icalp-author-response
Use when writing an ICALP (EATCS) Track B rebuttal in response to initial reviews, or when handling a Track A correctness query — correcting reviewer misreadings of a proof, pointing to the exact lemma or step that answers an objection, conceding real gaps honestly, and staying within the lightweight double-blind rules and the short rebuttal window.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill icalp-author-response --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.
# ICALP Author Response Two very different situations live here, because the tracks differ: - **Track B** gives you a **rebuttal window** (ICALP 2026: 21-24 March) to respond to initial reviews. - **Track A** has **no general rebuttal**; authors are contacted **only** if the PC needs to resolve a **correctness issue**. If that happens, answer narrowly and precisely. There is **no revision round** at ICALP (unlike a journal), so the response is your one and only chance to speak — and it can only move a paper by fixing **misreadings and correctness doubts**, never by arguing taste. ## Track B rebuttal: what it can and cannot do A rebuttal moves a borderline paper when it: - **Corrects a factual misreading** of a definition, hypothesis, or proof step. - **Points to the exact place** an objection is already answered ("Lemma 4 assumes X, which the reviewer's counterexample violates; see line ..."). - **Supplies a missing clarification** a reviewer explicitly asked for (a constant, a boundary case, a comparison to a bound they named). It does **not** move a paper when it: - Argues the result is more important than the reviewer thinks (taste). - Promises to add a proof "in the final versi
- Track B rebuttal: what it can and cannot do
- Triage the reviews first
- Answering a correctness doubt (the make-or-break case)
- Track A correctness contact
- Form and constraints
- Response skeleton (Track B)
- Output format
What does the icalp-author-response skill do?
Use when writing an ICALP (EATCS) Track B rebuttal in response to initial reviews, or when handling a Track A correctness query — correcting reviewer misreadings of a proof, pointing to the exact lemma or step that answers an objection, conceding real gaps honestly, and staying within the lightweight double-blind rules and the short rebuttal window.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill icalp-author-response --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.