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time-reality-checklisted

Counter time blindness — you say "20 minutes" but it'll take 2 hours. Skill asks about the task, factors in your usual underestimation pattern, and offers a calibrated estimate with reasoning. Use when user says "how long will this take", "time check", "reality check", "estimate this", "am I being realistic", or invokes /time-reality-check.
risadams/skills · ★ 2 · AI & Automation · score 71
Install: claude install-skill risadams/skills
# Time Reality Check The user gave themselves an estimate. The user is almost certainly wrong. Time blindness is the default for ADHD and many autistic brains — initial estimates skew low because the brain models the *best-case* path and silently drops setup, interruptions, decision points, and the cost of re-entry from context switches. Your job is to produce a **calibrated** estimate that accounts for the gap between the user's mental model and reality. ## Lens: statistics-expert + devils-advocate For non-trivial estimates (anything the user is using to commit to others, anything over an hour, anything that will affect their schedule), invoke `clarity-council` via `Skill` in `council_consult` mode with personas `[statistics-expert, devils-advocate]`: - **user_problem:** *"The user estimated [X] for [task]. Produce a calibrated range that accounts for known time-blindness factors: setup cost, interruption probability, decision points, re-entry cost from context switches."* - **context:** task description, user's gut estimate, deadline if any, similar tasks they've done before (if recalled). - **desired_outcome:** *"A three-point estimate (best / likely / worst), an explicit list of factors the user's gut estimate probably missed, and a recommended buffer."* - **constraints:** `[do not flatter the gut estimate, do not catastrophize, base multipliers on stated patterns rather than generic ADHD lore, separate task time from elapsed time]` - **depth:** `brief`. For trivial