io-literature-positioning
Use when positioning an International Organization (IO) manuscript against the international-relations literature so it reads as a contribution to an IR debate. IO readers span rationalist, constructivist, institutionalist, IPE, and security traditions, so the paper must engage the IR conversation it speaks to and the closest prior IR work — while staying double-blind. Stakes the contribution; it does not write the lit review.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill io-literature-positioning --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Literature Positioning (io-literature-positioning) IO is read by international-relations scholars across **paradigms** (rationalist, constructivist, institutionalist) and **research areas** (IPE, security, institutions). Positioning is therefore about placing your paper inside a recognizable **IR debate** and showing the move you make in it — not a citation pile, and not a domestic-politics literature with an IR veneer. ## When to trigger - Drafting or revising the introduction and the "contribution" paragraph - A reviewer said you "missed the key IR work" or "don't engage the debate" - Your case is solid but the paper doesn't connect to a general IR argument - You need to distinguish your contribution from the closest prior IR papers ## How IO wants the literature engaged 1. **Engage an IR debate, not a pile of cites.** Name the live disagreement your paper enters — e.g., do institutions constrain states or merely screen them; does trade pacify or provoke; are norms causal or epiphenomenal. Cite the works that **define** the debate. 2. **Position across paradigms where it matters.** IO prizes theoretical pluralism. If your claim cuts against a rationalist or constructivist accou
- When to trigger
- How IO wants the literature engaged
- Cross-tradition engagement (a distinctive IO demand)
- Referee-pushback patterns and the IO-specific fix
- Worked positioning vignette (illustrative)
- Anti-patterns
- Output format
- Supplementary resources
What does the io-literature-positioning skill do?
Use when positioning an International Organization (IO) manuscript against the international-relations literature so it reads as a contribution to an IR debate. IO readers span rationalist, constructivist, institutionalist, IPE, and security traditions, so the paper must engage the IR conversation it speaks to and the closest prior IR work — while staying double-blind. Stakes the contribution; it does not write the lit review.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill io-literature-positioning --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills, a repository with 909 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.