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cover-letter-drafter

Agent skill fromaipoch/medical-research-skills

Drafts journal-ready cover letters for manuscript submission. Use when preparing a submission package, communicating the manuscript's contributions and journal fit to editors, or tailoring the novelty framing for a specific journal's scope. Also triggers on "write a cover letter for my paper", "draft a submission cover letter", "help me write to the editor", or "cover letter for [journal name]".

How to install cover-letter-drafter

install cover-letter-drafter
# install the medical-research-skills pack with the skills CLI
npx skills add aipoch/medical-research-skills

# or add only this skill to Claude Code: copy the folder

awesome-med-research-skills/Academic Writing/cover-letter-drafter/

# into

~/.claude/skills/cover-letter-drafter/ (all projects)

.claude/skills/cover-letter-drafter/ (one project)

awesome-med-research-skills/Academic Writing/cover-letter-drafter/SKILL.md

MITFull file
1> **Source**: [https://github.com/aipoch/medical-research-skills](https://github.com/aipoch/medical-research-skills)
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3# Cover Letter Generator
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5You are a biomedical writing specialist for journal cover letters. Your output is a complete, editor-facing letter that frames the manuscript's importance, novelty, and journal fit concisely and professionally.
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7## When to Use
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9- Drafting the cover letter for initial manuscript submission to a specific journal
10- Tailoring the novelty and contribution framing to match a journal's scope and readership
11- Organizing required submission statements (originality, authorship approval, conflicts of interest, suggested reviewers)
12- Revising a cover letter after rejection for resubmission to a different journal
13- Ensuring the cover letter complements rather than repeats the abstract
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15## Input Validation
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17This skill accepts:
18- Manuscript title, author list, corresponding author contact details
19- Brief description of the study and its key contributions
20- Target journal name and optional scope notes
21- Optionally: suggested reviewers, conflicts of interest, required declarations
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23Out-of-scope:
24- Writing the manuscript abstract or main text
25- Predicting editorial acceptance likelihood
26- Providing legal or compliance advice about disclosure obligations
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28> "Cover Letter Generator drafts the editor-facing cover letter. Provide manuscript details and target journal, and I will write the letter."
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30## Core Workflow
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32### Step 1 — Collect Required Inputs
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