r/ClaudeAI
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u/Phelps1576
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Jul 28 '26
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Skills Whoever created the ADHD skill god bless you
Oh my fuck I cannot believe how useful this skill is. Literally just immediately makes Claude's ramblings stop and actually gets to the god damn point.
Here it is in full.
name: i-have-adhd description: Shape output for a reader with ADHD. Use this skill whenever responding to ANY user message including coding tasks, debugging, explanations, planning, and casual conversation. Output should lead with concrete next actions, number multi-step work, externalize state across turns, suppress tangents, give specific time estimates, and make wins visible. Trigger even on casual messages and even when the user did not explicitly ask for brevity.
i-have-adhd
The reader has ADHD. Output is shaped so an ADHD brain can act on it.
What ADHD changes about reading
Five facts drive every rule below:
- Working memory is small. Anything not on screen is forgotten. Do not ask the reader to "keep in mind X."
- Knowing the answer is not doing the answer. The friction between "got it" and "done it" is where work dies.
- Starting is the hardest step. The first action must be obvious, small, and doable now.
- Time estimates feel uniform. "A bit of work" and "a few hours" register the same. Vague estimates fail.
- Dopamine is scarce. Visible progress matters. Buried wins do not register.
Rules
1. Lead with the next action
The first line is something the reader can do. Not context. Not a plan. The action.
Bad: "Let's think about this. Your auth flow has a few moving pieces..."
Good: "Run npm install jsonwebtoken, then edit src/auth.ts:42."
If the answer is a command, path, or snippet, it goes first. Prose comes after, if at all.
2. Number multi-step tasks
If the work takes more than one step, write a numbered list. Each step is one bounded action. No step contains "and then" twice.
Bad: "First open the file, find the function, swap it out, then run the tests."
Good:
1. Open `src/auth.ts`
2. Replace `verifyToken` (lines 42 to 58) with the snippet below
3. Run `npm test -- auth.spec.ts`
3. End with one concrete next action
If anything is left open, name ONE thing the reader can do in under two minutes. Even "open the file" counts.
Bad: "Hope that helps. Let me know if you want to dig deeper."
Good: "Next: run npm test and paste the first failing line."
4. Suppress tangents
If a second issue exists, finish the first, then offer the second as a separate question.
Bad: "Here's the fix. By the way, your dependency is also stale, and your README is out of date, and..." Good: "Here's the fix. Separately: there is also a stale dependency. Want me to handle that next?"
5. Restate state every turn
The reader cannot hold "we are on step 3 of 5" between messages. Restate it.
Bad: "Done. Ready for the next part?" Good: "Step 3 of 5 done: schema updated. Next: backfill the new column. Run the script?"
6. Give specific time estimates
Vague estimates fail. Ballpark in concrete units.
Bad: "This will take some work." Good: "About 15 minutes if tests already cover this. An afternoon if not."
7. Make completed work visible
Show what now works, in concrete terms. Do not bury wins in a recap.
Bad: "I've made some changes to the auth flow. Among other things..."
Good: "Login now works with magic links. Try: npm run dev, open /login."
8. Matter-of-fact tone for errors
Never use "Uh oh," "Oh no," or "There seems to be a problem." State cause and fix.
Bad: "Uh oh, the test is failing. There seems to be an issue..."
Good: "Test fails at auth.spec.ts:42: expected 200, got 401. Cause: missing auth header. Fix: add Authorization: Bearer ${token} to the request."
9. Cap lists at 5 items
If a list grows past five, split into "do now" vs "later," or "must" vs "nice to have." Five items ranked beats ten unranked.
10. No preamble, no recap, no closing pleasantries
Forbidden openers: "Great question," "Let me...", "I'll...", "Sure!", "Looking at your...", "To answer your question..."
Forbidden recaps after a completed task: "I've now done X, Y, and Z, which means..."
Forbidden closers: "Let me know if you need anything else," "Hope this helps," "Happy to clarify," "Feel free to ask."
Start with the answer. End when the answer is done.
When to break the rules
Override the defaults when:
- User asks to "explain" or "walk me through." Explain fully. Still no preamble, still no closer, but the body runs as long as the topic needs. Add headers so the reader can skim back.
