# benchmark-paper-template

Audits a benchmark paper against five pillars and returns a section skeleton, a six-part Introduction chain and a pre-submission checklist.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 679 installs · ★ 10652
- Author: HKUSTDial
- License: CC-BY-4.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/HKUSTDial/Supervisor-Skills/tree/HEAD/skills/benchmark-paper-template/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-16
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/benchmark-paper-template

## What it does

This skill is for Benchmark and Evaluation papers. It checks a draft against five pillars: Research Gap, Construction Pipeline, Evaluation Framework, Empirical Findings, and an optional Companion Method. You get a completeness audit, a six-part Introduction logic chain, a §2–§7 skeleton, and a reviewer checklist before you submit.

Seven reference files under `references/` carry the detail: `construction-pipeline.md`, `benchmark-design.md`, `experiments.md`, `paper-structure.md` and others. They cover data construction, the error taxonomy, experiments organised by research question, and page budgets with figure placement. A prompt template is included for pasting into an assistant with the input slots filled.

The skill draws a line between a benchmark paper and a technical one. A benchmark wins on the evaluation dimension, not the algorithm, and its heaviest chapter is the construction pipeline plus evaluation framework. For technical or position papers the author points to `tech-paper-template`, and for the Introduction alone to `intro-drafter`. If your contribution is a new method, look elsewhere.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add HKUSTDial/Supervisor-Skills --skill benchmark-paper-template -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/benchmark-paper-template/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/benchmark-paper-template/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add HKUSTDial/Supervisor-Skills --skill benchmark-paper-template -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/benchmark-paper-template/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add HKUSTDial/Supervisor-Skills --skill benchmark-paper-template -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/benchmark-paper-template/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install HKUSTDial/Supervisor-Skills benchmark-paper-template
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/benchmark-paper-template/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add HKUSTDial/Supervisor-Skills --skill benchmark-paper-template -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/HKUSTDial/Supervisor-Skills --path skills/benchmark-paper-template
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/benchmark-paper-template/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add HKUSTDial/Supervisor-Skills --skill benchmark-paper-template -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/HKUSTDial/Supervisor-Skills/tree/HEAD/skills/benchmark-paper-template/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- check whether a benchmark idea is substantive enough for a paper
- draft an Introduction from six linked parts
- lay out the data construction pipeline and quality control
- organise experiments by research question
- run a reviewer checklist before submitting

## Example prompts
- Audit my benchmark paper against the five pillars and tell me what is missing
- Build the §2–§7 skeleton for a benchmark on statistical methods
- Write a pre-submission checklist for my Experiments section

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---
name: benchmark-paper-template
description: Structures Benchmark and Evaluation papers using the five-pillar framework (Research Gap, Construction Pipeline, Evaluation Framework, Empirical Findings, optional Companion Method). Returns a completeness audit, a six-part Introduction logic chain, a Section 2-7 skeleton, and a pre-submission checklist. Use when writing a benchmark paper, structuring a benchmark paper, checking whether a benchmark idea is substantive, drafting a benchmark Introduction, or planning the data-construction pipeline or experiments.
license: CC-BY-4.0
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# Benchmark Paper Template

## Overview

A Benchmark paper does not win by proposing a new algorithm. It wins by defining a new evaluation dimension and shipping a construction pipeline that makes the measurement high-quality, scalable, and reproducible. This skill scaffolds the five pillars a reviewer checks, then gives you a six-part Introduction chain, a Section 2-7 skeleton, and a pre-submission checklist. Stage-specific depth lives in seven reference files under `references/`.

## Core capabilities

1. **Five-pillar completeness audit**: is the Research Gap articulated? Is the Construction Pipeline principled? Is the Evaluation Framework fine-grained? Do the Empirical Findings reveal capability boundaries? Is a Companion Method warranted?
2. **Introduction six-part logic chain**: Background + Running Example, Existing-Benchmark Limitations (no more than three), Research Questions, Design Considerations, Our Proposal, Contributions.
3. **Section skeleton for §2 to §7**: Task and Design Goals, Construction Pipeline, Optional Companion Method, Experiments organized by RQ, Discussion and Research Opportunities, Related Work with benchmark comparison table, Conclusion.
4. **Pre-submission self-check**: four-category reviewer checklist (Introduction, Benchmark section, Experiments, Overall) with Critical, Major, Minor severity.

## Benchmark paper vs technical paper

| Dimension | Technical paper | Benchmark paper |
|---|---|---|
| Main contribution | Novel algorithm or method | Novel evaluation dimension or dataset |
| Introduction axis | Key Idea or Mechanism | Evaluation Gap and Benchmark Design Rationale |
| Problem definition | One-sentence goal | The problem definition IS the contribution |
| Heaviest chapter | Method | Construction Pipeline + Evaluation Framework |
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