Peer Review
spacering-net/codeg
Structured manuscript/grant review with checklist-based evaluation.
A skill your agent uses when writing the response to a Public Administration Review (PAR) revise-and-resubmit.
Install Pubar Rebuttal
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill pubar-rebuttal -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills pubar-rebuttal --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/Public-Administration-Review-Skills/skills/pubar-rebuttal .claude/skills/pubar-rebuttal && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.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/
Install the "pubar-rebuttal" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Public-Administration-Review-Skills/skills/pubar-rebuttal into .claude/skills/pubar-rebuttal/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "pubar-rebuttal", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Public-Administration-Review-Skills/skills/pubar-rebuttalType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill pubar-rebuttal -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills pubar-rebuttal --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/Public-Administration-Review-Skills/skills/pubar-rebuttal .agents/skills/pubar-rebuttal && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "pubar-rebuttal" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Public-Administration-Review-Skills/skills/pubar-rebuttal into .agents/skills/pubar-rebuttal/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "pubar-rebuttal", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill pubar-rebuttal -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills pubar-rebuttal --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/Public-Administration-Review-Skills/skills/pubar-rebuttal .cursor/skills/pubar-rebuttal && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "pubar-rebuttal" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Public-Administration-Review-Skills/skills/pubar-rebuttal into .cursor/skills/pubar-rebuttal/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "pubar-rebuttal", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.git --path Public-Administration-Review-Skills/skills/pubar-rebuttal--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill pubar-rebuttal -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills pubar-rebuttal --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/Public-Administration-Review-Skills/skills/pubar-rebuttal .gemini/skills/pubar-rebuttal && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "pubar-rebuttal" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Public-Administration-Review-Skills/skills/pubar-rebuttal into .gemini/skills/pubar-rebuttal/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "pubar-rebuttal", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills pubar-rebuttalInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill pubar-rebuttal -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/Public-Administration-Review-Skills/skills/pubar-rebuttal .github/skills/pubar-rebuttal && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "pubar-rebuttal" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Public-Administration-Review-Skills/skills/pubar-rebuttal into .github/skills/pubar-rebuttal/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "pubar-rebuttal", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill pubar-rebuttal -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills pubar-rebuttal --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/Public-Administration-Review-Skills/skills/pubar-rebuttal .opencode/skills/pubar-rebuttal && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "pubar-rebuttal" agent skill from https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills/tree/main/Public-Administration-Review-Skills/skills/pubar-rebuttal into .opencode/skills/pubar-rebuttal/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "pubar-rebuttal", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
pubar-rebuttal- GitHub stars
- 1.2k
- Token cost
- ~1.3k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 587 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 2,387
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
A skill your agent uses when writing the response to a Public Administration Review (PAR) revise-and-resubmit.
- Works in 6 steps: Read the editor's letter as the rubric.… → One point-by-point response, every… → Concede or rebut explicitly, with… → …
- Writing the response to a Public Administration Review (PAR) revise-and-resubmit
- SKILL.md covers When to trigger, Strategy, Response-letter format and Triage table for a PAR R&R, plus 4 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Pubar Rebuttal is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when writing the response to a Public Administration Review (PAR) revise-and-resubmit. PAR weighs both scholarly rigor and the practitioner "so-what," so the response must convert each reviewer, satisfy the handling editor, and keep the Evidence for Practice intact. Structures the response letter; it does not fabricate new results.
Its SKILL.md is about 1.3k 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
- Writing the response to a Public Administration Review (PAR) revise-and-resubmit
- Tasks that involve Peer review
Example prompts
- “so-what,”
- “/pubar-rebuttal”
Workflow steps
6 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Read the editor's letter as the rubric. The handling editor signals which points are decisive
- One point-by-point response, every comment addressed. Quote each comment, then respond. Never
- Concede or rebut explicitly, with evidence. For each: did what was asked (say where, with the
- Reconcile conflicting reviewers openly. When one wants the opposite of another, say so, choose a
- Protect the contribution AND the practice bridge. Add robustness and clarifications; resist
- Keep anonymity intact in the revised manuscript (still double-blind), and **update the
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
Pubar Rebuttal loads about 1.3k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 88 tokens; SKILL.md has 587 words of instructions outside code blocks.
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). 587 words, ~1,312 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/pubar-rebuttal/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).- name
- pubar-rebuttal
- description
- Use when writing the response to a Public Administration Review (PAR) revise-and-resubmit. PAR weighs both scholarly rigor and the practitioner "so-what," so the response must convert each reviewer, satisfy the handling editor, and keep the Evidence for Practice intact. Structures the response letter; it does not fabricate new results.
R&R Rebuttal (pubar-rebuttal)
A PAR major or minor revision is a real opening, but resubmission must satisfy expert public-management reviewers and the handling editor — while protecting the contribution and the Evidence for Practice that make the paper PAR-shaped. The response letter must move every reviewer toward yes while keeping the editor confident the revision is convergent.
When to trigger
- An R&R decision arrived and you are planning the revision + response letter
- Reviewers disagree with each other and you must reconcile their demands
- A reviewer requests analyses that would change the paper's claims or practitioner takeaways
- Writing the cover note to the editor summarizing the revision
Strategy
- Read the editor's letter as the rubric. The handling editor signals which points are decisive and adjudicates disagreements among reviewers. Solve those first.
