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Aejpol Rebuttal

by brycewang-stanford in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills

A skill your agent uses when an AEJ: Economic Policy decision letter (R&R or reject-and-resubmit) has arrived and a response-letter strategy and revision plan are needed.

MITAuto-check passedResearch & Science

Install Aejpol Rebuttal

skills CLI
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill aejpol-rebuttal -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills aejpol-rebuttal --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/AEJ-Economic-Policy-Skills/skills/aejpol-rebuttal .claude/skills/aejpol-rebuttal && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
aejpol-rebuttal
GitHub stars
1.2k
Token cost
~1.4k tokens
SKILL.md length
663 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
2,387
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when an AEJ: Economic Policy decision letter (R&R or reject-and-resubmit) has arrived and a response-letter strategy and revision plan are needed.

  • Works in 3 steps: Editor-first summary. Open the letter… → Point-by-point, per referee. Quote each… → A "what's new" map. A table mapping each…
  • An AEJ: Economic Policy decision letter (R&R
  • SKILL.md covers When to trigger, How to run an AEJ: Policy…, Checklist and Anti-patterns, plus 3 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Aejpol Rebuttal is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when an AEJ: Economic Policy decision letter (R&R or reject-and-resubmit) has arrived and a response-letter strategy and revision plan are needed. Structures the response to referees and editor with policy-relevance front and center; it does not run new estimation or redesign identification from scratch.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.4k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It sits in Research & Science, covering Peer review. The repository describes itself as: Journal-specific Claude Code/Codex skill packs covering mainstream journals — AER, QJE, Nature, Cell, 管理世界, 经济研究 & 200+ more — your fast track to getting published. ｜ 覆盖主流期刊的… The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • An AEJ: Economic Policy decision letter (R&R
  • Reject-and-resubmit) has arrived and a response-letter strategy and revision plan are needed

Example prompts

  • “/aejpol-rebuttal”

Workflow steps

3 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. Editor-first summary. Open the letter with a short paragraph naming the 2–3 changes that address the editor's main concerns, and how the…
  2. Point-by-point, per referee. Quote each comment; respond with what you changed, where (section/table/figure), and the result. Concede…
  3. A "what's new" map. A table mapping each major comment to the revision so the editor can verify coverage at a glance.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 932eb23. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Aejpol Rebuttal loads about 1.4k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 81 tokens; SKILL.md has 663 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~81
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.4k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills at commit 932eb23, republished under its MIT licence (© brycewang-stanford). 663 words, ~1,384 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/aejpol-rebuttal/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
aejpol-rebuttal
description
Use when an AEJ: Economic Policy decision letter (R&R or reject-and-resubmit) has arrived and a response-letter strategy and revision plan are needed. Structures the response to referees and editor with policy-relevance front and center; it does not run new estimation or redesign identification from scratch.

Rebuttal & Response Letter (aejpol-rebuttal)

When to trigger

  • An AEJ: Policy R&R or major-revision letter arrived and you must plan the response
  • Referee reports conflict and you need an editor-anchored prioritization
  • You need to convert reports into a revision plan plus a point-by-point letter
  • A resubmission needs a cover note showing how every comment was addressed

How to run an AEJ: Policy revision

The editor's letter is the contract — prioritize what the editor emphasizes, then address every referee point. At AEJ: Policy the recurring high-stakes asks are about (a) the credibility of the causal claim, (b) the welfare / policy reading, and (c) robustness and reproducibility. Treat the response as a chance to make the policy contribution more prominent, not just to patch holes.

Structure of the response
  1. Editor-first summary. Open the letter with a short paragraph naming the 2–3 changes that address the editor's main concerns, and how the paper is now a stronger policy contribution.
  2. Point-by-point, per referee. Quote each comment; respond with what you changed, where (section/table/figure), and the result. Concede where the referee is right; defend with evidence where they are not — politely and with a specific exhibit.
  3. A "what's new" map. A table mapping each major comment to the revision so the editor can verify coverage at a glance.
AEJ: Policy-specific response moves
  • "Not a policy paper" / "so what": strengthen the policy question in the abstract/intro and add or sharpen the welfare/cost-benefit reading (aejpol-theory-model); do not just add caveats.
  • Identification doubts: add the heterogeneity-robust estimator, the honest-DID bound, or the density/first-stage diagnostic into the main text and reference it in the letter.
  • Welfare hand-waving: derive the sufficient statistic / MVPF explicitly and propagate uncertainty.
  • Reproducibility flagged: confirm the AEA-compliant package and restricted-data path are ready (aejpol-replication-package).
  • Conflicting referees: state the conflict, follow the editor's steer, and where you cannot satisfy both, explain the trade-off transparently.
Tone and discipline

Respectful, specific, evidence-led. Every "we agree" is followed by a concrete change; every "we respectfully disagree" is followed by an exhibit or a citation. Keep claims calibrated — over-defending invites a second round.

