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Agent skill stack for manuscripts targeted at MIS Quarterly (Management Information Systems Quarterly, MISQ) — a leading information systems journal, published by the MIS Research Center (MISRC) at the Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota, and an official journal of the Association for Information Systems (AIS). It appears quarterly (March, June, September, December).
This repository is opinionated. It is not a generic "tech writing" or "social-science methods" toolbox. It is a MISQ-specific stack built around MISQ's defining trait: it is pluralistic across four IS research traditions — behavioral, design science, economics, and organizational — and rewards a rigorous theory contribution within any of them, including cross-tradition blends. Crucially, MISQ is the canonical home of IS design science research (the Hevner et al. 2004 lineage), a contribution mode absent from most behavioral-only top journals. The stack covers tradition-aware topic selection, theory/design-theory development, literature positioning, genre-matched design and analysis, contribution framing, page-limit-aware exhibits and prose, ScholarOne submission with a pluralistic transparency commitment, the Senior-Editor/Associate-Editor double-anonymous review process, and multi-round revision.
Durable norms only. Editors, fees, exact page limits, the abstract format, and policies change — always verify on the official MISQ submission/instructions pages and the current MISQ Style Guide.
MISQ imposes constraints that differ materially from management, economics, or CS journals:
| Constraint | MIS Quarterly | Implication |
|---|---|---|
| Discipline | Information systems — the IT artifact must be central | Management/economics/CS papers with incidental IT are off-fit |
| Paradigm | Pluralistic: behavioral, design science, economics, organizational | Pick the tradition; it sets the category, method, and contribution |
| Distinctive genre | First-class Design Science track (Hevner et al. 2004) | Build and evaluate an IT artifact; design principles are the contribution |
| Length | Page limits that count everything (text, tables, figures, refs, appendices) | Over-length manuscripts are returned; supplements discouraged |
| Categories | Research Article (50 pp), Research Notes (~half), Theory Development (55 pp), Theory-Generative Research Synthesis (65 pp), Issues & Opinions, Design Science | Self-select the genre up front |
| Transparency | Pluralistic, genre-appropriate commitment uploaded at submission | Procedures/code sufficient for replication; not one mandated standard |
| Review | Double-anonymous; SE + AE then external reviewers; SE owns the decision | No identifying info in the manuscript; multi-round revision normal |
| Service | By submitting, authors agree to review up to three papers/year | A reciprocal obligation |
| Style | MISQ Style Guide; APA 7th; in-text citation leads with the information, not the author | Configure your reference manager accordingly |
Generic "scientific writing" or "social-science methods" packs do not address these constraints.
/plugin marketplace add https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/misq-skills
/plugin install misq-skills
/reload-pluginsgit clone https://github.com/brycewang-stanford/misq-skills.git
cd misq-skills
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -R skills/misq-* ~/.claude/skills/
# or
mkdir -p ~/.codex/skills && cp -R skills/misq-* ~/.codex/skills/Use misq-workflow to tell me which skill I should use next for my MIS Quarterly manuscript.
misq-topic-selection (name the IS tradition + category)
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misq-theory-development (mechanism / design theory / economic model)
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misq-literature-positioning
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misq-methods
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misq-data-analysis (+ transparency materials)
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misq-contribution-framing
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misq-tables-figures
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misq-writing-style (polish)
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misq-submission (ScholarOne + transparency commitment)
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misq-review-process
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misq-rebuttal
misq-workflow is the router — it first helps you name which of the four IS traditions your paper lives in, then tells you which skill to use next.
| Skill | Purpose |
|---|---|
misq-workflow |
Router — names the IS tradition and decides which sub-skill to invoke next |
misq-topic-selection |
IS-question fit; choose tradition (behavioral/design/economics/org) + category |
misq-theory-development |
Mechanism, design theory + design principles, economic model, or process theory |
misq-literature-positioning |
Join the IS conversation; keep the IT artifact central; vs. ISR/JMIS/JAIS |
misq-methods |
Match design or build-and-evaluate strategy to the claim and tradition |
misq-data-analysis |
SEM/CMB, causal identification, artifact evaluation, qualitative traceability, transparency |
misq-contribution-framing |
State the contribution in the tradition's currency; theory and practice |
misq-tables-figures |
Tradition-specific exhibits sized to the page limit (which counts them) |
misq-writing-style |
Front-loaded argument, interdisciplinary readability, APA 7 / MISQ style |
misq-submission |
ScholarOne preflight: Word file, anonymity, category/page cap, transparency commitment |
misq-review-process |
The SE/AE double-anonymous process; reading a decision letter |
misq-rebuttal |
Multi-round revision and point-by-point response, SE-letter-first |
resources/official-source-map.md— every MISQ fact with its official URL, accessed 2026-06-01, with unverified items marked 待核实resources/external_tools.md— IS research tools by tradition (platform/digital-trace data, PLS/CB-SEM, causal econometrics, design-science build/evaluate stacks)
| Tradition | The paper's job | Signature method/exhibit |
|---|---|---|
| Behavioral | Explain/predict IT adoption, use, and impact | Experiment/survey; PLS/CB-SEM, CMB remedies |
| Design science | Build and evaluate a novel, useful IT artifact | Build-and-evaluate vs. baselines; design principles |
| Economics of IS | Identify causal/economic effects of IT | Natural experiment / DiD / IV / RD; robustness |
| Organizational | Theorize IT in organizational and social context | Case/qualitative; Gioia-style data structure |
If your paper has no central IT artifact and the technology is interchangeable, MISQ is likely the wrong venue.
- awesome-journal-skills — index of journal-specific skill packs
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