io-rebuttal — independently scanned and version-tracked by SaferSkills.
SaferSkills independently audited io-rebuttal (Agent Skill) and scored it 100/100 (green). The audit ran 55 deterministic rules across Security, Supply Chain, Maintenance, Transparency, and Community; it found 0 high-severity and 0 lower-severity findings. The full rule-by-rule trace and per-finding evidence are below. Free, methodology-open.
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Every scanned point with the score it earned and what moved between them.
First recorded scan — no prior version to compare against.
The primary manifest — the file an agent reads to learn what this artifact does.
An IO R&R is a strong signal — first-round accepts are rare at the field's leading IR journal. The editors return anonymous expert reviews with a decision letter and adjudicate, so the response must move every reviewer toward yes on the IR theory and design while keeping the editor confident the revision is convergent — and keep the package verifiable for the post-conditional-acceptance check.
those first; the editor adjudicates disagreements among referees.
skip one — silence reads as non-compliance.
text/table number), or push back respectfully with a reason (IR theory, level of analysis, identification, or evidence). A well-argued disagreement beats a hollow capitulation that weakens the theory.
referee want opposite things, say so, choose a principled path consistent with your IR argument, and explain the tradeoff to the editor. Don't silently satisfy one and ignore the other.
that dilute the generalizable IR claim that earned the R&R. Defend the international-level mechanism rather than over-claiming.
and keep results and formal proofs re-runnable so IO staff verification after conditional acceptance stays fast (see io-transparency-and-data-policy).
For each reviewer comment:
> [Quoted reviewer comment]
Response: [What we did / why we respectfully disagree, in IR terms].
Change: [Section/page/table-figure number where the revision appears].Open with a short summary of the main changes to the editor; group by reviewer; end each entry with the location of the change so the editor can verify quickly.
Most IO R&R comments fall into a few families, each with a concede-or-rebut posture that protects the generalizable IR claim.
| Referee objection | Default posture | The move |
|---|---|---|
| "Selection into treaty membership" | concede, defend design | add a ratification-timing/instrument or selection model; report what changes |
| "Mechanism institution→outcome unspecified" | concede | state the cross-border mechanism and add its observable implication as a test |
| Rationalist vs. constructivist referees clash | adjudicate openly | pick the path consistent with your theory; explain the tradeoff to the editor |
Reviewer 2 (rationalist) calls the treaty-compliance result "just selection." Reviewer 1 (constructivist) wants more on norm internalization. The editor flags selection as decisive. The response (a) answers the editor's decisive point first — a ratification-timing design plus sensitivity analysis shows the effect attenuates by about a third but stays positive (illustrative), in a new SI table; (b) reconciles the paradigm conflict openly — R1's norm channel enters as a scope-conditioning mechanism, not a rival, consistent with the commitment theory; (c) ends each entry with the section/table location. The revised analysis stays scripted so IO's post-acceptance re-run still passes.
【Editor's decisive points】addressed first? [list]
【Coverage】every reviewer comment answered? [Y/N]
【Concede vs rebut】each tagged with evidence + change location
【Paradigm/referee conflicts】reconciled and explained to editor? [Y/N]
【Contribution protected】no dilution of the generalizable IR claim? [Y/N]
【Anonymity + verifiable package/proofs maintained】[Y/N]
【Next】resubmit via Editorial Manager../../resources/official-source-map.md — review model, anonymous reviews to author, verification-before-final-acceptance policy~30 seconds. Free. No account. Every finding cites a rule and a line of evidence.