, turns and time describe resource use, not a dollar price.
See it in action
One of 5 test cases the skill fixed. Same model, same prompt, with and without the skill.
1 of 5
Prompt
We completed a six-month measurement study analyzing passive telemetry data from three global IXPs to identify IPv6 routing instabilities. We want to check if this work fits ACM CoNEXT or if another venue is better suited. Please evaluate our study and format your assessment using the standard bracketed template: fit rating with rationale, target venue, contribution category, key missing evidence, official guidelines to verify, primary rejection risk, and alternative venue recommendations.
What was checked, without and with the skill
Checked
Without skill
With skill
The response formats each output line with bracketed keys like [Fit] and [Contribution type] instead of markdown bullet points.
Missed
Passed
The response classifies the paper's contribution as empirical or dataset analysis suited for CoNEXT's Internet measurement track.
Passed
Passed
case-02 · gemini-3.6-flash · 9/1/2026 · answers are capped and redacted
What's inside
The instructions your model reads when the skill loads.
SKILL.md108 linessingle file
ACM CoNEXT (CoNEXT)
Conference positioning
ACM CoNEXT (CoNEXT) is a top computer-science conference venue for emerging networking technologies, Internet measurement, networked systems, and protocols. It rewards a networking paper with focused novelty and strong experimental or measurement evidence. Treat this skill as a fit / venue-selection / re-framing tool for conference submission strategy, not as a substitute for the current year's CFP, author kit, ethics policy, or submission portal.
Because CS conferences change deadlines, templates, page limits, review workflow, artifact rules, AI-use policy, and rebuttal formats every cycle, always verify the live official instructions before making a submission-ready recommendation. Start from the official source anchor recorded for this venue in ../../resources/conference-roster.md and ../../resources/official-source-map.md.
When to trigger
The author names CoNEXT / ACM CoNEXT as the target venue.
A manuscript in emerging networking technologies needs a conference-fit read before being formatted or submitted.
The paper must be re-framed from journal style or arXiv style into a selective CS conference narrative.
The author needs an evidence-gap, anonymity, artifact, rebuttal, or re-routing diagnosis for this venue.
Scope & topic fit
Core fit: emerging networking technologies, Internet measurement, networked systems, and protocols.
Best submissions make a precise contribution type visible: algorithm, theorem, system, dataset, benchmark, empirical finding, design artifact, tool, or socio-technical analysis.
The paper should explain why the result matters to CoNEXT's reviewers, not just why it is interesting to the authors' lab or product context.
Position related work against the most recent conference-cycle papers in this venue and its closest siblings; stale comparisons are a common early-review weakness.
If the contribution is interdisciplinary, state which part is CS research and which part is domain evidence.
Venue-specific calibration
Reviewer lens: Treat CoNEXT as an emerging networking venue with tolerance for focused, forward-looking network ideas when backed by sound measurement or prototype evidence. It differs from SIGCOMM by scope and maturity, and from INFOCOM by systems/networking taste.
Contribution hook to foreground: the venue-specific contribution bar.
Scope vocabulary to use naturally in the abstract and introduction: emerging networking technologies, Internet measurement, networked systems, and protocols.
Official anchor domain: conferences2.sigcomm.org. Quote annual rules only after opening that source and the current-year CFP/author kit.
Close-neighbor routing guardrail
Use this profile only when the manuscript's central contribution is genuinely in networking
and the author can say why CoNEXT reviewers are the primary audience, not merely a
convenient deadline.
Closest roster neighbors to compare before final routing: acm-mobicom (MobiCom), acm- mobisys (MobiSys), ieee-infocom (INFOCOM), eurosys (EuroSys). Break ties by
contribution type, evidence shape, reviewer community, and the current official CFP from
conferences2.sigcomm.org.
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