good skill. but why should all this repo e needed for a small MD file??
A public repo is the easiest way to share something like this.
Nah that would be a link to a gist
I-have-ADHD: A skill to stop coding agents from burying the answer
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#42This doesn't seem to be a big issue with Codex. Claude, yes - I have from time to time said "ffs one liner please".
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#43Still a great skill, but at this point, I just write "I have adhd, can you explain that again" or "I have adhd". Works great for compressing it ELI5, but less dumb
I end my user CLAUDE.md files with: "- I'm not always going to read every word, so end each summary message with a TLDR of what you found, what you recommend, and what you need from me." It works really well. Sol doesn't need it at all.
Another favorite of fine is asking it read something then to tell me any "questions, comments concerns" it has. Great for getting the jist of articles fast.
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#44The README makes mention of The Adult ADHD Tool Kit by J. Russell Ramsay and Anthony L. Rostain which looks like a pretty good resource.
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#45Does this not work? "Output styles" https://code.claude.com/docs/en/output-styles
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#46Earlier quoted context omitted.
A public repo is the easiest way to share something like this.
Nah that would be a link to a gist
I suppose that’s also reasonable, though this particular repo also hosts evals and other content related to the skill. So a gist seems like it would be an addition, not a replacement.
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#47I asked my agent if I should install this because I already have a bunch of instructions that are similar.
For example, if it's going to give me an answer that's longer than three paragraphs, I tell it to give me a TLDR at the end. This is what it gave me for this.
"TL;DR: Skip the install. You already built a better version for your world. If numbered steps and "where are we?" restatements still feel missing, cherry-pick those into one short rule instead of adding another full skill on top."
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#48Earlier quoted context omitted.
I have it and it is absolute gift that I wouldn’t trade for anything. It has taken years to figure how to harness it though.
Can you explain what about is it a gift? What are the benefits you get from it?
I have found both hyperfocus and the ability to quickly "drop" (i.e. distract from) a train of thought incredibly useful.
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#49Can someone explain why this is a agent skill and not just agent config (AGENTS.md / CLAUDE.md)?
Skills are kind of a new thing starting around January 2026, but the spec was established about 12 months ago.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46871173
Anyways the most layman way I’ve seen it explained is this: skills help save token usage for the right context. Not every request needs all instructions all the time - running tests is different than reviewing a PR, so why should the context window have instructions for both on every request?
So now you split instructions into “skill” files, which are basically opinionated markdown files. And you invoke those with something like /grill-me in the prompt depending on what you’re doing.
There are some steps to have the agent automatically know what to invoke for you but in my experience this automation is hit or miss.
It is also challenging to keep track of a growing library of skills and keeping those up to date.
So YMMV regarding skills. I typically keep things in a single markdown file even if the context window gets a bit bloated.
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#50As a person who has ADHD, it feels weird when people who obviously do not have it, claim to have it, while there's very little I wouldn't do to "get rid of it" (in quotes because it makes me, me but it's very hard to be me).
I mean... like most spectrum disorders, most people experience and can relate to at least some of the core symptoms, even if they don't express the full spectrum or severity. So when someone says they feel like they have ADHD, they are probably not inaccurate.
I think this is a good point. My only push back would be that when people say they have ADHD, in my experience, they're speaking about inattention (and yes, it's one of the big factors).
And while I don't love that aspect in me and often eat cold toast as result, I find that to be the least of what I struggle with (hitting every wall while walking from point A to B or constantly counting / tapping on my fingers or pulling the skin off my fingers or the anxiety or the hyper focus (love it too!) to where I lose hours upon hours...).
All this to say, I'm never offended when people use it but typically it's rooted in a narrow understanding of something that's used as a pejorative. I think there's research that by age 12 kids with ADHD have heard 20,000 more negative or corrective comments than there peers.
I mean, I can read quite a bit but if my agent / harness is producing monographs the fix has nothing to do with my ADHD. So to me, this repo seems lame.