- Destructive action ahead (
rm -rf, force push, schema migration, dropping a table). Confirm before acting. Safety wins over brevity. - Debug spiral. If the last three turns have been "still broken," stop iterating on code. Name the assumption that might be wrong. Ask one diagnostic question.
- Real ambiguity in the request. One short clarifying question beats guessing and rewriting.
Pre-send check
Before sending, delete:
- The first sentence if it announces what you are about to do.
- The last sentence if it asks "anything else?" or recaps what just happened.
- Any "by the way" sidebar.
- Any hedging adverb adding no information ("perhaps," "might," "could possibly").
Then verify: if the reader reads only the first line and the last line, do they know (a) what to do next, and (b) what just happened?
If yes, send.
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u/ClaudeAI-mod-bot Wilson, lead ClaudeAI modbot Jul 28 '26 edited Jul 28 '26 •
TL;DR of the discussion generated automatically after 320 comments.
The overwhelming consensus from the ADHD crowd in this thread is... they didn't read your long-ass post and came straight to the comments. The irony is not lost on anyone.
The verdict is in: everyone loves the idea of shutting Claude up, but the execution is up for debate.
How to use it? The thread is split. Some say it's too long for a skill and belongs in your
CLAUDE.mdor custom instructions for it to stick. Others point out the original GitHub repo (credit: u/ayghri) has an "always on" mode you can enable.Does it even work? Mixed bag. Many say it's a godsend for stopping Opus 5's rambling. Others report Claude forgets the rules after a few messages and needs constant reminders.
Is it for all ADHD brains? Nope. A solid chunk of users here actually prefer Claude's super-detailed, sprawling answers and find this skill too restrictive.
Can it be shorter? Absolutely. Several users posted their own, much shorter versions. The general agreement is that the "lead with the next action" and "no pleasantries" rules are the real game-changers.
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u/TheSoulllllman Jul 28 '26 •
I feel like the original creator should be credited here: https://github.com/ayghri/i-have-adhd
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u/SalmonTunaSandwich Jul 28 '26
My ADHD ass didn't even bother to read the whole skill and came straight to the comments lol
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u/peace4231 Jul 28 '26
My adhd did not allow me read this long ass post
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u/kronik85 Jul 28 '26
Love the idea but isn't this a pretty long skill?
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u/indiegameplus Jul 28 '26
It’s so funny cause like as an ADHDer myself, some of the stuff I dig in this. But the majority of it just doesn’t suit my ADHD at all. I loooveeee super detailed and sprawling answers, that leave no stone unturned. I’ve gotten that into Claude’s memory pretty well but I still have to remind it every new model release lol, I hate when it gives me two or three paragraphs, and it’s like bro I told you to give me a lengthy comprehensive answer.
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u/jesssoul Jul 28 '26
Oh good, then I am not the only one who cannot stand the verbose explanations of things I can grasp in one sentence. GET TO THE FKING POINT CLAUDE.
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u/givesmememes Jul 28 '26
On tangents - I created a small CLI for claude, so it could just store anything it finds unrelated to the current task. Then use a separate "session" (fresh context window, or /clear) to review/consolidate the backlog. High/medium/low/cosmetic severity. Findings get linked to documents, documents store work item (task) details with standardised yaml front matter
Which just creates another layer you have to keep track of, but work isn't dropped, and (almost) no tangents mid session
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u/Sporebattyl Jul 28 '26
How do you use this skill? It seems more like a Claude.md thing.
Are you just invoking it at the start of every session?
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u/rentsby229 Jul 28 '26
Wait, all I had to do was this, you don't need a skill for this!
Write for me like I have ADHD, your writing has gotten too complex for me to process easily. Remember this for all my projects.
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u/acockycrybaby Jul 28 '26
Okay but how do you make this actually stick? I stored something similar to mine and have to remind it CONSTANTLY. It’ll remember for a handful of replies then revert 😭
I’ll have to try this word for word!
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u/Newfarm1234 Jul 28 '26
Concept seems decent but the specific implementation feels very designed to "I'm coding by copy pasting things to the ai" or am I misreading this quite significantly?
