cover-letter
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Drafts the three-paragraph submission cover letter — fit to this journal, contribution, declarations — in 400 words or fewer. Use after a target journal is chosen, when the user asks for a cover letter or submission materials.
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- eggs-gd/career-spacetheir own version, first seen Nov 8, 2026
- pradyumnasagar/open-research-skillstheir own version, first seen Nov 8, 2026
- Mahashwetha/Job-search-email-system-claudetheir own version, first seen Nov 5, 2026
- mergisi/awesome-openclaw-agentstheir own version, first seen Nov 1, 2026
- francoisdp/skillstheir own version, first seen Oct 22, 2026
- Devabubakar/atsprep-skillstheir own version, first seen Oct 20, 2026
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- mergisi/awesome-openclaw-agents★ 4.1ksame name
- claude-office-skills/skills★ 433same name
- proficientlyjobs/proficiently-claude-skills★ 389same name
- thesun4sky/jobstack★ 50same name
- Mahashwetha/Job-search-email-system-claude★ 12same name
- pradyumnasagar/open-research-skills★ 8same name
- Muvon/octomind-tap★ 6same name
- xcrrr/claude-skills★ 6same name
- eggs-gd/career-space★ 4same name
- nomanAliShah786/claude-code-job-search★ 4same name
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The file
We split this skill into the rules it gives an agent
2 rules. 0 are common, 1 is distinctive, and 1 is very specific to this project.
0
Common
Most of the 29 edited versions we read keep these.
1
Distinctive
This author's own choices. Worth a look.
1
Very specific
Tied to their project's names, files or tools. Probably skip.
- Common
- Distinctive
- Very specific
- Very specific: line 14
After /mstack:journal-fit.
- Distinctive: line 19
Editor: Ask the user for the current editor's name and salutation if not in config.
“Common” is measured: kept by at least 6 in 10 of the 29 edited versions of this file we could read. “Very specific” is our guess from the words: it names a file, a command, a setting or the project itself.
Files
/mstack:cover-letter
Stage: submit · Voice: the author addressing the editor
After /mstack:journal-fit. Read in 30 seconds; precision beats warmth.
Procedure
- Load
.mstack/config.yaml(top-tier target journal),paper/sections/abstract.tex, the contribution sentence in.mstack/research-question.md. - Editor. Ask the user for the current editor's name and salutation if not in config; editors change, so never guess from memory.
- Three paragraphs, ≤ 400 words:
- Fit — what the paper does in one sentence and why it belongs in this journal, naming one or two recent papers there it is in conversation with; not "builds on the journal's strong tradition in X".
- Contribution — the contribution sentence from
/mstack:research-question, the headline finding, and the design that delivers it. No hedging. - Declarations — preregistration status + URL (from config); data and code availability; not under review elsewhere; conflicts of interest; IRB approval if applicable; word count; prior presentations or earlier versions.
- Sign-off: author name(s) and affiliation(s), one line.
- Save to
submission/cover-letter.md(Markdown; convert to whatever the portal accepts at submission). - Cross-check: editor correct and current; journal name spelled correctly throughout; within the journal's word limit; declarations cover everything the portal will ask.
Outputs
submission/cover-letter.md.- Summary block: word count, editor addressed, declarations covered; remind the user to set
paper.status: "submitted"once the portal confirms.
Anti-patterns
- Sycophancy. Editors do not need to hear their journal is excellent.
- Generic fit. "Of interest to your readership" with no specific paper cited is noticeable.
- Five paragraphs. Three.
- Repeating the abstract. The letter situates the paper for this editor; the abstract cannot.
Next
Submit. On decision: /mstack:r-and-r for an R&R; /mstack:journal-fit again after a rejection.
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