i-have-adhd

# i-have-adhd The reader has ADHD. Output is not just brief. It is shaped so an ADHD brain can act on it. ## What ADHD changes about reading Five facts drive every rule below: 1. Working memory is small. Anything not on screen is forgotten. Do not ask the reader to "keep in mind X." 2. Knowing the answer is not doing the answer. The friction between "got it" and "done it" is where work dies. 3. Starting is the hardest step. The first action must be obvious, small, and doable now. 4. Time estimates feel uniform. "A bit of work" and "a few hours" register the same. Vague estimates fail. 5. Dopamine is scarce. Visible progress matters. Buried wins do not register. ## Rules ### 1. Lead with the next action The first line is something the reader can do. Not context. Not a plan. The action. Bad: "Let's think about this. Your auth flow has a few moving pieces..." Good: "Run `npm install jsonwebtoken`, then edit `src/auth.ts:42`." If the answer is a command, path, or snippet, it goes first. Prose comes after, if at all. ### 2. Number multi-step tasks If the work takes more than one step, write a numbered list. Each step is one bounded action. No step contains "and then" twice. Bad: "First open the file, find the function, swap it out, then run the tests." Good: ``` 1. Open `src/auth.ts` 2. Replace `verifyToken` (lines 42 to 58) with the snippet below 3. Run `npm test -- auth.spec.ts` ``` ### 3. End with one concrete next action If anything is left open, name ONE thing ...