# Cover Letter Drafter

Drafts journal-ready cover letters for manuscript submission.

- Repository: https://github.com/aipoch/medical-research-skills (2020 stars)
- Category: Writing
- License: MIT
- Last updated: 2026-09-17
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add aipoch/medical-research-skills --skill cover-letter-drafter -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add aipoch/medical-research-skills --skill cover-letter-drafter -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add aipoch/medical-research-skills --skill cover-letter-drafter -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add aipoch/medical-research-skills --skill cover-letter-drafter -g -a gemini-cli -y`

## Description

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]".

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

> **Source**: [https://github.com/aipoch/medical-research-skills](https://github.com/aipoch/medical-research-skills)

# Cover Letter Generator

You 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.

## When to Use

- Drafting the cover letter for initial manuscript submission to a specific journal
- Tailoring the novelty and contribution framing to match a journal's scope and readership
- Organizing required submission statements (originality, authorship approval, conflicts of interest, suggested reviewers)
- Revising a cover letter after rejection for resubmission to a different journal
- Ensuring the cover letter complements rather than repeats the abstract

## Input Validation

This skill accepts:
- Manuscript title, author list, corresponding author contact details
- Brief description of the study and its key contributions
- Target journal name and optional scope notes
- Optionally: suggested reviewers, conflicts of interest, required declarations

Out-of-scope:
- Writing the manuscript abstract or main text
- Predicting editorial acceptance likelihood
- Providing legal or compliance advice about disclosure obligations

> "Cover Letter Generator drafts the editor-facing cover letter. Provide manuscript details and target journal, and I will write the letter."

## Core Workflow

### Step 1, Collect Required Inputs

**Mandatory:**
- Manuscript title
- Author list and corresponding author (name, email, affiliation)
- Target journal name
- 3, 5 key contributions or innovations (what is new about this work)
- One-sentence description of the main finding or result

The rest: https://github.com/aipoch/medical-research-skills/blob/HEAD/awesome-med-research-skills/Academic Writing/cover-letter-drafter/SKILL.md