ADHD & 47 Tabs

A cross-platform AI skill for clearer answers, smaller active workloads, and fewer cognitive dead ends.

Your brain has enough tabs open. Your AI does not need to add twelve more.

ADHD & 47 Tabs makes the useful part of an AI response easier to find, start, and finish. It is not a medical tool and does not diagnose or treat ADHD. No diagnosis is required.

How it works

The skill uses four response contracts:

1. Answer: conclusion first, then necessary evidence and caveats.
2. Action: smallest useful action first, bounded steps, and a definition of done.
3. Artifact: finished email, code, plan, prompt, or checklist first.
4. Project update: current state, verified progress, blockers, and one active next step.

The goal is lower cognitive load, not minimum word count. Detailed requests still receive detailed answers.

Download and upgrade

Download the canonical adhd-and-47-tabs.zip and verify it with SHA256SUMS. The repository rebuilds both files deterministically during make check, so the public package stays synchronized with the skill source.

Version 2 renamed the package from i-have-adhd-and-47-tabs. Remove or disable the old copy before installing v2 so both versions do not load together.

Claude

Skills are available on Claude Free, Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise plans, but code execution must be enabled.

1. Enable Code execution and file creation in Settings → Capabilities. Team and Enterprise workspaces may require an owner to enable it in organization settings.
2. Download the ZIP.
3. Open Customize → Skills.
4. Select + → Create skill → Upload a skill.
5. Upload and enable ADHD & 47 Tabs.

Official guide: Use skills in Claude.

ChatGPT

OpenAI says Personal Skills are generally available for ChatGPT Business, Enterprise, Healthcare, and Edu accounts. Workspace administrators may also control access. Skills must currently be installed separately on desktop and web or mobile surfaces.

1. Download the ZIP.
2. Open Plugins in the ChatGPT sidebar.
3. Select the Skills tab, then Create → Upload from your computer.
4. Upload the ZIP.

Official guide: Skills in ChatGPT.

For a Custom GPT fallback, copy chatgpt-custom-gpt/INSTRUCTIONS.md into a GPT named ADHD & 47 Tabs.

Codex

$skill-installer install https://github.com/zgbrenner/adhd-and-47-tabs/tree/main/adhd-and-47-tabs

Restart Codex after installation.

GitHub Copilot

GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later can preview and install Agent Skills:

gh skill preview zgbrenner/adhd-and-47-tabs adhd-and-47-tabs
gh skill install zgbrenner/adhd-and-47-tabs adhd-and-47-tabs --scope user
gh skill publish --dry-run

Official guide: Adding Agent Skills for GitHub Copilot.

Universal Skills CLI

npx skills add zgbrenner/adhd-and-47-tabs

Core behavior

• Lead with the answer, finished output, recommendation, or first action.
• Show one active path and rank meaningful alternatives.
• Keep the active working set small without truncating requested artifacts.
• Preserve project state without replaying the full history.
• Report progress only when it is verified.
• Troubleshoot sequentially.
• Do not force a next step after a complete answer.
• Remove generic preambles, recaps, tangents, and empty closers.

Read the full skill at adhd-and-47-tabs/SKILL.md.

Evaluate and validate

The repository includes 12 cross-platform scenarios and a dependency-free scorer:

python3 scripts/score_responses.py --responses responses.jsonl
make check
make install-hooks

See docs/EVALUATION.md. This repository intentionally uses no GitHub Actions or hosted CI and requires no third-party Python packages.

Community

Use Discussions for questions and the issue forms for reproducible problems. Read SUPPORT.md and CONTRIBUTING.md.

Attribution and license

Original concept and skill: Ayoub Ghriss, ayghri/i-have-adhd.

Cross-platform adaptation: Zachary Brenner.

MIT licensed. The original notice is preserved in LICENSE and adaptation history is in NOTICE.md.