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Nature Reviewer Response Drafter

Drafts and audits point-by-point replies to peer review and revision packages for journal submissions

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Repository
Yuan1z0825/nature-skills
Stars
51,827
Licence
Apache-2.0
Files
15 files

What it does

This skill teaches an AI agent to help researchers answer peer reviewers and journal editors when a manuscript is sent back for revision. Once installed, the agent parses the editor's letter, sorts each reviewer comment by the response it needs, and drafts point-by-point replies, cover letters, and marked-up manuscript changes. It also audits existing drafts, and it avoids inventing experiments, citations, or line numbers, flagging anything the author must supply.

Great for

  • Researchers preparing a response to reviewers after a major or minor revision decision
  • Authors who need a consistent cover letter, tracker, and marked-up manuscript for a revision package
  • Co-authors checking an existing response draft for tone, completeness, and consistency with the manuscript

Skip it if

  • Writing a first-submission manuscript, which the skill says belongs to a different skill (nature-writing) (wrong tool for the job)
  • Simulating peer review of your own paper, which belongs to a different skill (nature-reviewer) (wrong tool for the job)
  • Fabricating or promising new experiments or evidence the author has not run; the skill forbids this, but the author must verify every claim before submitting to a journal (risk of misrepresentation)

Try asking

  • “Draft a point-by-point response to these three reviewer comments after a major revision decision, [paste comments]”
  • “Audit my existing response letter for missing reviewer points and tone problems”
  • “Write a revision cover letter that maps each change to a manuscript location”
  • “Turn my reviewer responses into a LaTeX response letter with red-marked manuscript changes”
Step-by-step guide: how to use Nature Reviewer Response DrafterInstall, first run, examples, tips and FAQs

Install in 3 steps

  1. 1

    Download the skill

    The ZIP contains the 15 original files, the Apache-2.0 licence and an attribution note.

    nature-response.zip
  2. 2

    Add it to your agent

    Claude Code (all projects)

    mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && unzip nature-response.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/

    Claude Code / Agent SDK (this project only)

    mkdir -p .claude/skills && unzip nature-response.zip -d .claude/skills/

    Claude apps (web/desktop): Settings → Capabilities → Skills → Upload skill, and choose the ZIP.

  3. 3

    Ask for the task

    No special command needed — the agent reads the skill's description and loads it when your request matches. Try one of the prompts above.

Get better results

  • Provide the full editor decision letter first so the agent can identify decision type (Major or Minor Revision) before drafting strategy.
  • Paste the exact reviewer comments and the relevant manuscript passages so quoted text and locations can be checked rather than guessed.
  • Review every drafted reply and manuscript change yourself; mark any AUTHOR_INPUT_NEEDED items before submission.

What's inside

  • agents/openai.yaml
  • examples/conflicting-reviewers.md
  • examples/major-revision-with-missing-evidence.md
  • examples/minor-revision.md
  • manifest.yaml
  • README_EN.md
  • README.md
  • references/action-mapping.md
  • references/chinese-author-alignment.md
  • references/comment-taxonomy.md
  • references/difficult-cases.md
  • references/intake-and-routing.md
  • references/latex-templates.md
  • references/package-consistency-audit.md
  • SKILL.md

Redistributed unmodified from Yuan1z0825/nature-skills under the Apache-2.0 licence. The assessment was drafted with AI from the skill's files on 2026-10-29. Skills can instruct your agent to run code — read SKILL.md and any scripts before installing.