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Hi, welcome to another video.

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So, there's this new Claude Code plugin that has been blowing up on GitHub recently.

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It's called I Have ADHD, and it has already crossed about 16,000 stars, which is pretty

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insane for something that's essentially just a single skill file.

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Now, before you ask, no, you don't need an actual ADHD diagnosis to use this.

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The whole point of this plugin is that it fixes something that annoys literally everyone

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who uses AI coding assistants, and that's the fact that these models just talk way too

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much.

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You ask a simple question, and the AI gives you three paragraphs of preamble, a lecture

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on best practices, five tangential suggestions you didn't ask for, and then ends with, hope

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this helps, let me know if you have any questions.

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And somewhere in the middle of all that buried, like, treasure is the actual answer you wanted.

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So this plugin basically reformats all of Claude's responses to be action-first, numbered, and

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completely free of filler.

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And to be honest, after using it for a bit, it's kinda hard to go back.

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So let's get right into it and see what it actually does, how to install it, and whether

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it's worth adding to your setup.

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Now let's talk about what this thing actually is.

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I Have ADHD is a skill for coding agents made by a developer called iGree.

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It works with Claude Code as a plugin.

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And there are also instructions for using it with other agents like Codex.

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The whole thing is open source, under the MIT license, and it's completely free, which

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is always great to see.

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The interesting part is the thinking behind it.

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The skill is loosely inspired by an actual book called the ADHD Toolkit, but adapted for

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how LLMs communicate.

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The idea is that people with ADHD have limited working memory.

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They struggle with the gap between understanding something and actually doing it, and they need

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visible progress to stay motivated.

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And if you think about it, that's basically everyone when they're tired, distracted, or

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just trying to ship something at 2am.

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So, the skill takes those principles and turns them into 10 rules that the AI has to follow

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in every response.

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Now, let me quickly run you through the main rules, because this is where it gets good.

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First, the AI has to lead with the action.

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So instead of explaining why authentication is complex, it just tells you to run the npm install

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command and edit the specific file at the specific line.

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No preamble at all.

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Second, every multi-step task gets numbered, and each step is one single bounded action.

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No, and then chains hidden inside a step.

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Third, every response has to end with one concrete next action that you can do in under two minutes.

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This is actually really clever, because the hardest part of any task is just starting it.

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Then there's tangent suppression, which means the AI finishes the main issue first, and only

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offers secondary stuff as separate follow-ups.

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There's also a rule where it restates the state on each turn.

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So it'll say something like, step 3 of 5 done.

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Schema updated.

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Next is backfilling the column.

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So you never lose track of where you are in a long session, which is honestly useful

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for everyone.

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It also has to give specific time estimates, like about 15 minutes, if tests cover this,

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and after noon, if not, instead of vague stuff.

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Errors get reported matter-of-factly with the cause and the fix.

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No uh-oh, or nervous hedging.

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Lists are capped at 5 items maximum.

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And finally, no preamble, no recaps, and no closing pleasantries.

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So no more, let me know if this helps at the end of every single message.

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There are also some sensible overrides built in.

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If you ask for an explanation, it'll still explain properly with structure.

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If something is destructive, it'll confirm first.

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And if your request is genuinely ambiguous, it'll ask one clarifying question, instead

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of guessing.

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So it's not just blindly terse, which I appreciate.

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Now let's install it and see it in action.

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The installation is pretty simple.

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Run Claude plug-in install iHave8HD at iHave8HD.

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That's it.

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You're good to go.

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Once it's installed, you just open Claude code and type slash iHave8HD to activate it.

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And if you ever want to turn it off, you can just run Claude plug-in disable iHave8HD.

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So I have Claude code open here with the skill activated.

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Let me show you the difference.

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First, let me ask it something without the skill, just as a baseline.

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I'll ask how to add JW2 authentication to my Express app.

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And you can see, it starts with a whole explanation of what JWT is, why authentication matters, the

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different approaches you could take.

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It's a wall of text, the actual commands are in there somewhere, but you have to dig for

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them.

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Now let's try the same thing with the skill active.

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Let's send it and see.

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Okay.

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And look at this.

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The very first line is the install command.

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Then it gives me four numbered steps, each one a single action with the exact file and

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line number to edit.

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At the end, it says the next action is to run the dev server and test the login route,

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and it estimates the whole thing at about 20 minutes.

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That's the entire response.

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No fluff, no lecture, no great question.

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This is pretty amazing to be honest.

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Now one more thing that's worth mentioning is customization.

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Since the whole skill is just a single skill.md file, you can fork the repo, edit the file

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and change whatever you want.

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Maybe you want lists capped at three items instead of five, or you want it even more aggressive

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with the brevity.

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You just edit the file, rerun the slash command, and your personalized version is active.

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The repo has also been translated into a bunch of languages like Chinese, Japanese, Korean,

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and Portuguese.

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So that's cool too.

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So what's my verdict on this?

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I think this is one of those ideas that's obvious in hindsight.

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The models have gotten really good at coding, but the way they communicate is still tuned

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for politeness rather than usefulness.

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And this skill fixes that with basically zero cost.

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It's free.

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It's open source.

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It's a two minute install, and you can turn it off anytime.

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If you ask me, the progress restating and the end with one small next action rules are the

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real killers here.

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Those alone make long agentic sessions way easier to follow.

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The token savings from cutting all the filler are a nice bonus as well, especially if you're

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on a limited plan.

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There are some downsides of course.

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If you're a beginner, who actually wants the explanations, this might feel too terse,

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and you'd need to explicitly ask it to explain things.

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But for anyone who already knows what they're doing, and just wants answers, this is a really

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good option, for sure.

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Overall, it's pretty cool.

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Anyway, let me know your thoughts in the comments.

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I'll see you in the next one.

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Until then, bye.

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