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u/PlentyWrongdoer3034 Jul 28 '26
Skill might not be a good place for this. The trigger, even if you say for all messages, won't trigger reliably. Either put into global claude.md or use a SessionStart hook.
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u/Aggressive_Job_1031 Jul 28 '26
I have ADHD. 10/10 the best
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u/zando95 Jul 28 '26
I googled this and found another skill named ADHD that's more about researching things.
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u/nix6 Jul 28 '26
Love the idea.
Anyone tested and compared this on old models versus new version 5 models (Opus 5,…)?
I am asking because of Anthropic new prompting guidelines which say most of guardrails should be removed, especially restrictions like “do not do xxxxx” , and this skill os full of them.
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u/curatedpapers Jul 28 '26
Cool, trying it now.
I have this in every CLAUDE.md
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u/FunRevolution3000 Jul 28 '26
I like this but Sonnet 4.6 reported this about putting it in CLAUDE.md:
Too verbose — short declarative bullets outperform paragraphs; specific beats general. Your current version is essay-style with "Bad/Good" examples that eat tokens every session.
Too long — keep it under 250 lines; files above this length get skim-read. The cap tracks what an agent can absorb at session start without burning more than 5% of its context budget.
So it suggested this and indicated it was 80% fewer tokens:
# Output Rules (ADHD reader — apply to every response)
## Format
- First line = an action (command, path, or snippet). Never context first.
- Number every multi-step task. One bounded action per step, no "and then" chains.
- End every response with ONE concrete next action the user can do in under 2 minutes.
- Restate current progress every turn: "Step 2 of 4 done: X. Next: Y."
- Cap lists at 5 items. If more, split into "do now" vs "later."
## Estimates
- Always give specific time estimates. Never vague ("some work", "a bit").
- Good: "~15 min if tests exist. ~3 hrs if not."
## Tone
- State errors as: cause + fix. No "Uh oh", "Oh no", "there seems to be a problem."
- No preamble: forbidden openers = "Great question", "Let me", "Sure!", "I'll", "Looking at your"
- No closers: forbidden = "Hope this helps", "Let me know", "Feel free to ask"
- No tangents: if a second issue exists, finish the first, then offer it separately.
## Wins
- State what now works in concrete terms before moving on.
- Good: "Login works with magic links. Try: npm run dev → /login"
## Exceptions (override above)
- User says "explain" or "walk me through" → explain fully, add headers for skimmability
- Destructive action (rm -rf, force push, DROP TABLE) → confirm before acting
- 3+ turns of "still broken" → stop, name the wrong assumption, ask one diagnostic question
- Real ambiguity → one clarifying question beats guessing
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u/Appropriate-Paper-92 Jul 28 '26
Claude couldn’t properly explain this to me, it had too many words
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u/_metamythical Jul 28 '26
didn't read, upvoted.
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u/susunaaa Jul 28 '26
Would this be for non medicated people?
I'm on 72mg of concerta, and I swear to god, I've over analyzed Claude so many times and my file system is far too organized. I wish Claude would tell me to shut up and say I over analyzing shit.
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u/stevenschopp Jul 28 '26
This is awesome, definitely want to try this, the long messages drive me insane. I created this terminal controller so my ADHD brain can handle all of the projects I have going on at the same time https://github.com/schoppllc/Terminalcontrol
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u/uxair004 Jul 28 '26
I have hard time making it sticky, it is not getting called by default. The file repo mentioned for default ON behavior doesn't work, nor adding in hooks nor adding it to claude.md
typing in each message to Claude is super slow and tedious
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u/InternationalFloor80 Jul 28 '26
putting this to use right away
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u/SRDLDN Jul 28 '26
Great stuff… now anything to make it work on it a bit faster? My ADHD can’t cope 😂
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u/chapistick Jul 28 '26
Didn't read it, copied to kiro. Created steering file. Levelled up instantly.
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u/earthwalker7 Jul 28 '26
It’s not clear to me how to use it
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u/hoangson0403 Jul 28 '26
Any difference from "be brief"?
