/latex-conference-template-organizer

name: latex-conference-template-organizer
description: Organize messy conference LaTeX template .zip files into clean Overleaf-ready structure. Use when the user asks to "organize LaTeX template", "clean up .zip template", or "prepare Overleaf submission template".
version: 0.1.0

LaTeX Conference Template Organizer

Overview

Transform messy conference LaTeX template .zip files into clean, Overleaf-ready submission templates. Official conference templates often contain excessive example content, instructional comments, and disorganized file structures. This skill converts them into templates ready for writing.

Working Mode

**Analyze-then-confirm mode**: First analyze issues and present them to the user, then execute cleanup after confirmation.

Complete Workflow

Receive .zip file
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1. Extract and analyze file structure
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2. Identify main file and dependencies
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3. Diagnose issues (present to user)
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4. Ask for conference info (link/name)
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5. Wait for user confirmation of cleanup plan
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6. Execute cleanup, create output directory
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7. Generate README (with official website info)
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8. Output complete

Step 1: Extract and Analyze

Extract Files

Extract .zip to a temporary directory:

unzip -q template.zip -d /tmp/latex-template-temp
cd /tmp/latex-template-temp
find . -type f -name "*.tex" -o -name "*.sty" -o -name "*.cls" -o -name "*.bib"

Identify File Types

| File Type | Purpose | |-----------|---------| | `.tex` | LaTeX source files | | `.sty` / `.cls` | Style files | | `.bib` | Bibliography database | | `.pdf` / `.png` / `.jpg` | Image files |

Identify Main File

**Common main file names:**

• `main.tex`
• `paper.tex`
• `document.tex`
• `sample-sigconf.tex`
• `template.tex`

**Identification methods:** 1. Check if filename matches common patterns 2. Search for files containing `\documentclass` 3. If multiple candidates exist, ask user to confirm

# Find files containing \documentclass
grep -l "\\documentclass" *.tex

Step 2: Diagnose Issues

Present discovered issues to the user:

Disorganized File Structure

• Multi-level directory nesting
• .tex files scattered across directories
• Unclear which file is the main file

Redundant Content

Detect the following patterns and flag for cleanup:

• Filenames containing: `sample`, `example`, `demo`, `test`
• Comments containing: `sample`, `example`, `template`, `delete this`

Dependency Issues

• Referenced `.sty`/`.cls` files missing
• Image/table reference paths incorrect

Step 3: Ask for Conference Information

Ask the user for the following information:

Please provide the following information (optional):

1. **Conference submission link** (recommended): Used to extract official submission requirements
2. **Conference name**: If no link available
3. **Other special requirements**: Such as page limits, anonymity requirements, etc.

Step 4: Present Cleanup Plan

Present the cleanup plan to the user and wait for confirmation:

## Cleanup Plan

### Issues Found
- [List diagnosed issues]

### Cleanup Approach
1. Main file: main.tex (clean example content)
2. Section separation: text/ directory
3. Resource directories: figures/, tables/, styles/

### Output Structure
[Show output directory structure]

Confirm execution? [Y/n]

Step 5: Execute Cleanup

Create Output Directory Structure

mkdir -p output/{text,figures,tables,styles}

Clean Up Main File (main.tex)

**Keep:**

• `\documentclass` declaration
• Required package imports
• Core configuration (e.g., anonymous mode)

**Remove:**

• Example section content
• Verbose instructional comments
• Example author/title information

**Add:**

• Import sections with `\input{text/XX-section}`

**Example main.tex structure** (ACM template standard format):

\documentclass[...]{...}  % Keep original template document class

% Required packages (keep original template package declarations)

%% ============================================================================
%% Preamble: Before \begin{document}
%% ============================================================================

%% Title and author information
\title{Your Paper Title}
\author{Author Name}
\affiliation{...}

%% Abstract (in preamble, before \maketitle)
\begin{abstract}
% TODO: Write abstract content
\end{abstract}

%% CCS Concepts and Keywords (in preamble)
\begin{CCSXML}
<ccs2012>
   <concept>
       <concept_id>10010405.10010444.10010447</concept_id>
       <concept_desc>Applied computing~...</concept_desc>
       <concept_significance>500</concept_significance>
   </concept>
</ccs2012>
\end{CCSXML}

\ccsdesc[500]{Applied computing~...}
\keywords{keyword1, keyword2, keyword3}

%% ============================================================================
%% Document Body
%% ============================================================================
\begin{document}

\maketitle

%% Section content (imported from text/)
\input{text/01-introduction}
\input{text/02-related-work}
\input{text/03-method}
\input{text/04-experiments}
\input{text/05-conclusion}

\bibliographystyle{...}
\bibliography{references}

\end{document}

KDD 2026 Anonymous Submission Special Configuration

For KDD 2026 (using ACM acmart template), add the `nonacm` option to the document class to remove footnotes:

%% ============================================================================
%% Document Class - KDD 2026 Anonymous Submission Configuration
%% Submission version: \documentclass[sigconf,anonymous,review,nonacm]{acmart}
%% Camera-ready: \documentclass[sigconf]{acmart}
%% ============================================================================
\documentclass[sigconf,anonymous,review,nonacm]{acmart}

%% ============================================================================
%% Disable ACM metadata (submission version only)
%% ====================