smj-rebuttal
Use when drafting the response letter and revising a Strategic Management Journal (SMJ) manuscript after an R&R decision. Structures the point-by-point response; it assumes the revision plan from smj-review-process is set.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill smj-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 Response & Rebuttal (smj-rebuttal) ## When to trigger - You received a Major/Minor Revision and have revised (or are revising) the manuscript - You need to write the response-to-reviewers letter - You must decide how to respond to a comment you disagree with - The manuscript changes are in progress but the response document is not yet written > Revise the manuscript first. A response letter written before the actual edits exist will over-promise and drift from the paper. ## The response-letter structure 1. **Opening to the editor.** Thank the action editor and reviewers; state that you have revised substantially; summarize the **2–4 most important changes** (lead with how you addressed the gating concern — usually endogeneity or contribution). 2. **Point-by-point response.** For *every* comment, in order, per reviewer: - Quote or paraphrase the comment (verbatim is safest). - State your response and **exactly what changed**. - Point to the location: "see revised Section 4.2, pp. 18–20, and new Table 5." 3. **Reviewer-by-reviewer grouping** with clear headers (Reviewer 1, 2, …, Editor). 4. **Summary of changes** (optional) and a clean revised manuscript plus, where helpful, a
- When to trigger
- The response-letter structure
- Responding well
- SMJ-specific emphases in the response
- Checklist
- Anti-patterns
- Output format
- Templates & resources
What does the smj-rebuttal skill do?
Use when drafting the response letter and revising a Strategic Management Journal (SMJ) manuscript after an R&R decision. Structures the point-by-point response; it assumes the revision plan from smj-review-process is set.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill smj-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.