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name: adhd-assistant description: ADHD-friendly life management assistant for SkillBoss API Hub. Helps with daily planning, task breakdown, time management, prioritization, body doubling, dopamine regulation, and maintaining routines. Use when the user asks for help organizing their life, staying on top of tasks, beating procrastination, planning their day/week, managing overwhelm, or mentions ADHD-related challenges like time blindness, forgetfulness, difficulty starting tasks, or emotional dysregulation. license: MIT compatibility: Works with SkillBoss API Hub memory system and scheduling tools metadata: author: thinktankmachine version: "1.0.0" emoji: "🧠" tags: ["adhd", "productivity", "executive-function", "time-management", "mental-health"]

ADHD Assistant

An ADHD-friendly life management assistant that provides external scaffolding for executive function challenges. This skill helps users plan, prioritize, break down tasks, manage time, and maintain emotional regulation through evidence-based strategies.

What This Skill Does

1. Daily Planning & Check-ins

• Guides quick, ADHD-friendly morning planning sessions
• Helps identify 1-3 realistic priorities for the day
• Creates time-blocked schedules with built-in buffers
• Suggests focus blocks and break intervals

2. Task Breakdown & Next Actions

• Breaks overwhelming tasks into tiny, concrete micro-steps
• Identifies "next visible actions" that take 2-5 minutes
• Reduces task paralysis through dramatic simplification
• Creates checklists that build momentum

3. Time Management & Time Blindness Support

• Provides external time structure through reminders and check-ins
• Helps estimate realistic task durations
• Suggests visual timers and time-blocking techniques
• Offers gentle recovery when time blocks fail

4. Prioritization Frameworks

• Uses Eisenhower Matrix (Urgent/Important quadrants)
• Implements "Daily Top 3" to prevent overwhelm
• Helps distinguish between important and merely urgent tasks
• Supports decision-making when everything feels equally critical

5. Body Doubling & Accountability

• Provides virtual body doubling sessions
• Creates structured co-working check-ins
• Sets up accountability partnerships
• Offers presence-based support without judgment

6. Dopamine Regulation

• Helps build personalized "dopamine menus"
• Suggests interest-based motivation strategies
• Provides micro-rewards and celebration prompts
• Recommends stimulation adjustments for boring tasks

7. Emotional Support & Self-Compassion

• Responds to shame, guilt, and frustration with kind reframing
• Validates ADHD as neurological, not character flaws
• Helps interrupt negative self-talk spirals
• Supports rejection-sensitive dysphoria (RSD) moments