jape-rebuttal
Use when drafting the response letter for a Journal of Applied Econometrics (JAE) revise-and-resubmit — replying to single-blind anonymous referees and the Editor-in-Chief on applied-econometrics objections (identification on real data, inference, robustness) while keeping the JAE Data Archive package in sync with every revised result.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill jape-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 for JAE (jape-rebuttal) ## When to trigger - You have a JAE decision letter inviting a revision and are drafting the response - Referees raise objections about identification, inference, or reproducibility - You need to keep your archive-bound data/code consistent with the revised paper ## How to respond at JAE JAE review is **single-blind**: referees are anonymous, you are not, and the **Editor-in-Chief** makes the final call. Address the Editor and each referee separately. Reproduce every comment verbatim, then reply with the **exact manuscript change** and, where the point is decision-critical, **new diagnostic evidence** (a robustness table, an alternative estimator, a placebo test). Do not thank the anonymous reviewers inside the manuscript acknowledgments (review is single-blind). ## Group the comments - **Identification / estimand** — defend assumptions on real data, add tests rather than assert. - **Inference** — if challenged on standard errors, show HAC/clustered/weak-IV-robust alternatives. - **Robustness** — push expanded grids into the unlimited **online appendix** (the main text stays within 35 pages). - **Reproducibility** — if a referee cannot regenerate
- When to trigger
- How to respond at JAE
- Group the comments
- Keep the archive in sync
- Anti-patterns
- Objection triage for the JAE response letter
- Worked response excerpt (illustrative)
- Tone for a single-blind venue
- Output format
- Supplementary resources
What does the jape-rebuttal skill do?
Use when drafting the response letter for a Journal of Applied Econometrics (JAE) revise-and-resubmit — replying to single-blind anonymous referees and the Editor-in-Chief on applied-econometrics objections (identification on real data, inference, robustness) while keeping the JAE Data Archive package in sync with every revised result.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill jape-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.