# I-have-ADHD skill

9 Hacker News commenters recommended I-have-ADHD skill and 5 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it for cutting verbose, wall-of-text answers from Claude so the point comes first. Critics say the effect fades over long sessions.

## Why people recommend it

- Cuts output verbosity noticeably (3 comments): "I quite like the /i-have-adhd plugin which attempts to curtail the verbosity and habit of burying the point." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49255100)) "it should cut down the output verbosity by quite a fair bit" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49240647)) "That cuts a lot of the unnecessary verbosity." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49699487))
- Forces Opus to get to the point (2 comments): "I quite like the /i-have-adhd plugin which attempts to curtail the verbosity and habit of burying the point." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49255100)) "helps to force Opus to get to the point" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49297619))
- Clear difference with Opus 5 (2 comments): "are also pretty good as well with Opus 5" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49765395)) "The difference is night and day." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49623523))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Axiom by Charles Wiltgen](https://hackerapproved.com/p/axiom.md): 16 recommend
- [Claude Code skills for building Godot games](https://hackerapproved.com/p/claude-code-skills-for-building-godot-games.md): 14 recommend
- [Claude Code Review](https://hackerapproved.com/p/code-review-for-claude-code.md): 11 recommend
- [skill-creator](https://hackerapproved.com/p/claude-skill-creator-skill.md): 8 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "I-have-ADHD skill", https://hackerapproved.com/p/i-have-adhd-skill/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).