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# cover-letter-to-editor — AI agent skill for research writing

> Write journal submission cover letters, presubmission inquiries, transfer requests, and reviewer suggestion or exclusion lists that help a manuscript get…

# `cover-letter-to-editor`

> 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.

**Category:** [research-writing](/research-agent-skills/skills#research-writing) · **License:** MIT · **Version:** 1.0

## Install

```bash theme={null}
npx research-agent-skills install cover-letter-to-editor
npx skills add KalarisLabs/research-agent-skills --skill cover-letter-to-editor
```

## 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.

## Full playbook

Read [SKILL.md](https://github.com/KalarisLabs/research-agent-skills/blob/main/skills/cover-letter-to-editor/SKILL.md) for the complete workflow, references and any scripts. The agent installer copies the full skill folder.


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