anmath-referee-strategy
Use when anticipating how an expert Annals of Mathematics referee will verify a proof — stress-testing the argument for gaps, checking external dependencies, and pre-empting the questions a careful reader will ask. Hardens the manuscript before submission; does not write the rebuttal (anmath-revision).
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill anmath-referee-strategy --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.
# Referee Strategy (anmath-referee-strategy) ## When to trigger - The manuscript is essentially final and you want to pre-empt referee objections - You want an adversarial read of your own proof before an expert does it for you - You are unsure which steps a careful referee will distrust - You want to decide what to make easier to verify before sending ## How Annals referees read Expect a referee who is an **expert and verifies proofs in detail**, often over a long period (a year or more is common). They do not skim; they reconstruct each step. Their implicit questions: 1. **Is it important enough?** Significance is judged again at the report stage. 2. **Is every step actually valid?** They will probe exactly the steps you find hardest. 3. **Do the external results say what you claim?** They will check the cited statement. 4. **Does the theorem match the proof?** Any over-claim is caught here. 5. **Is anything hidden behind "clearly"?** Softening words attract scrutiny, not less. ## Self-adversarial pass | Probe | What to do before they do | |-------|---------------------------| | Where is the crux? | Make sure it is fully spelled out and easy to locate | | Which step is weakest? |
- When to trigger
- How Annals referees read
- Self-adversarial pass
- Make verification easy
- Suggested / opposed referees
- Checklist
- Anti-patterns
- Output format
What does the anmath-referee-strategy skill do?
Use when anticipating how an expert Annals of Mathematics referee will verify a proof — stress-testing the argument for gaps, checking external dependencies, and pre-empting the questions a careful reader will ask. Hardens the manuscript before submission; does not write the rebuttal (anmath-revision).
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill anmath-referee-strategy --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.