ajps-rebuttal
Use when writing the response to an American Journal of Political Science (AJPS) revise-and-resubmit. The revised manuscript stays double-blind, the response memorandum is submitted anonymized, and any new analyses must keep the replication package re-runnable for the third-party verifier at acceptance. Structures the response; it does not fabricate new results.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill ajps-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.
# R&R Rebuttal (ajps-rebuttal) An AJPS **R&R is a real opportunity** — most accepted papers earn it through revision. The response must convert each reviewer while keeping the editor confident the revision converges, and it carries two AJPS-specific constraints: the **resubmission stays double-blind** (the response memorandum is uploaded **anonymized**), and any new analysis must keep the deposited code **re-runnable**, because a third-party verifier will re-run it at acceptance (see `ajps-replication-and-verification`). ## When to trigger - An R&R decision arrived and you are planning the revision + response memorandum - Reviewers disagree and you must reconcile their demands - A reviewer requests analyses that would change the paper's claims - Writing the cover note to the editor summarizing the revision ## Strategy 1. **Read the editor's letter as the rubric.** The editor signals which points are decisive — solve those first; the editor adjudicates disagreements among reviewers. 2. **One point-by-point memorandum, every comment addressed.** Quote each comment, then respond. Never skip one — silence reads as non-compliance. 3. **Concede or rebut explicitly, with evidence.** For e
- When to trigger
- Strategy
- Response-memorandum format
- Concede-or-rebut decision table
- Worked micro-example (illustrative)
- Referee-pushback patterns and the venue-specific fix
- Anti-patterns
- Output format
- Supplementary resources
What does the ajps-rebuttal skill do?
Use when writing the response to an American Journal of Political Science (AJPS) revise-and-resubmit. The revised manuscript stays double-blind, the response memorandum is submitted anonymized, and any new analyses must keep the replication package re-runnable for the third-party verifier at acceptance. Structures the response; it does not fabricate new results.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill ajps-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.