sigmod-writing-style
Use when revising a SIGMOD research paper's prose and structure, covering the data-management framing readers expect on page one, running examples and architecture figures, scoping systems claims to measured workloads, third-person anonymity phrasing, and fitting a systems argument into 12 ACM-template pages.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill sigmod-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.
# SIGMOD Writing Style SIGMOD prose is engineering argumentation: a reader who builds database systems should finish page one knowing what breaks today, what mechanism you built, and what measurement proves it. The 12-page ACM-template budget (references excluded) is generous by conference standards, which removes the usual excuse — at this venue, missing detail reads as concealment rather than compression. ## Page-one contract Within the first page, in some order: the workload or application pressure that makes the problem real *now*; why the incumbent technique fails at that pressure point (with a number if possible); the mechanism in one concrete sentence; the headline measured result with its setting attached; and the contribution list phrased as artifacts a reader can verify — an algorithm, a system component, a proof, an evaluation. A first paragraph that opens with "Data volumes are growing exponentially" has already spent its welcome; open instead inside the specific bottleneck. ## The running example The single most recognizable SIGMOD stylistic device: one small, concrete example — a table, a query, a workload snippet — introduced in Section 1 or 2 and threaded through th
- Page-one contract
- The running example
- Claim scoping for systems numbers
- Architecture before algebra
- Anonymity-safe voice
- Budgeting the 12 pages
- Title and abstract mechanics
- Sentence-level habits
- Output format
What does the sigmod-writing-style skill do?
Use when revising a SIGMOD research paper's prose and structure, covering the data-management framing readers expect on page one, running examples and architecture figures, scoping systems claims to measured workloads, third-person anonymity phrasing, and fitting a systems argument into 12 ACM-template pages.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill sigmod-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.