commres-rebuttal
Use when revising a Communication Research (CR) manuscript after a revise-and-resubmit. CR requires two independent reviews to advance, so the hard problem is satisfying two quantitatively demanding referees — often on measurement, mediation, and confounds — inside the 45-page limit. Plans the revision and response memo; it does not fabricate new results.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill commres-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 Revision & Response (commres-rebuttal) A CR R&R is won by satisfying **two independent expert reviewers** at once (CR needs two reviews to back a Revise/Accept), usually on **measurement validity, the tested mechanism, and confound control** — and you must do it inside the **45-page (double-spaced, inclusive of references)** limit. This skill is about that brokering and the page budget, not about inventing data. ## When to trigger - A CR R&R arrived and you are scoping the revision before touching the manuscript - Two reviewers want changes that partly conflict (e.g., more controls vs. a cleaner model) - Required additions threaten to push the paper over the page limit - You are writing the cover memo to the editor ## Step 1 — Map the two reviewers' demands before you write anything For each reviewer, label what "convincing" means: stronger **measurement** (CFA, reliability, discriminant validity), a tighter **mechanism** (better mediation identification, manipulated mediator, bootstrap CIs), **confound/CMV** control, or **robustness**. CR's two-review rule means a single enthusiastic reviewer cannot carry the paper — identify the **skeptical** reviewer and make sure the revi
- When to trigger
- Step 1 — Map the two reviewers' demands before you write anything
- Step 2 — Decide each comment with the page budget in view
- Step 3 — Answer the recurring CR demands on their own terms
- Step 4 — Keep the revision submittable
- Response memo structure (per reviewer, then a global note)
- Anti-patterns
- Output format
- Supplementary resources
What does the commres-rebuttal skill do?
Use when revising a Communication Research (CR) manuscript after a revise-and-resubmit. CR requires two independent reviews to advance, so the hard problem is satisfying two quantitatively demanding referees — often on measurement, mediation, and confounds — inside the 45-page limit. Plans the revision and response memo; it does not fabricate new results.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill commres-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.