Purpose
i-have-adhd is a skill for coding assistants. Its core goal is to stop coding agents from burying the answer in long-winded explanations. It requires the assistant to respond in an "action-first" way, so users do not have to wade through a lot of pleasantries to find what actually needs to be done. Although the skill's name includes ADHD, the material clearly states "No ADHD diagnosis needed!", meaning it can be used without an ADHD diagnosis.
Main Capabilities
This skill provides a set of ADHD-friendly output rules. The full text of the rules is in SKILL.md, with 10 rules in total:
- Lead with the next action.
- Number multi-step tasks.
- End with one concrete next step.
- Suppress tangents.
- Restate state every turn.
- Specific time estimates (minutes, not "a bit").
- Make wins visible.
- Matter-of-fact errors.
- Cap lists to 5 items.
- No preamble. No recap. No closers.
The material shows a set of comparison examples: an ordinary answer first writes "Great question! Let me think about this.", then describes details such as auth flow, middleware, token verification, and cookie handling at length, and finally adds "Hope this helps! Let me know if you want to dig deeper."; whereas the output expected by this skill directly gives the operation, such as "Edit src/auth.ts:42 to update the token validation.", and lists numbered steps such as "Open src/auth.ts", "Replace verifyToken (lines 42–58) with the snippet below", "Run npm test -- auth.spec.ts", and "Next: paste the first failing line if any test fails."
How to Use
The material provides the GitHub repository address and explains that the content can be copied and pasted into a CLI prompt, or the installation instructions can be viewed. The repository page shows support for multiple language identifiers, including British English, Chinese, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese, Vietnamese, Korean, Iranian Persian, Thai, Arabic, and French.
Customization method: first fork the repository, edit skills/i-have-adhd/SKILL.md, then replace your own copy; afterward restart the coding assistant, then invoke /i-have-adhd again.
Applicable Scenarios
It is suitable for developers using coding assistants in daily coding, debugging, testing, and other tasks, who want to obtain executable steps faster and avoid being overwhelmed by redundant explanations. Example scenarios include updating token validation, opening source files, replacing functions, running tests, and so on.
Limitations
The material does not provide the skill's compatible platforms, specific requirements, performance data, pricing, or more usage limitations. It is adapted from The Adult ADHD Tool Kit (authors J. Russell Ramsay and Anthony L. Rostain), but it is positioned as an adaptation of response methods for large language models, rather than a daily organization method for humans.
