Maoxuan Skill Cognitive Framework

Applies Mao's strategic frameworks from his Selected Works to actual problems like startup competition, team conflicts, and resource allocation. You get seven mental models (contradiction analysis, protracted war strategy, rural encirclement) and ten decision heuristics loaded into Claude's context. It won't roleplay as Mao, it uses his analytical methods to examine your situation. Honestly most useful when you're the weaker party facing something bigger, or when you're stuck with multiple problems and need to identify which one actually matters. The contradiction analysis and paper tiger frameworks are surprisingly applicable to modern product strategy. Trigger it with "毛选" or "教员" in Claude Code.

skills.sh installs: 395
GitHub stars: 26
last updated: Jun 3, 2026

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Install

$ npx -y skills add aradotso/trending-skills --skill maoxuan-skill-cognitive-framework --agent claude-code

Installs into .claude/skills of the current project.

Files

毛选.skill — Mao's Cognitive Framework for Strategic Analysis

Skill by ara.so — Daily 2026 Skills collection.

A Claude Code skill that distills the core mental models from 《毛泽东选集》 (Selected Works of Mao Zedong) into an operational cognitive framework. Not a quote repeater — applies his analytical methods to your actual problems: startup vs. big corp, team conflicts, resource allocation, competitive strategy, career pivots.

7 core mental models · 10 decision heuristics · Full expression DNA

Installation

# Install via skills CLI
npx skills add leezythu/maoxuan-skill

# Or clone directly
git clone https://github.com/leezythu/maoxuan-skill.git

After installation, trigger in Claude Code with any of:

毛选
教员
用毛选的方式分析
从毛选的角度
教员怎么看
用毛选框架

What the Skill Does

The skill loads SKILL.md into your AI agent's context, giving it:

SKILL.md on GitHub

Details

Repository: github.com/aradotso/trending-skills
First seen: Jun 3, 2026