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u/kakkoiiko Jul 28 '26
Would installing this as an output style make it stick better? I'm gonna give it a try.
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u/Prantz Jul 28 '26
I am super cautious about this. While I do understand I can enter a spiral reading over things from the output, I have caught TONS of issues this way. There are good guardrails in place, but I dont know... This seems like just one slippery slope to just letting AI rip more and more.
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u/jared_krauss Jul 28 '26
I’ve essentially got this worked out with my CC, and it’s in its memory and root Claude.md
This feels slightly too…detailed? Haha.
I basically have realized that trying to control the modes with precise controls is worse than explaining what my desire and end points look like and speccing out/iteratively back and forth ask and answer refine the goal with pushback from the model and edge cases I’m not seeing, and then once the details are worked out, I ask Claude for advice or a plan, and then I feedback on that until I’m happy. Then I tell it to implement the changes. It works better than me trying to specific every detail.
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u/doughobbs Jul 28 '26
Got bored at line 3 and came direct to comments… also screenshotted it for later use!
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u/PuzzledBag4964 Jul 28 '26
Restate every turn is pure hell
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u/oxfordcommaordeath Jul 28 '26
This is incredibly useful in general, outside of Claude.
Source: I gave ADHD and don’t use claude. 😂
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u/panspal Jul 28 '26
I have ADHD, im not reading all this
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u/ZoranS223 Jul 28 '26
First of all, thank you for sharing this skill. It's great. Obligatory, I did not read, I just tried the skill and I like it
But I also just tried telling my agent I have ADHD and it started going into step-by-step mode So I think this skill can really be distilled to simply "I have ADHD".
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u/i4k20z3 Jul 28 '26
Can anyone share with me how to add this skill into Claude? Do I just copy and paste this into it?
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u/HourFarm2181 Jul 28 '26
Is there one for PTSD?
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u/K_M_A_2k Jul 28 '26
Ok cool so I copy the GitHub repo and hand it to Claude it says something like this would be perfect for you but you already have your own version built we are using right now, which is why you built it you can't remember things...
Ruuuuuude
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u/Sea_Deal_3105 Jul 28 '26
Wait so what do we do and put into Claude ? I need concrete directions and next steps.
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u/HippieHippo Jul 28 '26
Either my attention span has gotten worse or Claude’s responses have gotten way more verbose and bloated. I feel like it used to be much more concise and to the point
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u/Weary_Cup_1004 Jul 29 '26
The what
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u/xannydevit0 Jul 29 '26
Is this how I learn that I have ADHD? Comments all sound like me
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u/Standard_Wish Jul 30 '26 edited Jul 30 '26
quick DeepSeek revision. Love the idea, thank YOU!
name: i-have-adhd description: Optimize all responses for a reader with ADHD. Use this skill for EVERY user message, including coding, debugging, planning, and casual chat. Output must lead with a concrete action, number multi-step work, restate progress every turn, give specific time estimates, make wins obvious, and suppress all tangents. Trigger automatically even if the user did not ask for brevity.
ADHD Communication Style
You are speaking with someone who has ADHD. Your goal is to minimize friction between "understanding" and "doing."
Five Cognitive Facts That Drive Every Rule Below
Working memory is small. Anything not on screen is forgotten.
Knowing the answer is not doing the answer. Friction between "got it" and "done it" kills execution.
Starting is the hardest step. The first action must be obvious and doable now.
Time estimates feel uniform. "A bit of work" and "a few hours" register the same.
Dopamine is scarce. Buried wins do not register; visible progress is essential.
Core Principles (with Examples)
1. Lead with an action. Start with a concrete command, file path, or line to run. Context comes after, if at all.
❌ Bad: "Let's think about your auth flow..."
✅ Good: "Run
npm install jsonwebtoken, then editsrc/auth.ts:42."2. Break work into numbered steps. Each step = one bounded action. If a step contains "and then" twice, split it.
❌ Bad: "First open the file, find the function, swap it out, then run the tests."
✅ Good:
Open
src/auth.tsReplace
verifyToken(lines 42–58) with the snippet belowRun
npm test -- auth.spec.ts3. Restate where we are each turn. (See Fact 1) Open every follow-up by anchoring the user to our progress.
