Use when targeting European Conference on Information Retrieval (ECIR) 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 information retrieval.
SkillScore75Maintained
Automatic
◆Research pack
Last verified 9/2/2026
What it changes
Passed 17 of 23 test cases with the skill, and 9 of 23 without it.
Without skill38%
With skill75%
Checks it passed that the model alone missed
Rates the fit for ECIR as Low.
Uses the bracketed output tag `[Fit]`.
Includes the bracketed key `[Target]`.
and 9 more in the full report
11 fixed7 passed either way3 still failing2 broke
Pass-rate lift
+38 pp
Tokens
+33%
Agent turns
0%
Response time
-35%
Model gemini-3.6-flashMeasured 9/2/2026v118 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
We conducted a controlled user study with 60 participants measuring eye-gaze and query reformulation behaviors on web search engine result pages. Evaluate our manuscript for ECIR submission, outputting the structured assessment covering fit, target, contribution, evidence gap, official items to re-check, rejection risk, and re-routing.
What was checked, without and with the skill
Checked
Without skill
With skill
Classifies the contribution type as empirical.
Missed
Passed
Rates the venue fit as High due to search interaction focus.
Passed
Passed
case-19 · 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.md99 linessingle file
European Conference on Information Retrieval (ECIR)
Conference positioning
European Conference on Information Retrieval (ECIR) is a top computer-science conference venue for IR methods, evaluation, search interaction, recommender systems, and retrieval applications. It rewards a retrieval paper suited to the European IR community and rigorous evaluation culture. 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 ECIR / European Conference on Information Retrieval as the target venue.
A manuscript in IR methods 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: IR methods, evaluation, search interaction, recommender systems, and retrieval applications.
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 ECIR'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 ECIR as a information retrieval venue whose reviewers expect the scope and evidence to match its own community. Do not submit a generic CS paper until the introduction names the exact subcommunity, contribution type, and proof or empirical standard.
Contribution hook to foreground: the venue-specific contribution bar.
Scope vocabulary to use naturally in the abstract and introduction: IR methods, evaluation, search interaction, recommender systems, and retrieval applications.
Official anchor domain: www.ecir2026.eu. Quote annual rules only after opening that source and the current-year CFP/author kit.
Close-neighbor routing guardrail
Route to ECIR when the paper is information retrieval and the European IR conference community
or cycle is the best fit.
Compare SIGIR for flagship IR, CHIIR for interactive IR, CIKM for broader
information/knowledge management, and ACL/EMNLP when NLP modeling is central.
What distinguishes this venue from its closest siblings