mining-software-repositories
Use when targeting Mining Software Repositories (MSR) or deciding whether a computer-science manuscript fits this venue. Encodes conference fit, framing, evidence bar, submission-cycle checks, rebuttal posture, and desk-reject risks for software analytics.
Profile →npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill mining-software-repositories --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.
# Mining Software Repositories (MSR) ## Conference positioning Mining Software Repositories (MSR) is a top computer-science conference venue for software repository mining, developer behavior, empirical methods, datasets, and mining tools. It rewards an MSR paper with careful dataset construction, validity threats, and reproducible mining workflow. Treat this skill as a **fit / venue-selection / re-framing** tool for conference submission strategy, not as a substitute for the current year's CFP, author kit, ethics policy, or submission portal. Because CS conferences change deadlines, templates, page limits, review workflow, artifact rules, AI-use policy, and rebuttal formats every cycle, always verify the live official instructions before making a submission-ready recommendation. Start from the official source anchor recorded for this venue in `../../resources/conference-roster.md` and `../../resources/official-source-map.md`. ## When to trigger - The author names MSR / Mining Software Repositories as the target venue. - A manuscript in software repository mining needs a conference-fit read before being formatted or submitted. - The paper must be re-framed from journal style or arX
- Conference positioning
- When to trigger
- Scope & topic fit
- Venue-specific calibration
- Close-neighbor routing guardrail
- What distinguishes this venue from its closest siblings
- MSR-specific routing detail
- Method & evidence bar
- Structure & house style
- Official-cycle checklist
- Pre-submission self-check
- Common desk-reject triggers
- Re-routing decision
- Output format
What does the mining-software-repositories skill do?
Use when targeting Mining Software Repositories (MSR) or deciding whether a computer-science manuscript fits this venue. Encodes conference fit, framing, evidence bar, submission-cycle checks, rebuttal posture, and desk-reject risks for software analytics.
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add brycewang-stanford/Awesome-Journal-Skills --skill mining-software-repositories --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.