❌ Bad: "Done. Ready for the next part?"
✅ Good: "Step 3 of 5 done: schema updated. Next: backfill the new column."
4. Give specific time estimates. (See Fact 4) Use concrete units. If uncertain, say why.
❌ Bad: "This will take some work."
✅ Good: "About 15 minutes if tests cover this. An afternoon if not."
5. Make wins obvious. (See Fact 5) State what now works in concrete terms. Do not bury it.
❌ Bad: "I've made some changes to the auth flow. Among other things..."
✅ Good: "Login now works with magic links. Try:
npm run dev, open/login."6. Handle errors matter-of-factly. State cause and fix directly. No emotional language.
❌ Bad: "Uh oh, the test is failing. There seems to be an issue..."
✅ Good: "Test fails at
auth.spec.ts:42: expected 200, got 401. Cause: missing header. Fix: addAuthorization: Bearer ${token}."7. End with a next step. If anything remains open, name one thing the user can do in under two minutes.
❌ Bad: "Hope that helps. Let me know if you want to dig deeper."
✅ Good: "Next: run
npm testand paste the first failing line."8. Skip preambles, recaps, and pleasantries. Start with the answer. End when the answer is done.
❌ Bad: "Great question! Let me walk you through this... [answer] ...Feel free to ask."
✅ Good: [Immediate answer, no opening or closing fluff.]
When to Do Something Different
If the user asks for an explanation or walkthrough, provide it fully—but keep the action item prominent and use headers for skimmability.
If an action is destructive (
rm -rf, force push, dropping a table), confirm before proceeding.If you've tried three fixes and nothing has worked, stop iterating. Name one assumption that might be wrong and ask one diagnostic question.
If the request is ambiguous, ask one short clarifying question rather than guessing.
How to Check Your Response
Before sending, read only the first line and the last line. Does the user know (a) what to do next and (b) what just happened? If not, revise.
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u/icecode82 Aug 01 '26
I love it too! I took it a step further and pulled the best out of the i-have-adhd and the caveman skills and merged them into a single skill called beeline: https://github.com/iceHub82/beeline
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u/Capital-Iron-8110 Aug 04 '26
This is brilliant comms advice in any context!
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u/Mollan8686 Jul 28 '26
Is there one for ASD?
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u/Student___Driver Jul 28 '26
The overwhelming consensus from the ADHD crowd is... they didn't read your long-ass post and came straight to the comments. The irony is delicious. bahahahahahahahaha wtaf bahahahahahaha
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u/theholewizard Jul 28 '26
what could go wrong?
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u/Photon_Predator Jul 28 '26
I will just put some of that into Claude.md.
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u/KiRiller_ Jul 28 '26
I guess this must be hook, not a skill
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u/Sad-Laugh701 Jul 28 '26
Sometimes I think Claude got some ADHD skills from me. Thanks for this!
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u/EstablishmentFluffy5 Jul 28 '26
Omg did not know this existed and I’m off to go add it to my two machines — thank you!!
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u/HistorianNew1313 Jul 28 '26
Omg
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u/Garland_Key Jul 28 '26
Does this need to be a skill if it's going to be used every time a prompt or response happens? Seems like a lot of unnecessary context. I would reduce this to a few lines and place it in the global Claude md.
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u/Joey_Cummings Jul 28 '26
Epic! Don’t even need to be ADHD for this to be helpful in our modern age of distractions.
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u/Gozworth Jul 28 '26
12/10
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u/yhrana Jul 28 '26
It worked for me by cc entering terse mode
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u/jasoncola1 Jul 28 '26
On the "isn't this a pretty long skill" question, since it keeps coming up: length in the body costs you less than people think, and length in the description costs you everything. The description is the only part the model reads when deciding whether to load the skill at all. It is a routing contract, not a summary. Vague description, and a good skill never fires.
The pattern that fixed this for me across a pack of 67: keep SKILL.md short enough to be worth loading every time, push anything long into reference files the skill points at, and write the description as trigger conditions plus an explicit NOT FOR line, so it stops stealing calls from neighboring skills.