- One point-by-point response, every comment addressed. Quote each comment, then respond. Never skip one — silence reads as non-compliance.
- Concede or rebut explicitly, with evidence. For each: did what was asked (say where, with the new text/table number), or push back respectfully with a reason (theory, design, or evidence). Editors respect a well-argued disagreement more than a hollow capitulation that weakens the paper.
- Reconcile conflicting reviewers openly. When one wants the opposite of another, say so, choose a principled path, and explain the tradeoff to the editor.
- Protect the contribution AND the practice bridge. Add robustness and clarifications; resist changes that dilute either the scholarly contribution or the honest Evidence for Practice that earned the R&R. If a requested analysis weakens a practitioner takeaway, re-scope it honestly rather than over-claim.
- Keep anonymity intact in the revised manuscript (still double-blind), and update the
transparency materials so new tables/figures remain reproducible (see
pubar-transparency-and-data).
Response-letter format
For each reviewer comment:
> [Quoted reviewer comment]
Response: [What we did / why we respectfully disagree].
Change: [Section/page/table-figure number where the revision appears].Open with a short summary of the main changes to the editor; group by reviewer; end each entry with the location of every change so the editor can verify quickly.
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Triage table for a PAR R&R
| Comment signal | Who owns the call | Default move in the response |
|---|---|---|
| Editor flags it as decisive | editor | solve first, headline it in the cover note |
| Two reviewers want opposite things | editor | pick a principled path, explain the tradeoff openly |
| Reviewer asks for an analysis that would change the claim | author + editor | run it, then defend or re-scope honestly |
| "The practitioner takeaway is over-claimed" | author | tie each Evidence-for-Practice point to a confirmatory estimate |
| "This reads like JPART/JPAM, not PAR" | author | re-anchor to public-management practice and the so-what |
Worked micro-example (illustrative)
A hypothetical R&R draws three reviews. The editor's letter names two decisive points (identification and the strength of the Evidence for Practice). R1 wants the qualitative strand cut; R3 wants it expanded. The disciplined letter opens with a three-sentence summary to the editor, addresses identification and the practitioner takeaways first with new text/table locations, then reconciles R1/R3 by keeping a compact mixed-methods integration in the main text and moving extended interview material to the supplement — stating the tradeoff explicitly. Of 27 total comments, 27 receive a quoted response; 19 are conceded with a change location, 8 are rebutted with a reason. (Counts illustrative.)
Anti-patterns
- Ignoring or merging away a comment without a visible response
- Capitulating to a request that breaks the paper's logic or guts the Evidence for Practice
- Defensive or dismissive tone toward reviewers
- "We thank the reviewer" with no actual change or argued reason
- Letting the revised manuscript or new exhibits drift out of sync with the deposited materials
Output format
【Editor's decisive points】addressed first? [list]
【Coverage】every reviewer comment answered? [Y/N]
【Concede vs rebut】each tagged with evidence + change location
【Reviewer conflicts】reconciled and explained to editor? [Y/N]
【Contribution + Evidence for Practice protected】[Y/N]
【Anonymity + transparency materials updated】[Y/N]
【Next】resubmit via the PAR portalSupplementary resources
../../resources/official-source-map.md— decision categories and editorial process
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Files
Just SKILL.md in Public-Administration-Review-Skills/skills/pubar-rebuttal of brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 932eb23
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Questions about Pubar Rebuttal
What does Pubar Rebuttal do?
A skill your agent uses when writing the response to a Public Administration Review (PAR) revise-and-resubmit. Pubar Rebuttal is an agent skill from brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills. Use when writing the response to a Public Administration Review (PAR) revise-and-resubmit.
When should I use Pubar Rebuttal?
Pubar Rebuttal fits situations like: writing the response to a Public Administration Review (PAR) revise-and-resubmit; tasks that involve Peer review.
How do I install Pubar Rebuttal in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill pubar-rebuttal -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (Public-Administration-Review-Skills/skills/pubar-rebuttal in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .claude/skills/pubar-rebuttal in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Pubar Rebuttal in Codex?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill pubar-rebuttal -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (Public-Administration-Review-Skills/skills/pubar-rebuttal in brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills) into .agents/skills/pubar-rebuttal in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Pubar 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 pubar-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/pubar-rebuttal, .gemini/skills/pubar-rebuttal, .github/skills/pubar-rebuttal and .opencode/skills/pubar-rebuttal in your project.
What does Pubar Rebuttal need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Pubar Rebuttal is instructions for the agent only.
Does Pubar 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 Pubar 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 Pubar Rebuttal use?
Pubar 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 Pubar Rebuttal use?
About 1.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.2k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.
What are the alternatives to Pubar Rebuttal?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Pubar Rebuttal: Peer Review (spacering-net/codeg, 3.9k stars), Scholar Evaluation (spacering-net/codeg, 3.9k stars), Academic Paper Writing Pipeline (Imbad0202/academic-research-skills, 51k stars) and Academic Paper Reviewer (Imbad0202/academic-research-skills, 51k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Pubar 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.