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- package/builtin-skills/draft-paper/references/formats/imrad.md +150 -0
- package/builtin-skills/draft-paper/references/formats/position-paper.md +170 -0
- package/builtin-skills/draft-paper/references/formats/systematic-review.md +176 -0
- package/builtin-skills/draft-paper/references/venues/acl.md +146 -0
- package/builtin-skills/draft-paper/references/venues/chi.md +131 -0
- package/builtin-skills/draft-paper/references/venues/ieee-transactions.md +173 -0
- package/builtin-skills/draft-paper/references/venues/nature.md +167 -0
- package/builtin-skills/draft-paper/references/venues/neurips.md +115 -0
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# CHI (ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems) Submission Guidelines
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```latex
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