The Stacks project

Proof. The notion of a special cocontinuous functor is introduced in Sites, Definition 7.29.2. Thus we have to verify assumptions (1) – (5) of Sites, Lemma 7.29.1. Denote the inclusion functor $u : (\textit{Aff}/S)_{syntomic} \to (\mathit{Sch}/S)_{syntomic}$. Being cocontinuous just means that any syntomic covering of $T/S$, $T$ affine, can be refined by a standard syntomic covering of $T$. This is the content of Lemma 34.6.4. Hence (1) holds. We see $u$ is continuous simply because a standard syntomic covering is a syntomic covering. Hence (2) holds. Parts (3) and (4) follow immediately from the fact that $u$ is fully faithful. And finally condition (5) follows from the fact that every scheme has an affine open covering. $\square$