From isr-skills
Guides theory building for ISR manuscripts: derive behavioral hypotheses or analytical propositions centered on the IT artifact and sociotechnical interplay across levels of analysis.
How this skill is triggered — by the user, by Claude, or both
Slash command
/isr-skills:isr-theory-developmentThe summary Claude sees in its skill listing — used to decide when to auto-load this skill
- Your predictions are descriptive ("IT use relates to performance") with no mechanism
ISR houses behavioral/empirical and analytical/economic & design-science research as co-equal genres. The shape of "theory" differs:
ISR's distinctive identity is bridging IS silos. The strongest manuscripts let the social and the technical co-determine the outcome and connect perspectives that usually stay separate — e.g., an economic model whose parameters are disciplined by behavioral evidence, or a behavioral study whose design is informed by a design-science artifact. Single-paradigm theory is publishable but the intradisciplinary, silo-bridging move is what ISR prizes. If you are combining methods, the 2025 multimethod-research framework editorial (ISR 36(2)) expects you to state how each method's theory informs the others.
The IT artifact must do theoretical work. For each construct, ask: would the prediction change if the technology were different? If not, the theory is not yet about IS.
【Genre】behavioral / analytical / design-science
【Mechanism or model】[...]
【Predictions】hypotheses (a priori) / propositions (comparative statics)
【IT-artifact role】load-bearing? [...]
【Sociotechnical + intradisciplinary】[...]
【Boundary conditions】[...]
【Next step】isr-literature-positioning or isr-methods
npx claudepluginhub brycewang-stanford/awesome-journal-skills --plugin isr-skillsGuides theoretical contribution development for MIS Quarterly manuscripts across behavioral, design science, economics, and organizational traditions. Produces hypotheses, design propositions, or mechanisms before analysis.
Builds the theoretical engine of a JAIS manuscript — original theory, behavioral or economic mechanism, design theory, or pre-theoretical framing for a novel digital phenomenon.
Guides selection and stress-testing of an Information Systems Research (ISR) manuscript's research design, matching empirical, analytical, design-science, or multimethod genres to the research question and ensuring the design supports the intended contribution.