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Routes International Organization (IO) manuscripts to the correct sub-skill based on lifecycle stage and article type. Confirms the paper is an IR contribution before dispatching.
How this skill is triggered — by the user, by Claude, or both
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/io-skills:io-workflowThe summary Claude sees in its skill listing — used to decide when to auto-load this skill
The orchestrator for an *International Organization* submission. Figure out the stage and the **article
The orchestrator for an International Organization submission. Figure out the stage and the article type, then send the user to the matching skill. IO is the leading journal of international relations — the router's first job is to make sure the international or cross-border phenomenon is a major cause or effect, and that the paper offers a generalizable theory of international politics.
io-rebuttal)| Situation | Article type | Route to |
|---|---|---|
| Full original IR study, generalizable theory | Research Article (≤ 14,000 words) | normal pipeline below |
| Focused single IR contribution | Research Note (≤ 8,000 words) | normal pipeline, tighter scope |
| Conceptual / agenda-setting / debate piece | Essay (≤ 10,000 words) | io-theory-building + io-literature-positioning |
| International phenomenon is only backdrop | (off-fit) | back to io-topic-selection — re-center the international level |
If the international or cross-border phenomenon is not a major cause or effect, the paper is not yet an IO paper — fix that before anything else.
IR fit / theory worth it? → io-topic-selection
Where does it sit in IR debates? → io-literature-positioning
What's the IR theory? → io-theory-building
Is the international design sound? → io-research-design
Are the analyses sound? → io-data-analysis
Are the exhibits clear? → io-tables-figures
Does it read for IR scholars? → io-writing-style
Repro package + DAS verifiable? → io-transparency-and-data-policy
How will it be judged? → io-review-process
Ready to submit? → io-submission
Got an R&R / decision? → io-rebuttal
topic-selection → literature-positioning → theory-building → research-design → data-analysis → tables-figures → writing-style → transparency-and-data-policy → review-process → submission → rebuttal
Iterate: IR papers usually loop theory ↔ design ↔ analysis several times before writing-style.
Before routing, internalize what makes International Organization distinct from the generalist flagships. IO is the leading outlet in international relations and international political economy, published by Cambridge University Press for the IO Foundation. Its culture is theory-forward: a clever identification strategy with a thin argument lands worse here than at an econometrics-driven venue, because editors and referees reward a portable theory of world politics — institutions, cooperation and conflict, security, the global economy — over a stand-alone result. IO is also methodologically plural: formal, quantitative, and qualitative work all appear, so never push a qualitatively strong paper toward a quantitative reframe to "fit." Finally, IO sets a broad-significance bar — the contribution should reshape how IR scholars understand a general phenomenon, not just document one institution. Hold these three anchors as you dispatch.
| You can say… | Bottleneck | Send to |
|---|---|---|
| "I have data but no general IR claim" | theory deficit | io-theory-building |
| "Reviewers say I missed the IR debate" | positioning | io-literature-positioning |
| "Is my treaty/membership design causal?" | identification | io-research-design |
| "I'm over the word cap (exhibits count)" | length | io-writing-style + io-tables-figures |
| "Conditional acceptance — they want code" | pre-final verification | io-transparency-and-data-policy |
| "A rationalist and constructivist referee clash" | R&R adjudication | io-rebuttal |
A scholar arrives with a finished panel showing that states ratifying a human-rights treaty later report
better compliance, and wants to "submit to IO next week." The router does not jump to io-submission.
The first diagnostic is the IR-fit screen: is the institution a major cause, or is the correlation
driven by selection into ratification? Because the causal claim is unestablished and the general
mechanism is unstated, the router sends them back through io-topic-selection → io-theory-building →
io-research-design (a ratification-timing design that breaks selection) before any submission step.
Routing the empirics-first instinct into theory-first order is the router's core job at IO.
【Stage】idea / positioning / theory / design / analysis / exhibits / writing / transparency / review / submit / rebut
【Article type】Research Article / Research Note / Essay
【IR fit】international phenomenon = major cause/effect? [Y/N]
【Route to】io-<skill>
【Why】one line
【Then】the next skill after that
../../resources/external_tools.md — IR data sources + software by method../../resources/official-source-map.md — official IO URLs behind every fact in this packnpx claudepluginhub brycewang-stanford/awesome-journal-skills --plugin io-skillsPressure-tests whether an international-relations project fits International Organization (IO) journal standards and selects the right article type.
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Entry point for any APSR manuscript. Determines the paper's track and lifecycle stage, then routes to the appropriate sub-skill.