law-bootstrap

LAW Bootstrap

Create a new academic paper repository from scratch. This skill initializes the directory structure, copies venue-specific templates, sets up git, and generates AGENTS.md with the paper's metadata.

Venue template mapping

Read ~/.common-law/paper-style/venue-map.md for the authoritative mapping of venues to document classes, style files, bib styles, page limits, and anonymization requirements.

Supported venues: nsdi, sp (IEEE S&P), sigcomm, apnet, arxiv, ton (IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking).

Workflow

Step 1: Gather parameters interactively

Ask the user for each parameter. Do not proceed until all required parameters are provided and confirmed. Do not create anything if any parameter is unclear.

Required:

• Paper name (short lowercase identifier, e.g., swiftcache)
• Venue (nsdi, sp, sigcomm, apnet, or arxiv)
• Year (e.g., 2027)

Optional:

• Cycle (spring, fall, cycle-2, etc.) — for venues with multiple deadlines

If the user provides all parameters in one message (e.g., "create a new paper called swiftcache for NSDI 2027 spring"), extract them and confirm before proceeding.

Step 2: Validate

• Check that the venue is in the venue-map
• Check that the target directory does not already exist
• If it exists, warn and ask for confirmation

Step 3: Create the paper

Run scripts/new-paper.sh with the gathered parameters:

bash scripts/new-paper.sh --name <name> --venue <venue> --year <year> [--cycle <cycle>]

The script:

1. Creates the directory {name}-{venue}-{year}[-{cycle}]
2. Copies assets/template/ into the new directory
3. Copies the appropriate venue template files from assets/venue-templates/{venue}/ into the paper root
4. Copies ~/.common-law/paper-style/CLAUDE.md into the paper root
5. Appends the paper narrative placeholder to CLAUDE.md
6. Copies ~/.common-law/bib/refs.bib into the paper root as refs.bib
7. Initializes git with .gitignore and creates an initial commit
8. Writes AGENTS.md with venue and page limit filled in, placeholders for human-filled fields