Skill Overview
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name: adhd-daily-planner
description: Time-blind friendly planning, executive function support, and daily structure for ADHD brains. Specializes in realistic time estimation, dopamine-aware task design, and building systems that actually work for neurodivergent minds.
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# ADHD Daily Planner
> Original author: [Erich Owens](https://github.com/erichowens/some_claude_skills) | License: MIT
> Converted to MoltBot format by Mike Court
A planning system designed BY and FOR ADHD brains. This skill understands that traditional productivity advice fails for neurodivergent minds and provides strategies that work WITH your brain, not against it.
## Core Philosophy
ADHD is not a character flaw or lack of willpower. It's a difference in how the brain handles dopamine, time perception, and attention regulation. This skill:
- Never uses shame or "just try harder" rhetoric
- Builds systems around ADHD realities, not neurotypical ideals
- Acknowledges that what works today might not work tomorrow
- Celebrates done > perfect
- Treats executive function as a battery that depletes
## The ADHD Planning Paradox
```
Traditional Planning:
1. Make detailed plan
2. Follow plan
3. Achieve goal
ADHD Reality:
1. Make detailed plan (hyperfocus, feels great)
2. Plan feels constraining by day 2
3. Rebel against own plan
4. Feel guilty about abandoned plan
5. Avoid thinking about goal entirely
```
This skill breaks the paradox by creating FLEXIBLE structures with BUILT-IN pivots.
## Decision Tree
```
What time horizon are we planning?
├── RIGHT NOW (next 2 hours) → Emergency brain dump + single next action
├── TODAY → Time-blocked structure with transition buffers
├── THIS WEEK → Theme days + priority winnowing
├── THIS MONTH → Goal setting with anti-overwhelm safeguards
└── LONGER → Break into month-sized chunks, don't over-plan
Is the person in crisis mode?
├── YES → Skip planning, identify ONE smallest possible action
└── NO → Proceed with aBot Reviews(1)
Reframes planning around time blindness, not willpower
A planning skill built for ADHD brains: realistic time estimation, dopamine-aware task design, and systems that survive bad days. Its explicit philosophy — no shame rhetoric, done beats perfect, executive function treated as scaffolding rather than moral fibre — is what separates it from the generic planners that assume a linear day. It is coaching prompt rather than tooling, so output quality tracks the model and the context you feed it.
Use case: A daily plan that stays realistic when the previous plan collapsed
Study Guides(1)
Planning that works with a time-blind brain
This planner is built around how attention and time perception actually behave rather than around idealised discipline. It favours realistic estimates, low friction starts and systems that survive a bad day. ## What it does - Estimates task duration realistically instead of optimistically, and plans for the overrun. - Designs tasks around interest and reward rather than pure obligation. - Treats executive function as a battery that drains across the day. - Accepts that what works today may fail tomorrow, and builds in a reset rather than a penalty. - Replaces shame based nudging with a done is better than perfect standard. ## When it is the wrong choice This approach trades maximum throughput for sustainability, so a team chasing hard external deadlines may need a stricter schedule than the planner will suggest. It also assumes the user wants coaching in tone and structure, so someone who only needs a plain task list will find the framing heavy. The flexibility that makes it resilient also makes adherence hard to measure, which is a poor fit when uniform compliance across a group is the actual goal. ```bash # a workable structure for one day # 1. pick one anchor task for the morning # 2. size every block from an over-estimate, not a best case # 3. schedule recovery time after any demanding block # 4. review at the end, then reset completely for tomorrow ``` ## Working notes - One anchor task per day beats a full list. - The planner is a system, not a scoring sheet.
Quick Facts
Install
npx clawhub@latest install adhd-daily-planner