ml-conference-paper-architectlisted

# ML Conference Paper Architect Formatting and structural conventions for **NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, and AAAI** submissions. Sits on top of [latex-architect](../../languages/latex-architect/SKILL.md), which owns general LaTeX practice — build, preamble order, floats, math, semantic markup. This skill owns only what is venue-specific. Venue template sources and the classic-look preamble live in [assets/VENUE_TEMPLATES.md](assets/VENUE_TEMPLATES.md); worked skeletons in [RECIPES.md](RECIPES.md); pinned template years in [STACK.md](STACK.md). ## 1. The one rule that overrides everything **Read the current year's Call for Papers and author kit before applying anything below.** Every number in this skill — page limits, deadline structure, checklist requirements — is revised annually, sometimes substantially. This skill encodes the *shape* of the requirements and the failure modes; the CFP encodes the current values. Where the two disagree, the CFP wins, and the fix belongs in [STACK.md](STACK.md). Corollary: **never hand-copy a preamble from a previous paper.** Download the official style file for the target year. Reusing last year's `.sty` is the single most common cause of a paper that looks right locally and gets flagged by the venue's format checker. ## 2. Before drafting: confirm 1. **Venue and year** — determines the `.sty`, the page limit, and the checklist. 2. **Track** — main conference, datasets & benchmarks, workshop, or findings-style track. Limits and review criter