Latex Conference Template Organizer

Conference LaTeX templates are usually a mess of sample content, verbose comments, and scattered files that need cleanup before you can start writing. This skill takes the zip file, analyzes what's wrong with it, then reorganizes everything into a clean Overleaf-ready structure with sections split into separate files, styles moved to their own directory, and all the example cruft removed. It works in analyze-then-confirm mode so you see the cleanup plan before it executes. Handy for ACM and similar templates where the official download includes way too much instructional material. It even handles special cases like KDD's anonymous submission requirements that need the nonacm flag to strip out footnotes.

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last updated: Aug 21, 2026

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Install

$ npx -y skills add galaxy-dawn/claude-scholar --skill latex-conference-template-organizer --agent claude-code

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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"