AAAI Camera Ready
Use this after AAAI acceptance. Reopen the current camera-ready email, publication/attendance page,
author kit, copyright instructions, and proceedings source-file requirements.
Camera-ready checklist
- Apply the current AAAI proceedings template and page rules. AAAI-26 accepted main-track papers
used 7 proceedings pages plus pages solely for references and acknowledgments, with an option to
purchase up to two additional technical-content pages.
- Prepare source files as required: LaTeX or Word source, figures, bibliography, style files, and a
high-resolution PDF.
- Add author names, affiliations, acknowledgments, funding, and ethical disclosures where required.
- Keep all references from the submitted paper unless superseded, and explain major citation updates
conservatively.
- Resolve reviewer-facing clarity issues without changing the scientific identity of the paper.
- Complete copyright transfer and any AAAI Digital Library metadata.
- Ensure at least one author registers and presents the paper, unless current exceptional-circumstance
procedures apply.
AAAI Press production gotchas
AAAI Press compiles the proceedings from your source, so a PDF that looks fine locally can still be
kicked back. The two-column AAAI style is strict about a few things that trip up authors arriving
from single-column or NeurIPS-style submissions:
- Do not alter margins, font sizes, or column gap; AAAI explicitly forbids style hacks to gain space.
If you need room, purchase technical pages instead of shrinking the template.
- Disable
\pdfoutput overrides and embed all fonts; non-embedded fonts are a common rejection.
- Move references and acknowledgments into the pages that do not count against the technical limit,
per the current rule, rather than padding the main body.
- Restore author block, funding, and ethics statements that were stripped for double-blind review.
Deanonymization sweep
Acceptance reverses the anonymity discipline: now identity must be present and correct, while stale
blind-mode placeholders must go. Walk the paper, supplement, and code for "Anonymous", redacted
citations to your own prior work, and \\if-blind toggles still set to blind.
Worked vignette
A knowledge-representation paper lands at 7.5 technical pages after restoring the author block and an
ethics statement. Decision: it cannot shrink the template, so the author buys one extra technical
page (within the current cap), keeps references on the non-counting pages, and re-runs the
deanonymization sweep before uploading source to AAAI Press.
Release plan
- Replace anonymous code/data links with durable public repositories or archives.
- Publish a project page only if it is stable, accurate, and does not overclaim beyond the paper.
- Preserve a copy of the submitted PDF, reviews, rebuttal, accepted PDF, source package, and artifact
release for future journal extensions.
Output format
[Camera-ready state] Ready / Needs fixes / Blocked
[Proceedings files] <PDF/source/bib/figures/supplement>
[Page status] within limit / extra pages needed / over limit
[Publication obligations] copyright / registration / presentation / metadata
[Final fixes] <ordered list before upload>
Source: brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills → AAAI-Skills/skills/aaai-camera-ready/SKILL.md
1---2name: aaai-camera-ready3description: Use when preparing an accepted AAAI paper for camera-ready source submission to AAAI Press, including proceedings page limits, two-column template compliance, copyright transfer, purchased extra technical pages, deanonymization, registration, oral or poster presentation, and final public artifact release.4---567# AAAI Camera Ready89Use this after AAAI acceptance. Reopen the current camera-ready email, publication/attendance page,10author kit, copyright instructions, and proceedings source-file requirements.1112## Camera-ready checklist1314- Apply the current AAAI proceedings template and page rules. AAAI-26 accepted main-track papers15 used 7 proceedings pages plus pages solely for references and acknowledgments, with an option to16 purchase up to two additional technical-content pages.17- Prepare source files as required: LaTeX or Word source, figures, bibliography, style files, and a18 high-resolution PDF.19- Add author names, affiliations, acknowledgments, funding, and ethical disclosures where required.20- Keep all references from the submitted paper unless superseded, and explain major citation updates21 conservatively.22- Resolve reviewer-facing clarity issues without changing the scientific identity of the paper.23- Complete copyright transfer and any AAAI Digital Library metadata.24- Ensure at least one author registers and presents the paper, unless current exceptional-circumstance25 procedures apply.2627## AAAI Press production gotchas2829AAAI Press compiles the proceedings from your source, so a PDF that looks fine locally can still be30kicked back. The two-column AAAI style is strict about a few things that trip up authors arriving31from single-column or NeurIPS-style submissions:3233- Do not alter margins, font sizes, or column gap; AAAI explicitly forbids style hacks to gain space.34 If you need room, purchase technical pages instead of shrinking the template.35- Disable `\pdfoutput` overrides and embed all fonts; non-embedded fonts are a common rejection.36- Move references and acknowledgments into the pages that do not count against the technical limit,37 per the current rule, rather than padding the main body.38- Restore author block, funding, and ethics statements that were stripped for double-blind review.3940## Deanonymization sweep4142Acceptance reverses the anonymity discipline: now identity must be present and correct, while stale43blind-mode placeholders must go. Walk the paper, supplement, and code for "Anonymous", redacted44citations to your own prior work, and `\\if-blind` toggles still set to blind.4546## Worked vignette4748A knowledge-representation paper lands at 7.5 technical pages after restoring the author block and an49ethics statement. Decision: it cannot shrink the template, so the author buys one extra technical50page (within the current cap), keeps references on the non-counting pages, and re-runs the51deanonymization sweep before uploading source to AAAI Press.5253## Release plan5455- Replace anonymous code/data links with durable public repositories or archives.56- Publish a project page only if it is stable, accurate, and does not overclaim beyond the paper.57- Preserve a copy of the submitted PDF, reviews, rebuttal, accepted PDF, source package, and artifact58 release for future journal extensions.5960## Output format6162```text63[Camera-ready state] Ready / Needs fixes / Blocked64[Proceedings files] <PDF/source/bib/figures/supplement>65[Page status] within limit / extra pages needed / over limit66[Publication obligations] copyright / registration / presentation / metadata67[Final fixes] <ordered list before upload>68```6970---7172**Source:** [`brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills`](https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) → `AAAI-Skills/skills/aaai-camera-ready/SKILL.md`
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