adhd-body-doubling

This skill runs body-doubling sessions for people who struggle to start work. It breaks a task into micro-steps, checks in at short intervals, offers dopamine resets, and tracks session history. Commands cover starting a timed session, signalling being stuck, and marking done. Two limitations are worth knowing. Reminders for check-ins and persistence for session history are both listed as optional rather than required, so on a bare install the history is not kept and prompts may not fire at all. It is also coaching rather than execution: it will not do the task, and the value depends on the human engaging with each prompt instead of ignoring them.

Use case: getting started on a task that keeps being avoided

Body doubling here is a working session with a partner that keeps nudging, not a productivity lecture. The skill runs short focus blocks with micro-steps, frequent check-ins, and small dopamine resets, aimed at the part of starting a task that is actually hard. ## What it does - Gets a session started with a first micro-step instead of a vague invitation to begin. - Keeps the worker accountable by pushing back on excuses and asking follow-up questions. - Breaks a task into micro-steps when the worker reports being stuck. - Tracks session history when a persistence layer is available, and can send check-in reminders if notifications are enabled. ## When it is the wrong choice It is a behavioral scaffold, not a planner or a task manager, so it will not choose the work or estimate it. It also assumes an engaged human on the other end: the check-ins and pushes only work if they are answered. Without persistence enabled, the session history you expect simply will not survive a restart. ```bash /body-doubling start 25 /body-doubling start 50 /body-doubling stuck /body-doubling done ``` ## Notes Start shorter than feels ambitious. Twenty-five minutes that ends in a done call is worth more than a long block that quietly dies, and the stuck path exists precisely so a stall becomes a smaller step rather than an abandoned session. The frequent check-ins are the mechanism, so expect interruptions during the block; they are there to catch a drift early instead of discovering it at the end.