update-cover-letterlisted

Update an existing cover letter, whether the paper changed since it was written, the manuscript is being submitted to a different journal after rejection, feedback was given on the letter, or it was left unfinished. Use when a cover letter already exists and needs to change rather than be written from scratch.
yuryalencar/ai-skills · ★ 0 · AI & Automation · score 73

Install: claude install-skill yuryalencar/ai-skills

# /update-cover-letter A cover letter exists and needs to change. The commonest reason by far is **resubmission to a different journal after rejection**, which requires more rewriting than researchers expect, because the paragraph that matters most is the one about the journal. ## Before anything else 1. **Load the style rules.** Invoke `paper-writing-style`. If absent, use the condensed rules in `create-cover-letter`. 2. **Lock the language.** Language of the user's first message, whole run. The letter is English. 3. **Read the paper and the existing letter.** ## Pick the mode State the mode before starting. | Mode | Signal | What it does | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | **A. Retarget** | Submitting to a different journal | Rebuild the journal-fit argument, keep the novelty | | **B. Reconcile** | The paper changed since the letter was written | Fix claims and values the paper no longer supports | | **C. Apply suggestions** | A co-author or supervisor commented, or `/review-cover-letter` output | Incorporate each change | | **D. Resume** | The letter is unfinished | Complete it | Modes A and B frequently coincide: a paper rejected from one journal is usually revised before going to the next. **If this is a revision after peer review**, not a fresh submission, this is the wrong skill. The resubmission letter accompanies a point-by-point response to the reviewers, so use `/create-response-to-reviewers`. ## Mode A: retarget to a different journal The mistake to avoid is s