A skill your agent uses when ISCA reviews arrive and the rebuttal-plus-revision window opens — triaging objections by what a three-week window can actually fix, deciding between textual rebuttal and…

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Install Isca Author Response

skills CLI
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill isca-author-response -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills isca-author-response --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/ISCA-Skills/skills/isca-author-response .claude/skills/isca-author-response && 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
isca-author-response
GitHub stars
1.2k
Token cost
~1.7k tokens
SKILL.md length
815 words
Files
1
Skills in repo
2,387
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

A skill your agent uses when ISCA reviews arrive and the rebuttal-plus-revision window opens — triaging objections by what a three-week window can actually fix, deciding between textual rebuttal and…

  • Works in 3 steps: Opening block (5-6 lines): thank, then… → Per-objection sections keyed to review… → Shared-objection consolidation: answer…
  • ISCA reviews arrive and the rebuttal-plus-revision window opens — triaging objections by what a three-week window can actually fix
  • SKILL.md covers Day 1-2: triage before any…, Day 2: freeze the experiment…, Writing the response document and Using the revision half of the…, plus 3 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Isca Author Response is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when ISCA reviews arrive and the rebuttal-plus-revision window opens — triaging objections by what a three-week window can actually fix, deciding between textual rebuttal and a revised PDF with new experiments, structuring responses that arm a champion at the PC meeting, and avoiding window-burning mistakes.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.7k 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 Documents & Office. 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

  • ISCA reviews arrive and the rebuttal-plus-revision window opens — triaging objections by what a three-week window can actually fix
  • Deciding between textual rebuttal and a revised PDF with new experiments
  • Structuring responses that arm a champion at the PC meeting
  • Avoiding window-burning mistakes

Example prompts

  • “/isca-author-response”

Workflow steps

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

  1. Opening block (5-6 lines): thank, then list the concrete changes/results
  2. Per-objection sections keyed to review IDs, highest-leverage first.
  3. Shared-objection consolidation: answer once, cross-reference the copies —

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

Isca Author Response loads about 1.7k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 84 tokens; SKILL.md has 815 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~84
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.7k

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). 815 words, ~1,677 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/isca-author-response/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).
name
isca-author-response
description
Use when ISCA reviews arrive and the rebuttal-plus-revision window opens — triaging objections by what a three-week window can actually fix, deciding between textual rebuttal and a revised PDF with new experiments, structuring responses that arm a champion at the PC meeting, and avoiding window-burning mistakes.

ISCA Author Response

ISCA 2026 gave authors a combined rebuttal/revision period, February 16 to March 6 — three weeks in which the team could both argue and change the paper. That design rewards teams that treat the window as an engineering sprint with a triage phase, and punishes teams that spend it composing indignation. Everything here assumes that verified 2026 structure; the 2027 window's existence, length, and rules are 待核实 until the new CFP posts.

Day 1-2: triage before any writing or computing

Read all reviews twice: once fast for temperature, once slow building the objection ledger. Classify every distinct point:

ClassDefinitionWindow response
F — factual errorReviewer misread something present in the PDFQuote page/section/figure; one sentence; zero new work
E — evidence gap, closableMissing experiment your infrastructure can run in daysRun it; report in response; fold into revision if permitted
E∞ — evidence gap, not closableNeeds silicon, months, or data you lackConcede scope honestly; state what the existing evidence does cover
D — design objection"This breaks under X" / "cost is understated"Analyze X concretely; if real, add the limitation; if not, show why
P — premise objection"This problem doesn't matter"Strongest countermeasure is motivation data; if you have none beyond the paper, one calm paragraph and move on
T — taste"I'd have designed it differently"Acknowledge once; do not redesign the paper

Then rank by leverage: an F held by two reviewers outranks an E held by one; anything a likely champion needs to defend the paper outranks everything else (isca-review-process explains why the champion is the audience).

Day 2: freeze the experiment plan

Pick at most three new experiments — the ones that convert the highest-leverage E-class objections into numbers. Assign owners and a hard finish date one week before window close, leaving prose time. The classic window failure is five half-finished experiments and a response that promises rather than shows.

text
window-plan.md
  R2.O3  (E, leverage=high)  "no comparison vs LazyMerge at equal storage"
         -> run: lazymerge @ 18KB/core, full suite; owner: MK; due Feb 27
  R1.O1  (F, leverage=high)  "warm-up unstated"
         -> answer: §5.1 para 2, 50M inst; also add to config table in revision
  R3.O2  (D, leverage=med)   "decay threshold fragile"
         -> run: sweep T in {2K..64K}; expect plateau; owner: JL; due Feb 25
  R3.O5  (T, leverage=low)   "why not epoch-based?"
         -> one paragraph, cite §4.2 rationale; no experiment

Writing the response document

Structure for committee reading, not reviewer combat:

  1. Opening block (5-6 lines): thank, then list the concrete changes/results produced during the window — the things a champion can repeat in the room.
  2. Per-objection sections keyed to review IDs, highest-leverage first. Each: restate the objection in one neutral line, answer with evidence (number, table row, or PDF pointer), stop.
  3. Shared-objection consolidation: answer once, cross-reference the copies — it shows the committee the objection set is smaller than it looks.

