peer-review-response-drafter

# Peer Review Response Drafter

Assist researchers in crafting professional, polite, and effective responses to peer reviewer comments for academic journal submissions.

## Overview

This skill parses reviewer comments, drafts structured responses, and adjusts tone to ensure:
- Professional and courteous language
- Clear point-by-point addressing of concerns
- Constructive framing of disagreements
- Consistent academic writing style

## When to Use

- Responding to peer reviewer comments after paper revision
- Preparing author response letters for journal resubmission
- Addressing major/minor revision requirements
- Drafting rebuttal letters for conference submissions
- Converting informal notes into formal response language

## Workflow

### Step 1: Parse Input
Collect and structure the following:
- **Reviewer comments**: Original text from reviewers (often numbered/sectioned)
- **Manuscript context**: Title, journal name, revision round (if applicable)
- **Author changes**: Brief notes on what was modified in response to each comment
- **Tone preference**: Formal academic / diplomatic / assertive (default: diplomatic)

### Step 2: Structure Response Letter
Standard academic response letter format:

```
Dear Editor and Reviewers,

Thank you for your constructive feedback on our manuscript titled 
"[Title]" submitted to [Journal]. We have carefully addressed all 
comments and revised the manuscript accordingly. Below is our 
point-by-point response to each reviewer's comments.

Reviewer #1:
[Numbered responses]

Reviewer #2:
[Numbered responses]

...

Sincerely,
[Authors]
```

### Step 3: Draft Individual Responses

For each reviewer comment, generate a response containing:

1. **Acknowledgment**: Thank the reviewer for the observation
2. **Action taken**: Describe the change made (if applicable)
3. **Location indicator**: Page/line number where change appears
4. **Optional rationale**: Brief explanation if no change was made

#### Response Templates

**Accepting a...