acl-author-response
Use when drafting an ACL author response inside an ACL Rolling Review cycle on OpenReview, covering the response window before meta-review, reviewer discussion dynamics, score-change strategy, flagging review issues to the area chair, anonymity rules, and deciding between responding now versus revising for a later ARR cycle.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill acl-author-response --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# ACL Author Response Use this when ARR reviews land. The response is written inside the review cycle, *before* the meta-review is finalized — its primary reader is the area chair who will summarize your paper for whatever conference you later commit to. Reopen aclrollingreview.org/reviewing for the current cycle's exact window and rules. ## What the response can actually move - ARR assigns at least three reviewers; after the author response there is a reviewer-discussion phase in which reviewers are expected to update reviews. A response that gives a reviewer a concrete reason to revise is worth more than one that argues. - The meta-review travels with the paper to commitment. Senior area chairs at the venue read the meta-review first, so your real goal is to shape what the AC writes, not to win a debate transcript. - Scores are not the only currency: a meta-review that says "the main weakness was resolved in discussion" can rescue a committed paper that scores alone would sink. ## Triage order 1. Factual errors in reviews (wrong dataset, misread table, missed section). 2. Misunderstandings a two-sentence clarification can dissolve. 3. Requests satisfiable from submitted material
- What the response can actually move
- Triage order
- NLP-reviewer objection patterns
- Rules of the response box
- Respond now or resubmit later
- Skeleton reply
- Tone calibration for the ARR record
- A workable 5-day response window
- If the real answer is "withdraw and revise"
- Output format
What does the acl-author-response skill do?
Use when drafting an ACL author response inside an ACL Rolling Review cycle on OpenReview, covering the response window before meta-review, reviewer discussion dynamics, score-change strategy, flagging review issues to the area chair, anonymity rules, and deciding between responding now versus revising for a later ARR cycle.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill acl-author-response --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills, a repository with 909 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.