# Short Abstract — EN (for SSRN / arXiv / journal submissions)

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> This file: **~ 270 words**, safe for SSRN + arXiv. Trim further to ~ 200 words for stricter journals.

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Traditional eBooks and professional knowledge books inherit the linear production logic of print: long single-author cycles, static texts, passive reader consumption. This paper presents a design science investigation into **AI-Native eBook production**, in which the eBook becomes a queryable, reviewable, reproducible knowledge artifact assembled through orchestrated multi-IDE environments (Claude Code, Cursor, Antigravity, Codex), Git version control, persistent identifiers (DOI), declarative workflows, and reader–IDE interaction. We instantiate this paradigm in the *GenAI Consulting Methodology Toolkit* (Apache 2.0; 354 documents; 7 languages; 22 specialized AI-IDE workflows across three IDE families), using consulting methodologies as a demanding-case comparator because they require high structural rigor and cross-document consistency. In our observed production, we find four properties not achieved in prior single-tool authorship attempts within the same project: (1) cross-language coherence enforced atomically, (2) multi-engine adversarial review (e.g., `/devil-pair-debate`, `/red-team-review`), (3) reader-queryable execution — the producing IDE answers reader queries via `/socratic-challenge` and `/deep-synthesize`, and (4) cryptographically reproducible derivation through Git history plus declarative workflow files. We evaluate against Hevner's seven design science guidelines, contrast quantitatively with traditional methodology cycles (McKinsey 7-Step, Rosemann BPM), and articulate a **publishing cycle** that mechanizes Git / GitHub / Zenodo into a Plan-Do-Check-Act loop. Implications are discussed for eBook production, methodology engineering, the HCI thesis of *IDE-as-medium*, and *active* academic publication in the LLM era.

**Keywords:** design science research; AI IDE; AI-Native eBook; eBook production; professional knowledge artifacts; multi-agent collaboration; executable documents; reproducible artifacts; literate programming; consulting frameworks

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## Version history

- v1.0 (2026-05-17): paired with full abstract framed around "methodology development"
- v3 (2026-05-18): reframed around "eBook production" + adds publishing cycle articulation
