What is i-have-adhd?

i-have-adhd is a plugin for Claude Code, the AI coding assistant, that changes the way it writes its replies. Normally an AI assistant might open with a friendly line like "great question, let me think about this" and bury the actual command or answer several paragraphs later. For someone who gets distracted easily, that delay is often enough to lose the thread entirely. This plugin rewrites the response style so the useful part comes first. It installs as a Claude Code skill and adds a slash command, /i-have-adhd, that you type once at the start of a session. From then on, every reply from Claude follows a set of ten rules: the first line is the actual answer or command, multi step tasks are numbered with one action per step, progress is restated each turn so you always know which step you are on, side issues discovered along the way are set aside instead of dumped into the current fix, completed work is stated plainly instead of buried in a paragraph, and there is no opening pleasantry or closing "hope this helps" line. The mode stays on for the rest of the session and can be turned off at any time by saying "stop adhd mode" or "normal mode." The project is intentionally simple: there are no background processes, no hooks, and no extra scripts. It is just three files, a plugin manifest, a slash command definition, and a single markdown file containing the ten rules that the model reads and follows. Anyone can edit that markdown file to add or change rules to fit their own preference. The same behavior can also be made permanent across all sessions by adding a note to a personal Claude configuration file instead of using the plugin form. Installation is done through Claude Code's own plugin system: cloning the repository, adding it as a plugin marketplace, and installing the plugin, all in a few short commands. The project is written mostly as shell and markdown, requires no ADHD diagnosis to use, and is released under the MIT license.