Use when auditing a CIKM submission for EasyChair readiness across the five tracks, covering page budgets with appendices counted inside, the mandatory GenAI Usage Disclosure section, author-reviewer nomination, double-blind rules with arXiv declaration, the abstract-gate authorship freeze, and desk-reject triggers.
SkillScore81Maintained
Automatic
◆Research pack
Last verified 9/1/2026
What it changes
Passed 21 of 26 test cases with the skill, and 17 of 26 without it.
Without skill65%
With skill81%
Checks it passed that the model alone missed
Flags 11 pages of content as exceeding the 10-page budget.
States that the 10-page limit for Full Research includes appendices.
Notes that references sit outside the Demonstration track page limit.
and 8 more in the full report
6 fixed15 passed either way3 still failing2 broke
Pass-rate lift
+15 pp
Tokens
+40%
Agent turns
0%
Response time
-19%
Model gemini-3.6-flashMeasured 9/1/2026v121 of 26 cases passed with skill
Tokens, turns and time describe resource use, not a dollar price.
See it in action
One of 6 test cases the skill fixed. Same model, same prompt, with and without the skill.
1 of 6
Prompt
Our Full Research submission has exactly 8 pages of main body, 2 pages of appendix, 1.5 pages of references, and a 0.5 page GenAI disclosure placed between the appendix and references. EasyChair has reviewer nomination completed and no preprints exist. Evaluate using [Verdict], [Track + budget], [Form items], [Compliance], and [Ordered fixes].
What was checked, without and with the skill
Checked
Without skill
With skill
Confirms 10 pages of main text and appendix meets the Full Research track page budget.
Missed
Passed
Confirms correct placement of the GenAI disclosure section before references.
Missed
Passed
case-22 · 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.md118 linessingle file
CIKM Submission
A CIKM submission clears three gates that generic conference checklists miss: an
EasyChair form with consequences (track selection, reviewer nomination, arXiv
declaration), a page budget that counts appendices inside it, and a named
GenAI Usage Disclosure section that must physically exist in the PDF. All specifics
below are the verified CIKM 2026 rules (source map, 2026-07-08); reopen the current
track call and policies page before certifying anything.
Per-track budget card (2026)
Track
Budget
Outside the budget
Full Research
10 pages incl. figures, tables, appendices
up to 2 pages of references + GenAI disclosure
Short Research
4 pages incl. appendix
references + GenAI disclosure
Applied Research
7 pages incl. appendix
references + GenAI disclosure
Resource
4 pages incl. appendices and acknowledgments
references + GenAI disclosure
Demonstration
4 pages incl. appendices and acknowledgments
references + GenAI disclosure
All tracks: ACM proceedings template (two-column), English, PDF. Applied Research
additionally requires practical-application evidence — a system launch, data
release, or equivalent — as part of the claim, not as decoration.
The EasyChair form is part of the submission
Track selection. Each track has a named EasyChair choice (e.g., "CIKM 2026 Full
Research Track"); a paper filed under the wrong track competes under the wrong
budget and criteria.
Author-reviewer nomination. Every submission must nominate at least one of its
authors to review for the conference, set inside EasyChair at submission time.
CIKM 2026 states plainly that failure to nominate leads to desk rejection — treat
the nomination as a required field, assign the most senior eligible author, and
record who was named.
arXiv declaration. If a non-anonymized version is online, or will go online
before notification, that must be declared on the form. Not disclosing an existing
public version is itself a desk-reject trigger — the risk is the silence, not the
preprint.