Format AI coding assistant responses for ADHD-friendly clarity

i-have-adhd is a skill for coding assistants that stops the model from burying the actual answer under preamble and hedging. It enforces ten rules (full text in SKILL.md): lead with the next action, number multi-step tasks, end with one concrete next step, suppress tangents, restate state every turn, give specific time estimates in minutes rather than vague terms, make wins visible, state errors matter-of-factly, cap lists to 5 items, and drop preamble/recap/closers entirely. The stated effect, shown in the README's own before/after example: a response that opened with "Great question! Let me think about this..." and closed with "Hope this helps!" becomes a direct command (npm install jsonwebtoken@latest, then edit src/auth.ts:42), a numbered three-step list, and one concrete next step ("paste the first failing line if any test fails"). It is loosely adapted from The Adult ADHD Tool Kit by J. Russell Ramsay and Anthony L. Rostain, reworked for how an LLM should respond rather than how a human should organize their day - despite the name, no ADHD diagnosis is needed to use it.

Use it with a coding assistant whose responses tend to open with throat-clearing ("Great question!"), wander through tangential context before the actual fix, or close with a generic offer to help further - when what's wanted instead is the command to run, the file and line to edit, and a numbered path to a working state. It is not a general writing-style rule for all contexts - the rules (cap lists to 5 items, no recap, no closers) are tuned specifically for fast, action-oriented coding assistance, and forcing them onto a task that genuinely needs an explanation or a nuanced tradeoff discussion would suppress content the rules label as a "tangent" but that the task actually needed.

Input is the coding assistant's normal conversational turn. Output is the same information reshaped by the ten rules: an immediate action or command, a numbered list for anything multi-step, restated current state each turn, minute-level time estimates, and a single concrete next step at the end - with no preamble, recap, or sign-off.

Installs as a Claude Code plugin/skill (claude plugin install i-have-adhd@i-have-adhd) or via any coding assistant that can follow the repository's AGENTS.md install instructions. To customize, fork the repo, edit skills/i-have-adhd/SKILL.md, then uninstall the upstream copy and install your own fork under the same plugin name.

Developers using a coding assistant who want direct, action-first, no-filler responses instead of hedged, narrated ones. MIT licensed.