A skill your agent uses when revising a Communication Research (CR) manuscript after a revise-and-resubmit.

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Install Commres Rebuttal

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

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills commres-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/Communication-Research-Skills/skills/commres-rebuttal .claude/skills/commres-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
commres-rebuttal
GitHub stars
1.2k
Token cost
~1.4k tokens
SKILL.md length
617 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
2,387
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when revising a Communication Research (CR) manuscript after a revise-and-resubmit.

  • Works in 4 steps: Map the two reviewers' demands before… → Decide each comment with the page budget… → Answer the recurring CR demands on their… → …
  • Revising a Communication Research (CR) manuscript after a revise-and-resubmit
  • SKILL.md covers When to trigger, Step 1 — Map the two…, Step 2 — Decide each comment… and Step 3 — Answer the recurring…, plus 5 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Commres Rebuttal is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when revising a Communication Research (CR) manuscript after a revise-and-resubmit. CR requires two independent reviews to advance, so the hard problem is satisfying two quantitatively demanding referees — often on measurement, mediation, and confounds — inside the 45-page limit. Plans the revision and response memo; it does not fabricate new results.

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 Legal & Compliance, covering Dispute resolution and 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

  • Revising a Communication Research (CR) manuscript after a revise-and-resubmit
  • Tasks that involve Dispute resolution
  • Tasks that involve Peer review

Example prompts

  • “/commres-rebuttal”

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Map the two reviewers' demands before you write anything
  2. Decide each comment with the page budget in view
  3. Answer the recurring CR demands on their own terms
  4. Keep the revision submittable

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

Commres Rebuttal loads about 1.4k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 94 tokens; SKILL.md has 617 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~94
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). 617 words, ~1,426 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/commres-rebuttal/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
commres-rebuttal
description
Use when revising a Communication Research (CR) manuscript after a revise-and-resubmit. CR requires two independent reviews to advance, so the hard problem is satisfying two quantitatively demanding referees — often on measurement, mediation, and confounds — inside the 45-page limit. Plans the revision and response memo; it does not fabricate new results.

R&R Revision & Response (commres-rebuttal)

A CR R&R is won by satisfying two independent expert reviewers at once (CR needs two reviews to back a Revise/Accept), usually on measurement validity, the tested mechanism, and confound control — and you must do it inside the 45-page (double-spaced, inclusive of references) limit. This skill is about that brokering and the page budget, not about inventing data.

When to trigger

  • A CR R&R arrived and you are scoping the revision before touching the manuscript
  • Two reviewers want changes that partly conflict (e.g., more controls vs. a cleaner model)
  • Required additions threaten to push the paper over the page limit
  • You are writing the cover memo to the editor

Step 1 — Map the two reviewers' demands before you write anything

For each reviewer, label what "convincing" means: stronger measurement (CFA, reliability, discriminant validity), a tighter mechanism (better mediation identification, manipulated mediator, bootstrap CIs), confound/CMV control, or robustness. CR's two-review rule means a single enthusiastic reviewer cannot carry the paper — identify the skeptical reviewer and make sure the revision answers them, not only the encouraging one. The editor's letter tells you which demands are load-bearing.

Step 2 — Decide each comment with the page budget in view

Every comment resolves to one of four moves; three cost pages:

MoveWhenPage-budget effect
Do in main textload-bearing; the editor flagged itcosts pages — find offsets
Do in supplementadds rigor but not the core argumentfrees main-text pages (scales/CFA/robustness)
Reframe, don't addthe concern is about framing/interpretation, not missing analysischeap; often the best move
Decline, with a reasonthe request breaks the design or rests on a misreadingcosts nothing; must be argued, not dodged

When you add, say what you cut or moved to stay under 45 pages — reviewers trust a stated tradeoff more than a paper that silently bloats. Most measurement and robustness detail belongs in the supplement.

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Step 3 — Answer the recurring CR demands on their own terms

Typical CR R&R demandWhy it landsThe revision move
"Mediation is not convincing"causal ordering or test is weakmanipulate/better-measure the mediator; report bootstrap CIs; hedge if cross-sectional
"Measurement validity unclear"scale may not be the constructadd CFA, reliability, discriminant validity (supplement)
"Common-method variance"same-survey predictor & outcomeadd a CMV check; note procedural separation
"Alternative explanation X"a rival is not ruled outadd the discriminating analysis or argue why the design already rules it out
"Effect size / interpretation missing"stars without magnitudereport d/η²ₚ/β with CIs and substantive meaning

When two reviewers pull opposite ways, state the tension, choose a principled path that keeps the model coherent, and explain to the editor why it serves the contribution — do not quietly side with one.

Step 4 — Keep the revision submittable

  • Double-anonymized integrity: the revised main document and supplements stay de-identified; self-citations in the third person.
  • Transparency: update the data-availability statement and any open-practice claims so new analyses, data, or materials are covered (see commres-transparency-and-data).
  • Format: still APA, double-spaced, within 45 pages.

Response memo structure (per reviewer, then a global note)

Lead with a short note to the editor: the 2–3 changes that matter most, and how you kept the paper under the page limit. Then, per reviewer, a compact entry:

R# (focus: measurement / mechanism / confound / robustness)
• Comment → [paraphrase]
  Action: did-in-text / did-in-supplement / reframed / declined(reason)
  Where: §/p./Table/Fig./Supplement S#   |  Pages: +/- vs. prior draft

Anti-patterns

  • Satisfying the encouraging reviewer while ignoring the skeptical one (CR needs two on side)
  • Treating a measurement or CMV demand as nitpicking instead of answering it with evidence
  • Adding analyses until the paper busts the 45-page limit, with no statement of what moved
  • Letting the data-availability statement / open-practice claims fall out of sync with new analyses
  • Re-identifying the authors in the revised file or supplements (breaks double-anonymization)

Output format

【Two-reviewer map】R1/R2 → focus + what "convincing" means to each (skeptical one flagged)
【Editor's load-bearing points】listed and solved first?
【Per-comment moves】in-text / supplement / reframe / decline — each with location
【Page budget】revised length ≤ 45 pp; what was cut or moved to supplement
【Conflicts】opposing demands brokered in the open, model kept coherent? [Y/N]
【Anonymity + DAS】third-person self-cites + transparency updated? [Y/N]
【Next】resubmit via SAGE Track

Supplementary resources

© brycewang-stanford, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

Just SKILL.md in Communication-Research-Skills/skills/commres-rebuttal of brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 932eb23

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Questions about Commres Rebuttal

What does Commres Rebuttal do?

A skill your agent uses when revising a Communication Research (CR) manuscript after a revise-and-resubmit. Commres Rebuttal is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when revising a Communication Research (CR) manuscript after a revise-and-resubmit.

When should I use Commres Rebuttal?

Commres Rebuttal fits situations like: revising a Communication Research (CR) manuscript after a revise-and-resubmit; tasks that involve Dispute resolution; tasks that involve Peer review.

How do I install Commres Rebuttal in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Commres Rebuttal in Codex?

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

Can I use Commres 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 commres-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/commres-rebuttal, .gemini/skills/commres-rebuttal, .github/skills/commres-rebuttal and .opencode/skills/commres-rebuttal in your project.

What does Commres Rebuttal need to run?

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

Does Commres 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 Commres 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 Commres Rebuttal use?

Commres 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 Commres Rebuttal use?

About 1.4k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.7k 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 Commres 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.