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cover-letter-to-editor

Category: research-writing · License: MIT · Version: 1.0 Tags: cover letter, journal submission, editor, presubmission inquiry, suggested reviewers, desk rejection

When to use it

Write journal submission cover letters, presubmission inquiries, transfer requests, and reviewer suggestion or exclusion lists that help a manuscript get past editorial triage. Use when submitting a paper to a journal, pitching a manuscript to an editor (presubmission enquiry), transferring after rejection, explaining a resubmission or appeal, or preparing the editor-facing parts of a submission such as the significance pitch, suggested reviewers and conflicts. Not for job or fellowship application letters.

Example requests

Ask your agent in plain language, for example:
  • “Write a cover letter submitting our manuscript to Science, with suggested reviewers.”

Install

In Claude Code you can also add the marketplace with /plugin marketplace add KalarisLabs/research-agent-skills and install the whole research-writing category with /plugin install research-writing@research-agent-skills.

Full playbook

Read SKILL.md for the complete workflow, references and any scripts. The agent installer copies the full skill folder.
Last modified on October 19, 2026