Use when preparing the ATC (ACM SIGOPS Annual Technical Conference, formerly USENIX ATC) camera-ready after a conditional accept — de-anonymizing systematically, folding in the shepherd's required revisions, permanentizing artifact links, completing ACM Open Access metadata and the transition APC, and passing production checks for the November Hong Kong proceedings.
SkillScore96Maintained
Automatic
◆Research pack
Last verified 8/15/2026
What it changes
Passed 22 of 23 test cases with the skill, and 13 of 23 without it.
Without skill57%
With skill96%
Checks it passed that the model alone missed
Specifies the 178 x 229 mm text block dimensions
Identifies Hong Kong as the location for ATC 2026
Evaluates publication requirements under ACM Open Access
and 11 more in the full report
9 fixed13 passed either way1 still failing0 broke
Pass-rate lift
+39 pp
Tokens
+25%
Agent turns
0%
Response time
-27%
Model gemini-3.6-flashMeasured 8/15/2026v122 of 23 cases passed with skill
Tokens, turns and time describe resource use, not a dollar price.
See it in action
One of 9 test cases the skill fixed. Same model, same prompt, with and without the skill.
1 of 9
Prompt
Where is USENIX ATC 2026 taking place, and what is the presentation requirement for accepted papers?
What was checked, without and with the skill
Checked
Without skill
With skill
Identifies Hong Kong as the location for ATC 2026
Missed
Passed
Requires at least one author to present at the conference
Passed
Passed
case-13 · gemini-3.6-flash · 8/15/2026 · answers are capped and redacted
What's inside
The instructions your model reads when the skill loads.
SKILL.md82 linessingle file
ATC Camera-Ready
Use this after a conditional accept. Final acceptance is gated by the shepherd, so the
camera-ready is not just formatting — it must fold in every required revision and pass the
shepherd's sign-off, then satisfy ACM Open Access production. ATC 2026 publishes in the ACM
Digital Library (a change from the old USENIX proceedings model), so the metadata and cost steps
are new relative to pre-2026 USENIX ATC.
Satisfy the shepherd first
Treat the shepherd's required-revisions list as binding for acceptance. Fold each change into
the camera-ready and keep the description-of-changes (see atc-author-response) in sync with what
actually landed.
Do not use the de-anonymization pass to quietly re-expand scope; the shepherd is checking that the
paper the PC accepted is the paper being published.
Get explicit shepherd sign-off before treating the paper as final.
Systematic de-anonymization
The submission was double-blind; the camera-ready is not. Reverse every anonymization deliberately:
[Authors] add the author list, affiliations, and ORCIDs
[Self-cites] restore first-person references where accurate ("our earlier system X [12]")
[System name] restore the real system/product name if you used a neutral placeholder
[Artifact] swap anonymized/blind-mirror links for the public, DOI-issuing archive
[Acks] add acknowledgments and funding/grant lines held out for blind review
[Metadata] set real PDF author/title metadata (it was scrubbed for submission)
Cross-check: search the final PDF for leftover placeholders ("Anonymous," "System-X-anon," blind
URLs) — a stray one is the classic camera-ready miss.
Format and production
Keep the two-column format (178 × 229 mm text block, 10pt) and the page budget; the
camera-ready may allow the same or a slightly extended limit — confirm the exact camera-ready
page allowance on the call (待核实).
Which template file the SIGOPS edition mandates (the USENIX template vs. ACM acmart/equivalent)
is 待核实 — verify before recompiling, since ACM production checks depend on it.