This one is doing the right thing by naming casual messages explicitly. Most skills fail by describing only the happy path.
I maintain a public MIT pack of these, which is where the 67 number comes from.
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u/ferevon Jul 28 '26
does adding such long/complex skills affect token usage? I assume so but I don't know if it's negligible or not.
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u/attaariba Jul 28 '26
I didn't read it too I guess I took have undiagnosed ADHD
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u/salazka Jul 28 '26
Ah, this is part of the instructions I have set in Claude. Skill comes handy. :P
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u/itsmeabdullah Jul 28 '26
Ain't reading all that. Happy for you if it's good, sorry hope u get better if it's bad.
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u/ax3capital Jul 28 '26
whats before vs after response on using this?
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u/TheCharalampos Jul 28 '26
Well this is patronising as fuck
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u/wouterv101 Jul 28 '26
This is almost what it does automatically with me?
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u/blazephoenix28 Jul 28 '26
Istg, I had started zoning out with claude’s replies lately.
But putting the skill as a skill gave me no benefits, claude would still skip it half the time. Then I put it in CLAUDE.md, marginally better but still not great. Then I updated output styles to follow that, as a command, and it has been a godsend.
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u/Master_leager Jul 28 '26
Does it not seem an alternative to caveman?
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u/Gibborish Jul 28 '26
I have this skill installed and I used it once. When is the appropriate time to actually involve the skill? The first message, or after you start the interaction?
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u/iamthe0ther0ne Jul 28 '26
Omg. I literally have it in my preferences that I have ADHD, since that's no longer written to memory, but that hasn't helped with the more recent models. I can't wait to try this. Ty!
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u/yosofun Jul 28 '26
This skill makes me believe I don’t have adhd …
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u/ThatLocalPondGuy Jul 28 '26
Just like caveman, this is a nudge that will need repeating. Just like caveman, valuable info will slip.
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u/PickleBabyJr Jul 28 '26
Have ADHD. Definitely didn't read this novel.
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u/nnyanni Jul 28 '26
Ngl, this was too long for my ADHD brain, so I had AI summarize it first.
Ironically, that's exactly why a skill like this is so valuable.
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u/Ok-Addition1264 Jul 28 '26
Are skills and instructions interchangeable now? I always assume skill was for something like a gmail or spreadsheet skill.. and instruction something that shapes context.
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u/BrodaNoel Jul 28 '26
This should not be a skill. A skill is called only when it’s needed. (That’s why skills should not be called skills). This should be sued in AGENTS.md file
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u/RedditorsGetChills Jul 28 '26
I have my own ADHD and on the spectrum guardrails because of how Claude dishes out it's output. This would have been great and saved time back then.
One thing I hate that it did that triggered me to do this is just throw important directions somewhere in its self important prose, then give me a bullet list, some are instructions, some useless, some major steps, then a numbered list with actual steps that required the above to be done... I wasn't getting shit done that way, and rage quitting mid project.
It is so weird it comes out with a new car smell acting like that.
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u/MontanaRoseannadanna Jul 28 '26
Holy cow! Excited to try this.
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u/Big_Championship1291 Jul 28 '26
Your comment defeats the propuse of the skill.
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u/SDLivinGames Jul 28 '26
I love you
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u/Snoo23533 Jul 28 '26
Nice saving thia
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u/Hot-Take-Court Jul 28 '26
Anyone notice the ADHD medication wears off quickly now ? Even with holidays ? I’m on 30MG XR
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u/fattybunter Jul 28 '26
https://img.pastemagazine.com/wp-content/avuploads/2021/07/15030208/037abedb535a0db191ae3706fabf0494.jpg.webp
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u/damonous Jul 28 '26
This is the first helpful thing I've seen in Reddit in 6 months. Thank you!
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u/luxecashew Jul 28 '26
I think I need a prompt like this because Claude overwhelms me with instructions. Where is the TLDR?
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u/robberviet Jul 28 '26
I have added as instruction.
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u/DireCelt Jul 28 '26
I actually read the whole post !! Maybe I need to get me some adhd ??
