anmath-cover-letter
Use when drafting the cover note to the editors for an Annals of Mathematics submission — concisely conveying the main result, its significance, scope fit, and any priority/overlap disclosures. Frames the submission; does not write the paper. Verify whether a cover letter is requested on the official submission page.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill anmath-cover-letter --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.
# Cover Letter to the Editors (anmath-cover-letter) ## When to trigger - The manuscript is final and you are preparing the submission package - You need a short note conveying significance and scope fit to the editor - There is prior work, an arXiv posting, or overlap that should be disclosed up front > First verify on the official submission page whether a cover letter is expected and in > what form. Some math journals want a brief note; others collect the same information in > the portal. Keep it short either way — the paper carries the weight. ## What an Annals cover letter does The editors triage on **importance and fit**. The letter's job is to let an editor see, in under a page, why this result clears the Annals bar and which area it belongs to — not to re-prove anything. | Element | One to two sentences | |---------|----------------------| | Result | State the Main Theorem in plain terms (the precise version is in the paper) | | Significance | Which recognized problem/program it advances and why it matters | | Advance over prior work | What is new: removed hypothesis, settled conjecture, new method | | Scope / area | The MSC area and why Annals is the right venue | | Disclos
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What does the anmath-cover-letter skill do?
Use when drafting the cover note to the editors for an Annals of Mathematics submission — concisely conveying the main result, its significance, scope fit, and any priority/overlap disclosures. Frames the submission; does not write the paper. Verify whether a cover letter is requested on the official submission page.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill anmath-cover-letter --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.