sosp-writing-style
Use when drafting or revising SOSP prose — leading with a design principle rather than a feature list, building the intro's problem-to-insight arc, budgeting 12 dense two-column pages across design and evaluation, writing figures that argue, and keeping claims inside what the measurements support.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill sosp-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.
# SOSP Writing Style Use this at drafting and revision time for a SOSP paper. The format constants (2026 cycle, checked 2026-07-08 against the official author guidelines): at most 12 pages of technical content in submission, 10-point font on 12-point leading, a 7 x 9 inch text block in two columns, references uncounted. Those pages are read first by a skeptical fast pass and later defended live at
What does the sosp-writing-style skill do?
Use when drafting or revising SOSP prose — leading with a design principle rather than a feature list, building the intro's problem-to-insight arc, budgeting 12 dense two-column pages across design and evaluation, writing figures that argue, and keeping claims inside what the measurements support.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill sosp-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.