siggraph-writing-style
Use when structuring or revising a SIGGRAPH / TOG technical paper, covering the teaser figure, a results-first first page, the graphics contribution framing (technique + quality/performance), comparison-driven evaluation, honest limitations, and the acmart 7-page discipline for the conference track.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill siggraph-writing-style --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# SIGGRAPH Writing Style A SIGGRAPH paper earns acceptance by making a **graphics contribution** legible on the first page and **showing** its results, not merely describing them. The reader is a domain expert who will form an opinion from your **teaser figure and results video** before finishing the abstract. This skill builds the SIGGRAPH first-page arc and the body discipline the `acmart` budget enforces. Anchor format facts to `resources/official-source-map.md`. ## The SIGGRAPH first-page arc **problem a graphics practitioner recognizes -> why prior methods fall short (quality, speed, generality, or robustness) -> our technique in one sentence -> the result shown (teaser) -> what it enables.** All of it visible on page one, with the **teaser figure** doing half the work. - Lead with the *visual/temporal* problem: a rendering that is too slow or too noisy, a simulation that is unstable, a geometry operation that fails on real meshes. Not "deep learning has transformed graphics." - State the contribution as a **method plus a measurable gain** — "Nx faster at equal quality," "converges where prior work diverges," "handles inputs prior methods cannot." A method with no quality/perf
- The SIGGRAPH first-page arc
- The teaser figure carries the paper
- Body structure (conference/dual-track: <= 7 pages)
- Page-budget discipline (acmart)
- Voice and honesty
- Anti-patterns
- Output format
What does the siggraph-writing-style skill do?
Use when structuring or revising a SIGGRAPH / TOG technical paper, covering the teaser figure, a results-first first page, the graphics contribution framing (technique + quality/performance), comparison-driven evaluation, honest limitations, and the acmart 7-page discipline for the conference track.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill siggraph-writing-style --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills, a repository with 909 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.