i-have-adhd
A skill for coding agents that puts the answer first and drops filler.
- Stars
- 59.7k
- Forks
- 3.5k
- Licence
- MIT
- Language
- Python
- Last update
- 17 days ago
- Type
- Other
What it is
This is a skill (instruction file) for AI coding assistants such as Claude Code. It tells the assistant to lead with the next action, number steps, and skip preamble, recaps, and tangents. The README says it is meant to make responses easier to act on for people with ADHD, without requiring an ADHD diagnosis.
- Asking a coding assistant to fix a failing test and getting the file, line, and command first
- Getting numbered steps for a multi-step task instead of a long narrative
- Editing the SKILL.md file to adjust the rules for your own workflow
Great for
- Developers who find long AI replies hard to scan or act on
- People who want short, numbered next steps from a coding assistant
- Users of Claude Code who want to try a plugin-based response style
Not ideal for
- People who want a full explanation or background from the assistant, since the rules cut tangents and recaps
- Teams that need a tool with no changes to the assistant's behavior, since it does change how responses are written
How to get it
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See the README
You'll need: A coding assistant that supports skills or plugins, such as Claude Code
Install via the assistant prompt (from README)
Install the i-have-adhd skill/plugin from https://github.com/ayghri/i-have-adhd, refer to the repo's AGENTS.md for instructions.Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/ayghri/i-have-adhd - 2
Run it
- Run the install prompt in your coding assistant's CLI, or follow INSTALL.md.
- Restart your coding assistant.
- Invoke the skill with /i-have-adhd and give it a coding task.
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Get the most out of it
- Read the 10 rules in SKILL.md to know what the assistant is told to do.
- Fork the repo and edit skills/i-have-adhd/SKILL.md to change the rules.
- Use the README's plugin commands to swap in your fork, removing the upstream copy first to avoid name conflicts.
Downloads
Strengths
- Simple to install: one copy-paste prompt or a plugin install command
- Rules are short and listed in one file (SKILL.md) that can be edited
- MIT licensed and has a visible before/after example in the README
Trade-offs
- Output style changes can hide context that some users want to see
- The README does not describe how well the rules hold up across different models or tasks
How it compares
| Project | Stars | Type | Level | Updated | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| i-have-adhd (this) | 59.7k | Other | beginner | 17 days ago | Developers who find long AI replies hard to scan or act on |
| marketingskills | 57.9k | Learning resource | beginner | 6 days ago | Technical marketers who already use AI coding agents |
| ECC | 295k | Dev tool | intermediate | 4 days ago | Developers who already use Claude Code and want a shared workflow for planning, testing and review |
| ponytail | 182k | AI model / agent | beginner | 8 days ago | Developers who use Claude Code or similar AI agents and find the generated code too long |
| claude-skills | 29.1k | Curated list | intermediate | 6 days ago | Developers who already use Claude Code or a similar agent and want ready-made workflows |
| omni-tools | 10.6k | App | beginner | 13 days ago | People who want common file and text utilities in one self-hosted place |
Stats synced from GitHub. The assessment above was drafted with AI from the project's README on 2026-10-29 and may miss recent changes — check the README before relying on a command. MIT licence: free to use, modify and distribute, including commercially, as long as you keep the copyright notice.