Write point-by-point rebuttals to reviewer comments. Extract concerns from reviews, generate evidence-based responses, and format as a structured rebuttal document. Use after receiving peer review feedback.

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: 1. Extract individual concerns/questions/weaknesses 2. Categorize each: major concern, minor concern, question, suggestion 3. Identify the core issue behind each concern Step 2: Generate Responses For each concern: 1. Acknowledge the reviewer's point 2. Respond with evidence — cite specific sections, equations, experiments, or results from the paper 3. Describe what was done (not what will be done) — "We have added...", "Our experiments show..." 4. If additional experiments are needed, describe the new results concretely Step 3: Format Rebuttal Use the standard rebuttal format: 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](../self review/), [paper revision](../paper revision/) Downstream: [paper compilation](../paper compilation/) See also: [data analysis](../data analysis/)

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