Use when readying a CSCW manuscript for upload — confirming the current pathway (rolling via Manuscript Central as of mid-2026), the single-column ACM template, the word-length scrutiny band, anonymization of author and community identifiers, ethics statements, and desk-risk triage.
SkillScore86Maintained
Automatic
◆Research pack
Last verified 8/31/2026
What it changes
Passed 19 of 22 test cases with the skill, and 13 of 22 without it.
Without skill59%
With skill86%
Checks it passed that the model alone missed
Specifies checking metadata of supplement files
Advises preparing a one-sentence length defense
Recommends writing a one-sentence length defense
and 6 more in the full report
6 fixed13 passed either way3 still failing0 broke
Pass-rate lift
+27 pp
Tokens
+42%
Agent turns
0%
Response time
+2%
Model gemini-3.6-flashMeasured 8/31/2026v119 of 22 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
After hitting submit on Manuscript Central for our CSCW paper, what final administrative step should the author team execute immediately?
What was checked, without and with the skill
Checked
Without skill
With skill
Instructs archiving the submission confirmation receipt with a timestamp
Missed
Passed
case-20 · gemini-3.6-flash · 8/31/2026 · answers are capped and redacted
What's inside
The instructions your model reads when the skill loads.
SKILL.md81 linessingle file
CSCW Submission
A CSCW submission enters a journal pipeline, and as of the 2026-07-08 check the
pipeline itself is in transition: the May 14, 2025 PCS deadline was the last fixed
cutoff, and papers for CSCW 2027 and beyond flow through the rolling pathway on
Manuscript Central (mc.manuscriptcentral.com/pacmhci) with no deadline at all.
The first audit item is therefore not the paper — it is the pathway.
Pathway confirmation (do this first)
Open https://cscw.acm.org/rolling.html and confirm the live submission venue,
account requirements, and any transitional instructions.
If the manuscript is a revision from the final fixed cycle, it stays in the
system and decision vocabulary of that cycle — do not migrate it yourself.
Record what you verified and when; this venue's lore goes stale in months, and
colleagues will hand you confident PCS-era instructions that no longer apply.
Manuscript checks
Template: single-column ACM submission template, per the 2026-cycle CFP.
Confirm the rolling pathway names the same template before reformatting anything.
Length: no formal cap, but compute the word count (excluding references and
appendices). Under ~5,000 or over ~12,000 words invites added scrutiny, and
length disproportionate to contribution is itself a desk-rejection ground — the
venue's most distinctive gate. Prepare the one-sentence length defense.
Ethics visibility: IRB/ethics status, consent posture per data source, and
sensitive-data handling stated in the methods section, not implied.
Internal completeness: the paper must stand without the supplement
(cscw-supplementary packages the rest).
Anonymization: two layers, not one
CSCW review is anonymous, and this venue has a second layer most conferences lack.
Layer 1 — authors: names, affiliations, institution and city references, and
identifying grant information removed; self-citations in third person; metadata
scrubbed from PDF and supplement files; acknowledgements withheld until acceptance.
Layer 2 — the studied setting: when the paper studies a specific team,
organization, or online community, details that identify the setting can also