brianmadden-ai plugin
Connect your Claude to Brian Madden's expert knowledge on AI and knowledge work.
brianmadden-ai plugin
A Claude Cowork plugin that connects to brianmadden.ai — Brian Madden's expert knowledge module for AI.
What this does
This plugin gives your Claude access to Brian Madden's expert knowledge module: his published arguments, analytical frameworks, evolving positions, and current frontier thinking on AI's transformation of knowledge work and the enterprise.
Install the plugin, and your Claude can:
- Get Brian's position on any topic he's written about
- Apply his frameworks (the invisible 80%, factory electrification, post-application era, and more) to your own problems
- Track his frontier thinking — where his head is right now, not just what he's published
- Challenge your arguments from his perspective using his reasoning style and evidence base
Commands
| Command | What it does |
|---|---|
/brian:position <topic> | Get Brian's published and evolving position on a topic |
/brian:framework <name> | Load and explain one of Brian's analytical frameworks |
/brian:thinking | Surface Brian's current frontier thinking |
/brian:challenge <argument> | Challenge a claim from Brian's perspective |
Skills (auto-activated)
- knowledge-navigation — How to navigate Brian's knowledge hierarchy and find the right sources
- apply-frameworks — How to apply Brian's mental models to new situations
- voice-and-reasoning — How Brian thinks, argues, and communicates
Available frameworks
invisible-80-percent— Why corporate AI strategies miss the tacit knowledge that drives real valuefactory-electrification— The 1880s-1920s playbook for understanding AI transformation timelinespost-application-era— Why AI dissolves the application layer entirelyworkspace-as-control-plane— The enterprise workspace as AI governance infrastructurebitter-lesson— Stop engineering, start enabling. The invisible 80% is human legacy infrastructure AI doesn't need.delegation-not-automation— Workers delegate, not automate. The skills hierarchy from cognitive extension to full automation.five-levels-of-ai-in-knowledge-work— From spicy search engine to dark knowledge factory. The coding-as-leading-indicator analysis applied to knowledge work.subscribable-brains— Why experts should publish knowledge repos, not content7-stage-roadmap— The progression from AI-as-assistant to AI-as-autonomous-colleague (largely superseded by five-levels)
How it works
The plugin connects to the brianmadden.ai MCP server — a live knowledge API backed by Brian's expert knowledge module. The content updates as Brian thinks. His thinking.md changes frequently, synthesis.md updates when new posts are published, frameworks evolve as arguments develop.
This is a proof of concept for the subscribable brains thesis: the first expert knowledge module shipped as a Cowork plugin.
About Brian Madden
VP Technology Officer & Futurist at Citrix. 32 years in end-user computing and digital workplace. 6 books, 2,000+ articles, 1,000+ talks globally. Writes about how AI reshapes knowledge work at the Citrix blog and on LinkedIn.
License
Dual-licensed. Code and configuration (JSON) under MIT. Written content (skills and commands) under CC-BY-4.0.