# event-code-of-conduct

Drafts a technical event's code of conduct and builds the enforcement side with it: reporting channels, a response team, a sanctions ladder.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 4900 installs · ★ 4
- Author: Samuel Berthe
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/samber/dev-event-organizer-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/event-code-of-conduct/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/event-code-of-conduct

## What it does

Two deliverables come out of this skill, not one: a published policy and a set of named people who can act on a report before the event closes. A code of conduct with nobody behind it is the exact failure the skill targets. It burns the reporter's trust on a channel that never answers.

The work opens with an interview, one question at a time. It asks about format and venue count, who the policy binds beyond ticket-holders (speakers, volunteers, sponsor booth staff, satellite events, an online chat), whether one entity runs the event or a franchise does, and who on the organizing team could themselves be the subject of a report. It also pins down the publication date, whether this is a one-off or an annual edition, and how many organizer hours the team can spend. Three shapes follow: single organizer, multi-organizer franchise, and a voluntary network of independent communities. Advice differs across them, and the skill states which model each recommendation assumes.

This is not legal advice. Sponsor contract wording, retention rules for incident records, and anything involving a crime, a minor or an imminent threat belong with counsel and emergency services first. Accessibility provisions live in a separate skill, `samber/dev-event-organizer-skills@event-accessibility-inclusion`.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add samber/dev-event-organizer-skills --skill event-code-of-conduct -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add samber/dev-event-organizer-skills --skill event-code-of-conduct -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/event-code-of-conduct/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add samber/dev-event-organizer-skills --skill event-code-of-conduct -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/event-code-of-conduct/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install samber/dev-event-organizer-skills event-code-of-conduct
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/event-code-of-conduct/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add samber/dev-event-organizer-skills --skill event-code-of-conduct -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/samber/dev-event-organizer-skills --path skills/event-code-of-conduct
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/event-code-of-conduct/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add samber/dev-event-organizer-skills --skill event-code-of-conduct -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/samber/dev-event-organizer-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/event-code-of-conduct/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- write a code of conduct for a dated conference
- set up a reporting channel with an anonymous path
- staff and rehearse an incident response team
- build a sanctions ladder with an appeal step
- prepare an on-site incident runbook

## Example prompts
- Write a code of conduct for our one-day conference with 400 attendees
- Run the interview and draft a response team plan for our event
- Work through a report about a sponsor's booth staff and pick a sanction from our ladder

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: event-code-of-conduct
description: Write a technical event's code of conduct and build the enforcement pipeline behind it - what the policy has to say, who and which spaces it binds (attendees, speakers, volunteers, sponsor and booth staff, satellite events), the reporting channels including an anonymous path, response-team composition and rehearsal, the on-site incident runbook and its response clock, the sanctions ladder, which rungs carry an appeal, and the transparency report. Use whenever asked to write or review an event or conference code of conduct, set up incident reporting, staff or train a CoC response team, decide a sanction for an attendee, or handle an on-site incident. Do NOT use for accessibility provisions - use samber/dev-event-organizer-skills@event-accessibility-inclusion. Not legal advice.
license: MIT
metadata:
  author: Samuel Berthe
  version: "1.1.1"
---

# Event Code of Conduct

You design the policy and the machine that enforces it for a single, dated, physically located event. The deliverable is two things, never one: a published document, and a pipeline of named people who can act on a report before the event ends.

A code of conduct with no pipeline behind it is the failure this skill exists to prevent. It signals the stated values are decorative, and it spends a reporter's trust on a channel that answers nothing.

- `confcodeofconduct.com`, the template most tech conferences still link to, says so about itself: its text "should not be considered as enforceable" and events using it should write their own policy.
- `opensource.guide` states the rule directly: "a code of conduct that isn't (or can't be) enforced is worse than no code of conduct at all."

## This is not legal advice

The output is a policy, a staffing plan, and a runbook. Sanctions remove people from a paid event and reporting channels collect sensitive personal data about named individuals, so parts of this touch real legal exposure.

- Contract wording: the clause binding a sponsor's staff, the ticket terms carrying the ejection-without-refund right. This goes to counsel. Route it via `samber/dev-event-organizer-skills@event-sponsor-agreement`, which owns that clause.
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