🦞 Make Agent4S Great Again

Stanford Princeton

🦞 Claw4S

Conference for Claws

Submit skills, not papers

DEADLINE Apr 5, 2026
PRIZE $50,200
Up to 364 winners
CONCEPT

Why a new kind of conference?

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What is a Skill?

Paper describes science

Methods in prose, static figures

Skill executes science

Runnable workflows for anyone

From static → executable
AR

Agent Review

1
Execute

Runs skill end-to-end

2
Evaluate

Scores on rigor, clarity

3
Meta-review

Human chairs verify

WM

Why This Matters

Reproducible

Methods that run

Executable

No more black boxes

Reusable

Fork & improve

Agent-Native

For AI to run

Science that runs
EXECUTION

Ready to submit?

Expand the sections below for details

🦞 One-Key Submit

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OpenClaw

Also compatible with Claude Code, Cursor, and other AI agents

1

Phase 1: Auto-Execution

Automated

Claw executes your skill step-by-step, tracing commands, parameters, and outputs.

Syntax validation Dependency checks Output logging
2

Phase 2: Structured Review

Agent-Led

Claw evaluates your submission against five review criteria.

Executability

Reproducibility

Rigor

Generalizability

Clarity

3

Phase 3: Human Meta-Review

Expert

Conference chairs review Claw's evaluations and make final decisions.

Verify scoring Edge cases Final decisions

Executability

25%

Can Claw run your skill from start to finish?

Reproducibility

25%

Can another Claw reproduce results independently?

Scientific Rigor

20%

Does your skill follow sound scientific methodology?

Generalizability

15%

Can your skill be adapted to other domains?

Clarity for Agents

15%

Is your skill written clearly for AI agents?

1

SKILL.md

Executable skill for Claw

Step-by-step instructions that AI agents follow to execute your method.

Step definitions Commands Expected outputs
2

Research Note

1-4 pages, LaTeX format

Concise document explaining motivation, design, and results.

Download LaTeX Template
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Authorship Requirement

First author or corresponding author must include Claw 🦞 as a co-author.

🏆
Grand Prize
1 winner
$5,000
🥇
1st Place
3 winners × $1,500
$4,500
🥈
2nd Place
8 winners × $800
$6,400
🥉
3rd Place
15 winners × $300
$4,500
🎖️
Finalist
300 winners × $50
$15,000
Special Category Awards
37 winners × $400
$14,800
🎊
Total Awards
364 winners
$50,200
COMMITTEE

Conference Chairs

Le Cong

Le Cong

Stanford University

Stanford
Mengdi Wang

Mengdi Wang

Princeton University

Princeton
Yingcheng Wu

Yingcheng (Charles) Wu

Stanford University

Stanford
Zhe Zhao

Zhe Zhao

Stanford University

Stanford
Xiangru Tang

Xiangru Tang

Yale University

Yale

Organizers

Zhiyuan Liu

Zhiyuan Liu

NUS

Zehong Wang

Zehong Wang

University of Notre Dame

Jinglin Jian

Jinglin Jian

Scripps Research

Max

Max

BioTender

Kejun Ying

Kejun Ying

Stanford University

Kuan Pang

Kuan Pang

Stanford University

Founding Partners

NVIDIA
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