| name | find-conferences |
| description | Enumerate conferences and events at the intersection of a domain, geography, and date range. Reads ground-truth for goals/travel constraints. Writes to <WORKING_FOLDER>/domain-notes/<domain-slug>/conferences.md. Surfaces CFP windows separately so the user can submit, not just attend. |
| disable-model-invocation | false |
| allowed-tools | Read, Write, WebSearch, WebFetch, Bash(mkdir *), Bash(test *), Bash(date *) |
Find Conferences
Domain ∩ geography ∩ date-range. Output groups events by attend / submit / sponsor-only and tags those with currently-open CFPs.
Inputs
$ARGUMENTS:
- Required:
<domain> — niche.
- Optional:
--geography=<region> — defaults to USER_LOCATION + global virtual events.
- Optional:
--horizon=<next-6mo|this-year|next-12mo> (default next-12mo).
- Optional:
--n=<count> (default 12).
- Optional:
--include-virtual (default true).
- Optional:
--cfp-only — only events with currently-open CFP submissions.
Examples
/career:ecosystem conferences "agentic AI"
/career:ecosystem conferences "devtools" --geography="EMEA" --cfp-only
/career:ecosystem conferences "ai evals" --horizon=next-6mo
Procedure
1. Resolve config + paths
WORKING_FOLDER, USER_LOCATION from config. Read ground-truth.md for travel-constraint signals.
Output: ${WORKING_FOLDER}/domain-notes/${domain-slug}/conferences.md (creates the per-domain subdirectory if needed).
2. Enumerate
WebSearch + WebFetch:
- Major industry conferences in the niche.
- Regional events.
- Specialist workshops / unconferences.
- Vendor summits in the niche.
- Academic conferences if domain is research-flavored.
Aim for --n events. Always include at least 2 free/virtual options unless filtered out.
3. Capture per event
For each event:
- Name
- Dates (or "TBA YYYY-Q?" if not yet announced)
- Location (city + country, or "virtual")
- CFP status:
open until <date> | closed for <year> | no public CFP
- Ticket cost band
- Travel estimate from
USER_LOCATION (rough; mark [ask user] if not derivable)
- Prior-year signal: who attended, who spoke (cite source)
- Why-relevant — tie to ground-truth domain or skill claim
- Mode tag:
attend (worth being in the room) | submit (CFP open + good fit) | sponsor-only (vendor-heavy, low IC value)
4. Write the note
# Conferences — {{domain}}
> Domain: {{domain}}
> Geography: {{geography}}
> Horizon: {{horizon}}
> Surveyed: {{date}}
## Open CFPs (submit)
| event | dates | CFP closes | location | why submit | source |
## Worth attending
| event | dates | location | ticket | travel from {{loc}} | why | source |
## Sponsor-only / vendor-heavy
| event | note |
## Honest unknowns (TBA / no public info)
| event | what would resolve this |
## Sources
1. ...
5. Print summary
note: domain-notes/<domain-slug>/conferences.md
attend: <n>
submit (CFP open): <n>
sponsor-only: <n>
next:
- submit → /career:suggest projects --target-domain=<slug> (talk-shaped project)
- attend → /career:plan week (block travel + cost)
Guardrails
- CFP windows are time-sensitive. Always cite the deadline date and source URL.
- "Worth attending" must be backed by who-attended evidence, not marketing copy.
- Don't pad. If the niche has 4 real events, the note has 4 events.
Failure modes
- Domain too broad → ask to narrow.
- No upcoming events → write the note empty with a
## Status: nothing scheduled in horizon note.
