More than a decade after adopting a rule to answer repeated questions with a URL, the author published Open and Async — a book distilling lessons from helping people work remotely at GitHub. For the AI era, they built an Open and Async Advisor MCP server that turns the book's method into interactive tools. Install it in Claude or any MCP client with `claude mcp add open-async -- npx -y @open-and-async/mcp`. The server is open source and free; no purchase required.

The toolbox includes method tools like `draft_decision_doc` to scaffold ADRs from decisions and options, `convert_meeting_to_async` to transform agendas into async artifacts with owners and deadlines, `score_status_update` to pressure-test updates against a "work loudly / no surprises" rubric, `triage_sync_vs_async` to settle sync-vs-async debates with decision rules, and `run_async_standup` for structured standup templates. Reference tools provide the book's outline, chapter summaries, principle search, objection handling, and role-aware guidance.

A `coach` prompt runs the full method on a situation: triaging sync vs. async, generating the right artifact, adding role guidance, and capping with a shareable tagline. Parameterized templates cover async standups, ADR writing, meeting-to-issue conversion, and weekly updates.

The package is split-licensed: code under MIT, book data proprietary to Open & Async LLC. No verbatim prose is bundled; reference snippets are cited summaries. The full work lives at open-and-async.com.