cps-rebuttal
Use when responding to a Comparative Political Studies (CPS) revise-and-resubmit decision — structuring the response letter to multiple anonymous reviewers and the editor. Plans the revision and response; it does not fabricate results or relitigate the decision.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill cps-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.
# Rebuttal & R&R Response (cps-rebuttal) An R&R is a contract: address **every** point from each reviewer and the editor, show what changed, and point to where. CPS reviewers are comparativists; they care most about comparative leverage, the rival explanations, measurement across cases, and inference. Treat the letter as a navigable document the editor can verify against the revised manuscript. ## When to trigger - A decision letter arrives with reviewer reports (R&R, or major/minor revisions) - Planning the revision and the point-by-point response - Reviewers disagree with each other and you must reconcile their demands - A reviewer asks for analyses that would change the paper's identification or scope ## Response-letter structure 1. **Opening synthesis.** Thank the editor/reviewers; state the 3–4 biggest changes in a short paragraph so the editor sees the shape of the revision immediately. 2. **Point-by-point.** Reproduce each comment verbatim, then **Response** (what you did) and **Location** (section/table/page). Number them (R1.1, R1.2, …) for easy cross-reference. 3. **Show, don't assert.** Quote new text, name the new exhibit, give the new estimate — don't just say "we have
- When to trigger
- Response-letter structure
- CPS-specific revision priorities
- Reviewer coalition map
- Checklist
- Anti-patterns
- Output format
- Supplementary resources
What does the cps-rebuttal skill do?
Use when responding to a Comparative Political Studies (CPS) revise-and-resubmit decision — structuring the response letter to multiple anonymous reviewers and the editor. Plans the revision and response; it does not fabricate results or relitigate the decision.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill cps-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.