Submit Paper — Pre-Submission Checklist

Run a systematic readiness check on a LaTeX paper project before submitting to a conference. Covers submission mode, mandatory sections, drafting artifacts, bibliography, anonymity, source formatting, and optional compilation.

Do not assume the local machine has TeX Live, MacTeX, or another LaTeX distribution installed. Many macOS research workflows edit locally, sync through GitHub, and compile on Overleaf. If latexmk, pdflatex, xelatex, lualatex, or tectonic is missing, do not ask the user to install TeX unless they explicitly want local compilation. Use static checks locally and route compile/page-count verification through the GitHub-linked Overleaf project.

Default paper-edit closeout is: local static checks -> diff review -> commit and push when requested -> Overleaf compile -> use Overleaf logs/PDF for follow-up fixes. Do not run local LaTeX compile commands merely because paper source changed.

Paper versions may live in separate worktrees. If the project has paper-worktrees/, prefer checking the specific version worktree for the target venue, arXiv release, or camera-ready submission rather than mutating the main paper/ branch.

Step 1 — Locate the LaTeX project

// turbo Find the paper directory:

# If we're inside a project-init project, look for paper/ sibling