uai-author-response
Use when drafting UAI author responses during the OpenReview rebuttal window, turning reviewer objections about technical correctness, novelty, evidential backing, or clarity into anonymous, evidence-anchored replies that survive the reviewer-and-area-chair discussion phase that follows immediately after authors go quiet.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill uai-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.
# UAI Author Response Use this once reviews land. In the 2026 cycle the author response and discussion period ran April 23 – May 2, and the reviewers' discussion with area chairs followed on May 2 – 8 — meaning your reply is debated in a room you have already left. Write for that second room. Reconfirm the current cycle's response mechanics on the UAI pages and in the OpenReview forum instructions before drafting; formats change year to year. ## The four axes, and what each objection is really about UAI's posted review criteria are technical correctness, novelty, convincing backing of claims, and clarity of writing. Map every reviewer point onto one axis before answering; a reply that answers the wrong axis reads as evasion. | Reviewer says | Axis it lives on | Reply move that works at UAI | |---|---|---| | "The proof of Prop. 2 assumes faithfulness implicitly" | Correctness | Quote the appendix line where the assumption is invoked, or concede and show which results stand without it | | "This is a variant of [known algorithm]" | Novelty | State the precise technical delta — objective, identification condition, or complexity — not adjectives | | "Gains could be noise; only one run i
- The four axes, and what each objection is really about
- Anchoring discipline
- A skeleton that survives the AC discussion
- Reading the review set before writing
- Prioritization under a short window
- Working the ten-day window
- Pre-send checklist
- What not to do
- Output format
What does the uai-author-response skill do?
Use when drafting UAI author responses during the OpenReview rebuttal window, turning reviewer objections about technical correctness, novelty, evidential backing, or clarity into anonymous, evidence-anchored replies that survive the reviewer-and-area-chair discussion phase that follows immediately after authors go quiet.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill uai-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 984 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.