aaai-paper

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aaai-paper

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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)

• aaaiNN.sty used, two columns, unmodified margins/fonts.
• Fully anonymized (no names, acknowledgments, or identifying repo links).
• Within page limit; references on the allowed extra page.
• Reproducibility checklist completed.
• Abstract submitted by the cycle's abstract deadline; author list final after that.
• Supplementary/code uploaded by its deadline if used.
• Citations all verified (no hallucinated entries).
• No TODO/figure placeholders left; figures vector and grayscale-legible.
• OpenReview metadata, subject areas, conflicts declared.
• 5-dimension self-review passed (references/writing-and-polishing.md).

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.