LaTeX Conference Template Organizer

Overview

Transform messy conference LaTeX template .zip files into clean, Overleaf-ready submission templates. Official conference templates often contain excessive example content, instructional comments, and disorganized file structures. This skill converts them into templates ready for writing.

Working Mode

Analyze-then-confirm mode: First analyze issues and present them to the user, then execute cleanup after confirmation.

Complete Workflow

Receive .zip file
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1. Extract and analyze file structure
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2. Identify main file and dependencies
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3. Diagnose issues (present to user)
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4. Ask for conference info (link/name)
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5. Wait for user confirmation of cleanup plan
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6. Execute cleanup, create output directory
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7. Generate README (with official website info)
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8. Output complete

Step 1: Extract and Analyze

Extract Files

Extract .zip to a temporary directory:

unzip -q template.zip -d /tmp/latex-template-temp
cd /tmp/latex-template-temp
find . -type f -name "*.tex" -o -name "*.sty" -o -name "*.cls" -o -name "*.bib"

Identify File Types

File Type	Purpose
.tex	LaTeX source files
.sty / .cls	Style files
.bib	Bibliography database
.pdf / .png / .jpg	Image files

Identify Main File

Common main file names:

• main.tex
• paper.tex
• document.tex
• sample-sigconf.tex
• template.tex

Identification methods:

1. Check if filename matches common patterns
2. Search for files containing \documentclass
3. If multiple candidates exist, ask user to confirm

# Find files containing \documentclass
grep -l "\\documentclass" *.tex

Step 2: Diagnose Issues

Present discovered issues to the user:

Disorganized File Structure

• Multi-level directory nesting
• .tex files scattered across directories
• Unclear which file is the main file