amanthro-rebuttal
Use when writing the response to an American Anthropologist (AA) revise-and-resubmit. AA uses anonymous peer review under an ethics of care, often with cross-subfield reviewers, so the response must convert each reviewer while keeping the editor confident and the ethnographic contribution intact. Structures the response letter; it does not fabricate new evidence.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill amanthro-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 (amanthro-rebuttal) An AA **revise-and-resubmit is the normal route to acceptance** — treat it as an invitation, not a near miss. But the paper still must satisfy expert, sometimes **cross-subfield** reviewers and the editor. The response letter must move *every* reviewer toward yes while protecting the four-field contribution and the integrity of the ethnography and ethics. ## When to trigger - An R&R decision arrived and you are planning the revision + response letter - Reviewers disagree with each other (often across subfields) and you must reconcile them - A reviewer requests changes that would alter your interpretation or expose interlocutors - 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 and adjudicates among reviewers. Solve those first and headline them in the cover note. 2. **One point-by-point response, every comment addressed.** Quote each comment, then respond. Never skip one — silence reads as non-compliance, even under an ethics of care. 3. **Concede or rebut explicitly, with evidence.** For each: say where you revised (new text/secti
- When to trigger
- Strategy
- Response-letter format
- Triage table for an AA R&R
- Anti-patterns
- Worked micro-example (illustrative)
- Output format
- Supplementary resources
What does the amanthro-rebuttal skill do?
Use when writing the response to an American Anthropologist (AA) revise-and-resubmit. AA uses anonymous peer review under an ethics of care, often with cross-subfield reviewers, so the response must convert each reviewer while keeping the editor confident and the ethnographic contribution intact. Structures the response letter; it does not fabricate new evidence.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill amanthro-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.