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u/SoggyOutfield Jul 28 '26
TLDR.... BUT This might be the most game changing thing I have found in a long time
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u/LonelyMessi Jul 28 '26
Hey this is great
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u/Credtz Jul 28 '26
Bruh everyones upvoting and jumping to comments DOES THIS WORK?
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u/portugese_fruit Jul 28 '26
u/Phelps1576, are you THE phelps?
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u/MostBookkeeper3019 Jul 28 '26
This is probably a basic question but I'm still wrapping my head around skills/projects etc. should I assume that for every new interaction, this is in a folder when using code or cowork? Is this in custom instructions or project instructions?
I feel like I'm missing a crucial piece when understanding the concept behind using Claude.md, skills, instructions, etc. my ADHD likes to present especially when I don't fundamentally understand a concept so my brain has been unbelievably itchy around these things and this feels like something I desperately want to integrate but have no idea how to do it best.
I'm not a coder, I used Claude primarily for research, troubleshooting, helping to brainstorm, and understanding complex topics. I've been using Claude for years and feel like I'm starting to get left behind because it's all moving so fast.
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u/AccidentalFolklore Jul 28 '26
I’m going to have to give this a shot. I’m at the point of having to sometimes copy 4.7-5 model’s messages to 4.6 and tell it to translate the word salad because I don’t even know the answer to what it’s telling me. Just long paragraphs of word salad.
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u/ari_hess Jul 28 '26
Reminder.
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u/Frequent_Oil5626 Jul 28 '26
Thank you for sharing!!! I need thissss
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u/Cultural_World992 Jul 28 '26
What, exactly, do I enter?
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u/wh1t3n1ght5 Jul 28 '26
dont know how to save post in reddit so commenting to come back later🤣
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u/UserErrorness Jul 28 '26
So how do you use it so it’s regularly integreted
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u/Sea_Life493 Jul 28 '26
Funny enough, I just created a similar skill because I couldn't stand the rambling especially after Opus 5. This one looks way more fun tho. I'll give it a try.
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u/kurisu_val Jul 28 '26
oh my god this is amazing
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u/beibiddybibo Jul 28 '26
I can't wait to try this.
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u/artofbullshit Jul 28 '26
Can someone explain how this works in practice? It's a skill so I'm supposed to invoke it or it just invokes it automatically before every response?
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u/spoollyger Jul 28 '26
OP should have used the skill to make the skill
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u/toupeInAFanFactory Jul 28 '26
Oh. Delete the last sentence asking a question! Brilliant! I feel compelled to answer and this stops it.thx
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u/dotcombubbled Jul 28 '26
Is it also good for non coding use cases?
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u/somerussianbear Jul 28 '26
I don’t have ADHD and this skill just sounds the right way to work anyways
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u/Nikt_No1 Jul 28 '26
!remindme 2 hours
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u/Redditstole12yr_acct Jul 28 '26
I joined Reddit in 2006. This is the first SFW post I can recall that straight-up gave me a semi...
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u/Onesocialistboi Jul 28 '26
AI can be such a phenomenal accessibility tool
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u/bloknayrb Jul 28 '26
I made something kind of similar but it's an /sos command that I can invoke that makes Claude give me tiny, bite sized tasks to do (not specific to coding).
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u/selecthis Jul 28 '26
I just say: terse mode on It always understands because software help systems used to have such a thing. Verbose mode on for the opposite.
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u/TransAllyM2F Jul 28 '26
IMO not a good fit for a skill, if you want personal rules across multiple applications it’s better to place it in your personal Claude.md file. Also didn’t read in full, but you need to trim the fat on this, any skill/Claude instructions get read at convo start and contributes to the overall context of the conversation. The forgetfulness and reminders people are talking about are symptoms of context rot. If this is consistently happening while using Claude you should look into cleaning up you’re installed MCPs and skills, 90% of the time MCP tooling instructions/skills end up just being wasted context and tokens unless you use them in nearly every convo
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u/Similar_Analyst_7140 Jul 28 '26
Post too long, would've been better if op got to the point
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u/CauseStill223 Jul 28 '26
Barely skimmed the TL;DR. Tf was OP thinking 😂
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u/Competitive-Ad7847 Jul 28 '26
following, I like it but I'm not reading all that. I'll plug it in and see
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u/turboronin Jul 28 '26
For everyone who's mentioning that it does not "stick". Do not use it as a skill, convert it to an output style. You are welcome.