Tone rules that survive contact with real committees: concede real limitations in plain declarative sentences (concessions buy credibility that transfers to your rebuttals); never speculate about reviewer expertise or identity; never claim "all reviewers agree" about anything they don't.

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Using the revision half of the window

If the cycle permits an updated PDF (2026's window was named rebuttal/revision):

  • Make surgical edits keyed to objections: the missing baseline column, the config-table row, the limitation paragraph, the clarified walk-through.
  • Do not restructure the paper — reviewers re-reading diff mentally against their memory, and a rewritten paper resets their evaluation instead of repairing it.
  • Maintain a change log mapping edit → objection; if the process provides no place to submit it, embed the mapping in the response document.
  • Keep the paper inside all format rules; a revision that breaks the 11-page budget converts goodwill into a violation. This is what the half-page of slack from isca-writing-style was for.

What not to spend the window on

  • New contributions. Results beyond the paper's claimed scope read as a different paper and invite "needs another round of review" — the phrase that kills borderline papers.
  • Rebutting every sentence. A 15-point response to a 3-objection review buries your leverage. Committees skim; make the skim land the top three.
  • Premise litigation at length. One paragraph of motivation defense with data; more looks defensive and reads worse each repetition.
  • Simulator relitigating. If a reviewer distrusts your instrument globally, the fix is the validation anchor you either have (point to it) or don't (concede and scope) — not an essay on simulation philosophy.

Window-close checklist

  • Every review ID answered or explicitly consolidated
  • Top-3 objections answered with numbers produced this window
  • All F-class errors corrected with pointers, tone neutral
  • Revision (if permitted) diff-minimal, format-legal, change-mapped
  • A colleague outside the project read the response cold and could state your three key answers back to you
  • Submitted with margin — the window closes AoE like everything else

The three weeks on a calendar

Using the 2026 window (Feb 16 - Mar 6) as the shape:

DaysActivity
1-2Triage; objection ledger; leverage ranking; no computing yet
2Experiment plan frozen: ≤3 runs, owners, due dates
3-12Experiments execute; response skeleton drafted in parallel
13-15Results in; response written against real numbers
16-18Revision edits (if permitted), diff-minimal, format-checked
19-20Cold read by an outside colleague; tone pass; consolidation pass
21Submit with hours to spare, AoE-checked

After the window, silence until decisions; outcome handling branches in isca-review-process, and calendar context lives in isca-workflow. Verified dates: ../../resources/official-source-map.md (2026-07-08).

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Files

Just SKILL.md in ISCA-Skills/skills/isca-author-response of brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 932eb23

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Questions about Isca Author Response

What does Isca Author Response do?

A skill your agent uses when ISCA reviews arrive and the rebuttal-plus-revision window opens — triaging objections by what a three-week window can actually fix, deciding between textual rebuttal and…. Isca Author Response is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when ISCA reviews arrive and the rebuttal-plus-revision window opens — triaging objections by what a three-week window can actually fix, deciding between textual rebuttal and a revised PDF with new experiments, structuring responses that arm a champion at the PC meeting, and avoiding window-burning mistakes.

When should I use Isca Author Response?

Isca Author Response fits situations like: ISCA reviews arrive and the rebuttal-plus-revision window opens — triaging objections by what a three-week window can actually fix; deciding between textual rebuttal and a revised PDF with new experiments; structuring responses that arm a champion at the PC meeting; avoiding window-burning mistakes.

How do I install Isca Author Response in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Isca Author Response in Codex?

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

Can I use Isca Author Response 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 isca-author-response -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/isca-author-response, .gemini/skills/isca-author-response, .github/skills/isca-author-response and .opencode/skills/isca-author-response in your project.

What does Isca Author Response need to run?

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

Does Isca Author Response 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 Isca Author Response 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 Isca Author Response use?

Isca Author Response 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 Isca Author Response use?

About 1.7k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 6.7k 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 Isca Author Response?

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.