rebuttal-writing

SKILL.md

Rebuttal Writing

Generate structured, evidence-based rebuttals to peer review comments.

Input

$0 — Reviewer comments (text file, or pasted directly)

Optional: current paper draft for reference

References

Rebuttal prompts and format templates: ~/.claude/skills/rebuttal-writing/references/rebuttal-prompts.md

Workflow
Step 1: Parse Review Comments

For each reviewer:

Extract individual concerns/questions/weaknesses

Categorize each: major concern, minor concern, question, suggestion

Identify the core issue behind each concern

Step 2: Generate Responses

For each concern:

Acknowledge the reviewer's point

Respond with evidence — cite specific sections, equations, experiments, or results from the paper

Describe what was done (not what will be done) — "We have added...", "Our experiments show..."

If additional experiments are needed, describe the new results concretely

Step 3: Format Rebuttal

Use the standard rebuttal format:

# Response to Reviewers

We thank all reviewers for their constructive feedback. We address each concern below.

## Reviewer #1

**Concern #1:** [extracted concern]
**Author Response:** [detailed response with evidence]

**Concern #2:** [extracted concern]
**Author Response:** [detailed response with evidence]

## Reviewer #2
...

Step 4: Summary of Changes

Add a brief summary at the top listing all major changes made to the paper:

New experiments added

Sections revised

Clarifications made

Rules

Reply with what was done, not what will be done — "We have conducted additional experiments" not "We will conduct..."

Be specific — Reference exact sections, table numbers, equation numbers

Be respectful — Thank reviewers, acknowledge valid concerns

Address every concern — Do not skip any reviewer point

Provide evidence — Every response should include concrete data, citations, or reasoning

Keep responses concise — Detailed enough to address the concern, but not padded

Highlight changes — When referring to modified text, use blue text or clearly mark revisions

Related Skills

Upstream: self-review, paper-revision

Downstream: paper-compilation

See also: data-analysis