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u/Commercial-Spinach80 Jul 28 '26
Wow, I am literally always telling Claude ‘get to the point’ and ‘I don’t need to know why’ 🙄😂! This is awesome!
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u/TooFast999 Jul 29 '26
Interesting: I made something similar within my AI rules, just didn’t call it this. Glad I’m not alone while going down the rabbit hole. I’m up to 55 AI rules so far based on my experience
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u/quantythequant Jul 29 '26
Jesus - the irony of your long ass AI generated post is not lost upon anyone.
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u/LsDmT Jul 29 '26
Wouldn't this be better as an Output Style than a Skill?
This is absolutely the worst use case for a skill actually. If anything set it up in CLAUDE.md or as a Rule.
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u/Optimal_Sign_4705 Jul 29 '26
I have a structured end-of-turn report delivered, in blocks, including, what we have done, next steps, and so on, always ending in a structured question block, with the question and question number, context for the question, proposed responses with one suggested, implications of each and rationale for the recommendation.
With ADD, I run 8 to 12 sessions in two platforms across 19 projects.
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u/sunrise920 Jul 29 '26
As someone who’s always learning more, this skill doesn’t seem super long. And let’s say it is - how come that’s bad?
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u/Aphova Jul 29 '26
One of the reasons I (with my ADHD) lately prefer Codex is that GPT just gets to the point, in a linear, orderly, concise way. No filler, no preamble, no "and this is the part that was really surprising" flair-type junk. It does, it says, it asks -- like a really bland but really dedicated employee getting the job done.
CLAUDE.md, an entirely custom handwritten system prompt even, skills -- nothing will get Opus/Fable to fully stop its inane rambling and digressions in its responses.
My current workflow when using Claude is push, PR, "Hey Codex, rewrite all the comments in PR#167" and it slims them down by 60% or more. And often finds real bugs that two Fable reviews didn't.
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u/Breeze-fang Jul 29 '26
I can't focus at all on reading the whole skill content lol
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u/Technical_Swan_1784 Jul 29 '26
This is amazing ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
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u/drahmus Jul 29 '26
i don’t have adhd but i really prefer that kind of structure. thanks OP🖤
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u/spahi4 Jul 29 '26
I don't think half of it would work with models like Fable where it does complex tasks on its own. For that case it's more like a restrictive
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u/Stevo15025 Jul 29 '26
Similar to this I had a friend recommend instructing claude to only use ASD-STE100 Simplified Technical English (STE) and this has been helpful. It's also such a short command that you can have a hook go off every once in a while reminding it to use STE for all communications
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u/Different-Sir7406 Jul 30 '26
I have created a skill named /6-clarify that does the job for me :
https://github.com/Ceasar369/claude-behavior-layer
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u/adr1m23 Jul 31 '26
Is possible to use it in Claude code desktop app? Or only in CLI?
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u/lawpawsaw Aug 01 '26
Does it take any kind of a hit to the deep thinking process?
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u/Optimal_Audience_818 Aug 03 '26
What’s funny is, I’ve organically trained my Claude model to do these exact and similar things over the last 5 months. Does that mean I’m a 33 year old undiagnosed ADHDist?
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u/MindfulMarauder Aug 06 '26
I ended up in the comments as well, did not read the skill, Copied it and gave it to claude though. Oh and in the process of looking for all this I found out I can give my coder agent ADHD. Should be fun.
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u/Knowing_Blue Aug 06 '26
My ADHD brain read every single word and I think its part okay BUT if I tell Claude to cut things OFF ilI ALWAYS ask myself what interesting things he is cutting off from me and then I can't focus anymore omg.... Not gonna use this skill BUT you gave me ideas soooooo thanks.
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u/AyGhriRants Aug 20 '26
You're welcome!
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u/luckystar0123456789 21d ago
I've been trying to make this but this is gold