Checklist

  • Editor's main concerns identified and addressed first in the letter
  • Every referee comment answered point-by-point with section/exhibit references
  • Concessions made where warranted; pushback backed by specific evidence
  • Identification / robustness additions placed in the main text, not buried
  • Welfare/policy reading strengthened, not just caveated
  • Reproducibility package and restricted-data path confirmed ready
  • A comment→revision map included; revised manuscript carries the front matter (single-blind)
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Anti-patterns

  • Answering the easy referee points and dodging the editor's central concern
  • Defending a contested identification choice with rhetoric instead of a new diagnostic
  • Adding caveats to dodge a "no policy point" critique instead of strengthening the welfare reading
  • Burying the new robustness result in an appendix and hoping the referee notices
  • A combative tone that turns a revisable R&R into a rejection
  • Treating the response letter as adversarial rather than a good-faith revision record

Per-comment response template

For each referee point, write three short moves so the editor can verify coverage quickly:

  1. Restate the comment in one neutral sentence (quote the key phrase).
  2. Act — "We agree and have [change], now in [Section/Table/Figure]," or "We respectfully disagree; [exhibit/citation] shows [evidence]."
  3. Point — name the exact location in the revised manuscript where the change lives.

Keep the agree:disagree ratio honest — concede the genuine points fully and reserve disagreement for places where you have a concrete exhibit. A letter that disagrees with everything reads as defensive and invites a second round.

Worked vignette (illustrative)

An R&R on a transfer-program paper: the editor stresses "the welfare interpretation is not convincing"; Referee 1 doubts parallel trends; Referee 2 wants external validity. Plan: (1) letter opens with the new MVPF derivation answering the editor; (2) R1 → add honest-DID bounds and flat leads to Section 4, cite in the letter; (3) R2 → add heterogeneity by state characteristics and a scope paragraph. A comment→revision table closes the letter. The contribution reads as a sharper policy answer than the original.

Output format

【Editor's main concern】+ the 2–3 changes that address it (letter opener)
【Per-referee responses】[comment → change → location → result]
【Concede vs. defend】list, each with its evidence
【Welfare/policy strengthening】what was added (not just caveated)
【Reproducibility】package + restricted-data path confirmed? [Y/N]
【Comment→revision map】attached? [Y/N]
【Next step】resubmit via AEA system

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Files

Just SKILL.md in AEJ-Economic-Policy-Skills/skills/aejpol-rebuttal of brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 932eb23

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Questions about Aejpol Rebuttal

What does Aejpol Rebuttal do?

A skill your agent uses when an AEJ: Economic Policy decision letter (R&R or reject-and-resubmit) has arrived and a response-letter strategy and revision plan are needed. Aejpol Rebuttal is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when an AEJ: Economic Policy decision letter (R&R or reject-and-resubmit) has arrived and a response-letter strategy and revision plan are needed.

When should I use Aejpol Rebuttal?

Aejpol Rebuttal fits situations like: an AEJ: Economic Policy decision letter (R&R; reject-and-resubmit) has arrived and a response-letter strategy and revision plan are needed.

How do I install Aejpol Rebuttal in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill aejpol-rebuttal -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (AEJ-Economic-Policy-Skills/skills/aejpol-rebuttal in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .claude/skills/aejpol-rebuttal in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Aejpol Rebuttal in Codex?

Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill aejpol-rebuttal -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (AEJ-Economic-Policy-Skills/skills/aejpol-rebuttal in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .agents/skills/aejpol-rebuttal in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Aejpol Rebuttal in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill aejpol-rebuttal -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/aejpol-rebuttal, .gemini/skills/aejpol-rebuttal, .github/skills/aejpol-rebuttal and .opencode/skills/aejpol-rebuttal in your project.

What does Aejpol Rebuttal need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Aejpol Rebuttal is instructions for the agent only.

Does Aejpol Rebuttal access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Aejpol Rebuttal safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Aejpol Rebuttal use?

Aejpol Rebuttal is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Aejpol Rebuttal use?

About 1.4k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.5k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

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Who maintains Aejpol Rebuttal?

brycewang-stanford (a GitHub user) maintains it in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills, which has 1,231 GitHub stars. The repository holds 2,387 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on September 27, 2026.

Source: brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.