Use when targeting International Conference on Computational Linguistics (COLING) 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 computational linguistics.
SkillScore82Maintained
Automatic
◆Research pack
Last verified 9/2/2026
What it changes
Passed 18 of 22 test cases with the skill, and 10 of 22 without it.
Without skill45%
With skill82%
Checks it passed that the model alone missed
Assigns [Fit] as Low.
Assigns [Fit] as High.
Re-routes the manuscript to SCA.
and 7 more in the full report
10 fixed8 passed either way2 still failing2 broke
Pass-rate lift
+36 pp
Tokens
+90%
Agent turns
0%
Response time
-26%
Model gemini-3.6-flashMeasured 9/2/2026v218 of 22 cases passed with skill
Tokens, turns and time describe resource use, not a dollar price.
See it in action
One of 10 test cases the skill fixed. Same model, same prompt, with and without the skill.
1 of 10
Prompt
Our manuscript presents a novel deep learning technique for 3D character mesh animation and skeletal motion synthesis evaluated on motion capture datasets. We want to know if COLING is the right venue. Please evaluate our submission and provide your diagnosis using structured bracketed output fields: [Fit], [Target], [Contribution type], [Main evidence gap], [Official items to re-check], [Top rejection risk], and [Re-route suggestion].
What was checked, without and with the skill
Checked
Without skill
With skill
Assigns [Fit] as Low.
Missed
Passed
Re-routes the manuscript to SCA.
Missed
Passed
Identifies the lack of computational linguistics focus as the top rejection risk.
Missed
Passed
case-07 · 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.md104 linessingle file
International Conference on Computational Linguistics (COLING)
Conference positioning
International Conference on Computational Linguistics (COLING) is a top computer-science conference venue for computational linguistics, multilingual NLP, semantics, syntax, resources, and language technology. It rewards a computational-linguistics paper where linguistic grounding and broad NLP relevance are both visible. 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 COLING / International Conference on Computational Linguistics as the target venue.
A manuscript in computational linguistics 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: computational linguistics, multilingual NLP, semantics, syntax, resources, and language technology.
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 COLING'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 COLING as a computational linguistics 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: computational linguistics, multilingual NLP, semantics, syntax, resources, and language technology.
Official anchor: the ACL Anthology COLING venue page (https://aclanthology.org/venues/coling/). COLING has no standing domain — each edition runs its own site (e.g. coling2025.org), reachable from the Anthology venue page. 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 computational
linguistics and the author can say why COLING reviewers are the primary audience, not merely
a convenient deadline.
Closest roster neighbors to compare before final routing: ieee-international-symposium-on- mixed-and-augmented-reality (ISMAR), ieee-conference-on-virtual-reality-and-3d-user- interfaces (IEEE VR), ieee-international-conference-on-acoustics-speech-and-signal- processing (ICASSP), acm-sigir-conference-on-human-information-interaction-and-retrieval