How popular is i-have-adhd on GitHub?

ayghri/i-have-adhd has 53,510 stars and 3,072 forks on GitHub, and gained 1,919 stars in the last 7 days.

What license does i-have-adhd use?

ayghri/i-have-adhd is released under the MIT license.

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A skill to stop your coding agent from burying the answer. ADHD-friendly output.

AI summary: A plugin that forces AI coding assistants to produce step-by-step, actionable, and ADHD-friendly outputs.

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Stars: 53.5K; +345 today
Forks: 3.1K
Watchers: 161
Open issues: 30
Open PRs: 52
Contributors: ~50
Commits: 245
Branches: 2

PythonMITCreated May 13, 2026Last push 15d ago+1.9K stars this week+26.5K this month

Quick answers

What is i-have-adhd?: A plugin that forces AI coding assistants to produce step-by-step, actionable, and ADHD-friendly outputs.
What does i-have-adhd do?: This repository provides a specialized skill plugin designed to modify the output of AI coding assistants like Claude Code to be more accessible for neurodivergent users. Instead of returning dense paragraphs or complex monolithic code blocks, the tool forces the AI to provide step-by-step, highly actionable outputs. It achieves this by injecting context-aware formatting prompts that suppress conversational boilerplate and prioritize task decomposition. By reducing cognitive load and decision paralysis, it creates a more structured and less overwhelming interaction loop for developers. It is completely localized for seamless installation directly into the AI tool.
Who is i-have-adhd for?: Developers with ADHD or anyone who finds standard AI coding assistant outputs overwhelming and dense. It is designed for those who prefer highly structured, actionable, and step-by-step communication.
How do I get started with i-have-adhd?: claude install https://github.com/ayghri/i-have-adhd.git
How popular is i-have-adhd on GitHub?: ayghri/i-have-adhd has 53,510 stars and 3,072 forks on GitHub, and gained 1,919 stars in the last 7 days.
What license does i-have-adhd use?: ayghri/i-have-adhd is released under the MIT license.

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since Jul 28, 2026

53.5K stars as of Oct 4, 2026. Measured daily since Jul 28, 2026; GitHub no longer exposes earlier star timestamps.

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What i-have-adhd does

This repository provides a specialized skill plugin designed to modify the output of AI coding assistants like Claude Code to be more accessible for neurodivergent users. Instead of returning dense paragraphs or complex monolithic code blocks, the tool forces the AI to provide step-by-step, highly actionable outputs. It achieves this by injecting context-aware formatting prompts that suppress conversational boilerplate and prioritize task decomposition. By reducing cognitive load and decision paralysis, it creates a more structured and less overwhelming interaction loop for developers. It is completely localized for seamless installation directly into the AI tool.

Developers with ADHD or anyone who finds standard AI coding assistant outputs overwhelming and dense. It is designed for those who prefer highly structured, actionable, and step-by-step communication.

Output formatting: Forces AI assistants to deliver solutions in small, digestible chunks rather than overwhelming monolithic blocks.
Boilerplate suppression: Instructs the AI to omit unnecessary conversational filler and focus purely on actionable code changes.
Task decomposition: Automatically guides the AI to break down large feature requests into manageable, step-by-step sub-tasks.
Cross-agent compatibility: Provides installation instructions and plugins for various coding environments including Claude and Codex.
Implicit invocation: Can be configured to automatically apply formatting when the AI detects tasks that benefit from structured output.

Where teams use it

Overcoming decision paralysis

Neurodivergent developers can tackle large refactoring tasks without getting overwhelmed by excessive, unstructured information.

Step-by-step implementation

Users can execute complex architectural changes sequentially, ensuring each small piece is verified before moving to the next.

Reducing conversational noise

Engineers seeking rapid answers can strip away polite filler text from their AI assistant to focus solely on the necessary code.

Structured learning

Beginners can use the step-by-step outputs to better understand the logic behind complex code generation.

Getting started: claude install https://github.com/ayghri/i-have-adhd.git

README

main branch

ADHD-friendly outputs. No ADHD diagnosis needed!

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Install

Copy/paste into your CLI prompt:

Install the i-have-adhd skill/plugin from https://github.com/ayghri/i-have-adhd, refer to the repo's AGENTS.md for instructions.

Or 🔗 check the installation instructions.

What it does

A skill for your coding assistant that stops it from burying the answer. Action first. Steps numbered. No "Hope this helps!"

Kacper Rutkiewicz | AI Made Simple has made a good breakdown of an earlier version of the skill.

