aejpol-rebuttal
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.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill aejpol-rebuttal --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.
# 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 refer
- When to trigger
- How to run an AEJ: Policy revision
- Structure of the response
- AEJ: Policy-specific response moves
- Tone and discipline
- Checklist
- Anti-patterns
- Per-comment response template
- Worked vignette (illustrative)
- Output format
What does the aejpol-rebuttal skill do?
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.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill aejpol-rebuttal --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.