| name | aaai-paper |
| description | Use this skill to help write, structure, polish, format, or review a paper for AAAI (the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, any year), or whenever the user mentions 'AAAI', the AAAI Press author kit, the AAAI two-column style, the reproducibility checklist, or an OpenReview AI submission for AAAI. Helps with ideation and narrative, section structure, sentence-level polishing, AAAI LaTeX formatting, figures and tables (including leaving sized placeholders for figures), citation verification, the two-phase review timeline, and a submission checklist. Double-blind venue. Verify exact dates, page limits, and policies against that year's official AAAI Call for Papers. |
AAAI Paper Writing
Help the user take an AI paper from idea to a polished, correctly formatted, double-blind
AAAI submission. You can brainstorm the narrative, structure sections, polish prose, build
LaTeX/figures/tables (or leave sized placeholders), verify citations, and run a reviewer
self-check.
How to use this skill
Load the matching reference file on demand (not all at once):
| User wants | Do this | Reference |
|---|
| Find the story / contribution / outline | nail the one-sentence contribution, then outline | references/ideation-and-structure.md |
| Draft or restructure a section | use the section blueprint | references/ideation-and-structure.md |
| Polish / tighten / "does this flow" | apply clarity principles + claim-evidence map | references/writing-and-polishing.md |
| Figures, tables, or placeholders | design or reserve space; generate plots | references/figures-and-tables.md, assets/ |
| Generate a flowchart / pipeline / experiment plot | run the helper scripts | references/generating-diagrams.md, assets/make_flowchart.py, assets/make_experiment_figures.py |
| Add citations | verify before citing; never hallucinate | references/citations.md |
| Set up LaTeX / fix formatting / convert venue | template workflow + pitfalls | references/latex-and-submission.md |
| Final pass before submitting | run the checklist below + 5-dimension self-review | this file + references/writing-and-polishing.md |
Be proactive: if the contribution and results are clear, deliver a full draft and flag
open choices, rather than asking permission section by section.
At a glance
- Conference: AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (annual).
- Submission system: OpenReview (recent cycles).
- Review model: double-blind — anonymize the submission (no names, no identifying links).
- Two-phase review: a Phase 1 reject screening, then an author-feedback window. Lead with
a crisp contribution so the paper survives Phase 1.
Dates change every year — check the current CFP
Do not rely on memorized dates. For the target cycle, open
https://aaai.org/conference/aaai/ and read off: abstract deadline, full-paper deadline,
supplementary/code deadline, Phase 1 notifications, author feedback window, final
notification, camera-ready, and conference dates. Rough rhythm (planning only): site opens
early-to-mid summer; abstracts ~late July, full papers ~one week later; notifications late
fall; conference the following February.
Format (AAAI-specific)
- Template: AAAI Press author kit for the target year (the
aaaiNN.sty style, two-column).
Do NOT modify margins or font sizes — AAAI enforces this strictly.
- Length: AAAI typically allows about 7 pages of technical content plus an extra page that
may contain only references; recent cycles also allow a reproducibility appendix. Confirm
the exact page rule in the current CFP.
- A reproducibility checklist is required.
- The AAAI copyright block is mandatory in the camera-ready.
Structure notes specific to AAAI
Follow the general blueprint in references/ideation-and-structure.md, with AAAI emphasis:
- Position the contribution within the broader AI landscape, not just one niche.
- Formalize the problem clearly (notation, assumptions, theory where relevant).
- Keep the method self-contained; reviewers may not read the appendix.
- Fill the reproducibility checklist honestly; reviewers cross-check it.
Submission checklist (AAAI)
When helping the user
- Ask the track and whether the work is theory, applied, or systems.
- Offer to scaffold the AAAI LaTeX skeleton, draft contribution bullets, build figures as
placeholders, or fill the reproducibility checklist.
- Plan around the two-stage timeline (Phase 1 screening, then feedback) when scheduling revisions.
