Nature Response

If you're revising a manuscript for Nature or any peer-reviewed journal and need to write a point-by-point response letter, this walks you through the full workflow: extracting editor instructions and reviewer comments, classifying each item, drafting responses with the right tone, mapping claimed changes to actual manuscript locations, and flagging anything you need to fill in yourself. It won't invent experiments or line numbers. The architecture is interesting: a static core with the stance and workflow, plus deep references that load on demand for edge cases like conflicting reviewers or appeal-like situations. Works in English and Chinese. Useful if you treat response letters as structured documents rather than freeform apologetics.

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Install

$ npx -y skills add yuan1z0825/nature-skills --skill nature-response --agent claude-code

Installs into .claude/skills of the current project.

Files

Nature Reviewer Response — Router

Routing protocol

For a new task, load the core and matching resources below. Reuse already loaded guidance on follow-ups; load more only when the task needs it.

1. Load the manifest and the core layer

Read manifest.yaml. Then read every file listed under always_load:

static/core/stance.md — the editor-facing purpose, the default stance, the red lines, and the source hierarchy that apply to every response job.
static/core/workflow.md — accepted inputs, the revision correspondence workflow, and the output package format.

2. No content axis — identify mode and language inline

Unlike nature-writing or nature-figure, nature-response has no fragment axis. Its variation is identified at runtime, not by loading different content bodies:

task mode — draft / audit / revise / triage-only / cover-letter / revision-package / latex-template / appeal-like.
decision type — minor revision, major revision, revise-and-resubmit, transfer after review, or unclear.
user language — if the user writes Chinese, also produce the 中文核对 block.