Three methodology-grade skills for Claude Cowork. Free, open source, no account required.
MECE capability hierarchy. BIZBOK-grounded. L1–L3 with Execution/Governance split. Interactive treemap output.
Business object taxonomy using the Capsicum Triad (Party / Record / Resource). Interactive graph output.
Staged value delivery with outcome chain, capability mapping, PPIT breakdown. Interactive stage view + JSON export.
In Cowork, click Customize in the left sidebar, then select Skills. Click Browse plugins to open the marketplace. Select the Personal tab.
Click the + button next to the Personal tab. Enter this address and click Add:
plausibleba/ba-skills
Cowork will connect to the repository and display all three skills.
Click each skill card and press Install. Repeat for all three — Ba capability mapping, Ba concept model, Ba value streams. Each confirms with a toast notification.
Click New task in the left sidebar. Always start fresh — skills use conversation context, so prior sessions can influence results.
Any description works — a pitch deck, project brief, business plan, meeting notes, or a few paragraphs written from memory. The skill will ask clarifying questions if it needs more.
/capability-map — MECE capability hierarchy with interactive treemap
/concept-model — business object taxonomy with interactive graph
/value-stream — staged value stream with interactive stage view
The skill guides you through two validation checkpoints before rendering. The visualisation appears automatically.
After the visualisation renders, the skill offers to download an XLSX workbook or export JSON for the VCC pipeline. Both are on demand — the visualisation is the primary deliverable.
Run /capability-map first, then /concept-model — the concept model cross-validates that every business object is grounded in a capability. Then /value-stream to orchestrate them into delivery.
All three skills in the same Cowork task automatically use the outputs from previous skills — richer cross-validation without re-entering context.
Each skill pauses twice for your review. These checkpoints are where your domain knowledge matters most — don't skip them.
A capability map your stakeholders immediately recognise builds far more confidence than a technically correct one that feels unfamiliar.
Cowork requires a Claude Max, Team, or Enterprise plan. The skills run on Claude Opus 4 by default within Cowork tasks.
Yes. The skills are domain-agnostic — tested across property management, food delivery, financial services, insurance, and public sector. The methodology is BIZBOK-grounded, which means it applies wherever you need to describe what a business does, what it manages, and how it delivers value.
The Capsicum Triad classifies all business objects into three root types: Party (a person or organisation that plays a role), Resource (a thing of value that is managed or exchanged), and Record (a document that captures evidence of something that happened). Grounded in REA theory (McCarthy 1982) and Bunge's ontology.
VCC (Value Cognition Canvas) is a business architecture platform that accepts the ba-skills-bundle.json export from these skills, adding friction heatmaps, solution mapping, throughput projections, and governance controls. Learn more →
Yes. PlausibleBA is free and open source under CC BY-SA 4.0. VCC has its own pricing for advanced analytical features.