What changes

Before

Great question! Let me think about this. Your auth flow has a few moving pieces: the middleware, the token verification, and the cookie handling. Looking at src/auth.ts, the verifyToken function (around lines 42-58) seems to be using an older jsonwebtoken API. One approach would be to update the package and rewrite that function. After making the change, you'd want to run the auth tests to confirm nothing breaks. By the way, you might also want to look at your dependency versions overall. Hope this helps! Let me know if you want to dig deeper.

After

Run npm install jsonwebtoken@latest, then edit src/auth.ts:42.

Open src/auth.ts

Replace verifyToken (lines 42–58) with the snippet below

Run npm test -- auth.spec.ts

Next: paste the first failing line if any test fails.

The rules

10 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.
Specific time estimates (minutes, not "a bit").
Make wins visible.
Matter-of-fact errors.
Cap lists to 5 items.
No preamble. No recap. No closers.

Tune it

Fork, edit skills/i-have-adhd/SKILL.md, then swap your copy in:

claude plugin uninstall i-have-adhd            # drop the upstream copy first:
claude plugin marketplace remove i-have-adhd   # fork and upstream share both names
claude plugin marketplace add <your-username>/i-have-adhd
claude plugin install i-have-adhd@i-have-adhd

Restart your coding assistant, then re-invoke /i-have-adhd.

Credits

Loosely based on The Adult ADHD Tool Kit by J. Russell Ramsay and Anthony L. Rostain. Adapted for how an LLM should respond, not how a human should organize their day.

License

MIT.

Star ⭐ if it saved you one scroll past one "Great question!"

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Recent activity

commits and pull requests

docs: add a 22-second launch video to the READMEOpen
#247 by shashankswe2020-ux · updated 4d ago
opencode: migrate plugin to the V2 plugin APIOpen
#240 by mo1998 · updated 5d ago
fix(evals): reject invalid scores, trials, and budgetsDraft
#244 by dajiaohuang · updated 5d ago
fix(pi): decode smoke output as UTF-8Draft
#246 by dajiaohuang · updated 5d ago
test: add RTL language coverageDraft
#242 by dajiaohuang · updated 5d ago
Add literal-language and shortest-path rulesMerged
#21 by AdinathChaudhari · updated 5d ago
docs(install): make the Claude Code update step update the installed pluginOpen
#238 by 2arian3 · updated 8d ago
fix: improve null safety across extensions, plugins, and evaluation scriptsOpen
#236 by SyedaAnshrahGillani · updated 10d ago
Merge pull request #211 from flessan/main
ayghri committed 839872f · 15d ago
Merge pull request #196 from Benziza/docs/arabic-translation
ayghri committed ef1a07d · 15d ago
docs: address Arabic README review feedback
Benziza committed 3880291 · 15d ago
Update README.md
ayghri committed b15d0be · 18d ago

Recent open issues

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Decode Pi smoke-test output as UTF-8 on Windows
#245 · 5d ago · by dajiaohuang
Reject invalid eval scores, trials, and budgets
#243 · 5d ago · by dajiaohuang
Feature / Preset Suggestion: Executive & Decision-Driven preset for complex engineering tasks
#241 · 8d ago · by sttanbie
opencode: plugin does not load on OpenCode 2.x
#239 · 8d ago · by mo1998
SKILL.md changes without a version bump don't reach existing Claude Code installs on update
#237 · 8d ago · by 2arian3

Code frequency

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+18.3K lines added, -5.4K removed over the last year.

Commits per week

last 52 weeks

164 commits in the last 52 weeks.

When work happens

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Commit volume by weekday and hour (UTC). Larger dots mean more commits.

Who is committing

last 52 weeks

Maintainer commits134 (55%)

Community commits111 (45%)

245 commits in total over the last year.

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Oct 4, 2026	monthly	#3	+26,497
Oct 3, 2026	monthly	#3	+26,537
Oct 2, 2026	monthly	#3	+26,584
Oct 1, 2026	monthly	#3	+26,622
Sep 30, 2026	monthly	#3	+26,845
Sep 29, 2026	monthly	#4	+26,854
Sep 28, 2026	monthly	#14	+26,939
Sep 27, 2026	monthly	#9	+27,092
Sep 26, 2026	monthly	#9	+27,288
Sep 25, 2026	monthly	#8	+27,473
Sep 24, 2026	monthly	#8	+27,477
Sep 23, 2026	monthly	#7	+27,313
Sep 22, 2026	monthly	#7	+27,004
Sep 21, 2026	weekly	#13	+5,589
Sep 21, 2026	monthly	#10	+26,844

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