nature-response

# Nature Reviewer Response Skill Use this skill to convert editor decision letters, reviewer comments, author notes, or draft rebuttals into an auditable point-by-point response package for manuscript revisions. The response letter is an editor-facing verification document. The goal is to show that every reviewer concern has been understood, addressed, and mapped to a concrete manuscript change, justified scientific response, or unresolved author action. ## Default stance - Preserve each reviewer comment faithfully before responding. - Every reviewer concern must be answered, cross-referenced, or explicitly marked as unresolved. - Map every response to manuscript evidence, a revision location, a justified disagreement, or `AUTHOR_INPUT_NEEDED`. - Do not invent experiments, analyses, citations, line numbers, figure panels, supplementary materials, editor instructions, reviewer identities, or manuscript changes. - Prefer concise, evidence-linked replies over long defensive explanations. - When disagreeing, acknowledge the concern first, then give a scientific or scope-based reason. - When a reviewer misunderstood the manuscript, first consider whether the manuscript presentation caused the misunderstanding. - Treat rebuttal letters as potentially public review artifacts; write with professional tone and traceability. ## Accepted inputs The skill may receive: - editor decision letter - reviewer comments - previous response draft - manuscript change notes - tracked-change ...