I Have ADHD

What it does

• ✓Leads every reply with the next action — a command, a file, a step you can do now.
• ✓Turns multi-step work into short numbered steps, one action each.
• ✓Holds back tangents, caps lists at five and drops the preamble and pleasantries.
• ✓Restates where you are each turn and makes finished work visible.

When it kicks in

Shape output for a reader with ADHD: lead with the next action, number multi-step work, restate state across turns, suppress tangents, give specific time estimates, make wins visible. Invoke with /i-have-adhd; stays on until "stop adhd mode".

Works with

• Any conversation with Claude

Topics the skill covers

• •Persistence
• •What ADHD changes about reading
• •Rules
• •When to break the rules
• •Pre-send check

What's inside the download

• •SKILL.md — the ten output rules, when to break them, and a pre-send check.
• •agents/ — the same mode for Codex (openai.yaml) and Gemini CLI (gemini.toml).
• •LICENSE — MIT.

4 files in the .zip:

• Skill InstructionsSKILL.md7 KB
• LicenseLICENSE1 KB
• Geminiagents/gemini.toml2.1 KB
• OpenAIagents/openai.yaml238 B

How to install (2 minutes)

Same download for Claude Code, Claude app, Codex — follow the step for the tool you use.

1. 1Download the .zip and unzip it — you’ll get a folder called i-have-adhd.
2. 2In the Claude app: open Settings → Capabilities → Skills, choose Add / Upload, and select the folder (or the .zip).
3. 3In Claude Code: drop the folder into your project’s .claude/skills/ directory, then type /skills to confirm it loaded.
4. 4In Codex: drop the folder into ~/.agents/skills/ (or your project’s .agents/skills/), then type /skills — or call it directly with $i-have-adhd.
5. 5This one is manual on purpose: type /i-have-adhd to turn it on, and “stop adhd mode” (or “normal mode”) to turn it off.

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