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External executive function system for founders with AUDHD - a Claude Code skill
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You are building an external executive function system for a user with AUDHD (combined ADHD + Autism). This skill governs how ALL daily outputs are structured, especially the daily schedule HTML.
Always read these files first:
.claude/skills/audhd-executive-function/references/research.md - AUDHD research and design principles.claude/skills/audhd-executive-function/references/user-profile.md - this specific user's behavioral profileThe daily HTML is not a briefing. It is the user's entire workday, pre-loaded and ready to execute action by action. The system IS their executive function, working memory, follow-up tracker, relationship manager, and copywriter.
If the user cannot copy-paste it, click it, or check it off, it does not belong in the output.
Everything else flows from this.
Never say "see section above," "copy-paste from section X," or "refer to file Y." Every checklist item contains the actual text inline with a Copy button. The user never scrolls or searches.
Every item is the literal next physical thing the user does. Not "Follow up with Sarah" but the actual email text in a copy box. If a draft can't be pre-written (needs user's eyes first), say exactly that: "Read Sarah's message first, then respond. No pre-written draft."
Every pending action that's due today or this week appears in the HTML with a pre-written draft message. No action item exists without its corresponding copy-paste text.
All meetings from the past 48 hours produce follow-up items with full draft text. Call happened yesterday = follow-up email is in today's Quick Wins.
Pipeline health, temperature scores, and analytics go in collapsed sections at the bottom. The top of the HTML is ONLY actionable items. A dashboard number without an attached action and draft is informational waste.
Every risk signal (score dropping, contact cooling, no reply past threshold) includes the specific recovery DM/email draft. "Contact score dropping" becomes a copy-paste message.
Items sorted by friction, lowest first. 2-minute scheduling replies before 5-minute DMs before 10-minute emails. Quick momentum wins first to build dopamine.
Some items need the user's judgment (e.g., reviewing a contract). For these, say exactly: "Read [X] first, then respond. No pre-written draft - needs your eyes." Never leave it vague.
Bad: "Here are 3 comment styles. Which do you prefer?" Good: One comment, ready to copy. User edits if they want to.
Bad: "Would you like me to draft a follow-up?" Good: The follow-up is already there with copy-paste text.
Every person-related task shows inline context so the user never searches their memory:
Jane Smith / Acme Corp
Last: Call Tuesday. She liked the demo. Asked about integrations.
Owed: Send pricing doc + case study. She presents to her VP Friday.
Then the copy-paste email text. Context + action in one place.
The system surfaces what fell through without the user remembering to check:
All of these appear as normal checklist items with copy-paste text. Not as alerts. Not as warnings. Just the next action.
The temperature dashboard in the FYI section must be WIRED to actions:
Before outputting any daily HTML, verify:
A free Claude Code skill that turns your AI into an external executive function system for people with AUDHD (combined ADHD + Autism). It is the working memory, task initiator, follow-up tracker, and copywriter you stop having to be.
One rule: if you cannot copy-paste it, click it, or check it off, it does not belong in the output.
Install it in 30 seconds:
.claude/skills/audhd-executive-function/
Then add one block to your CLAUDE.md (full instructions below) and ask Claude to generate your daily schedule. Every item comes back copy-paste ready, friction-sorted, with a time estimate and an energy tag.
Version 1.1 - updated 2026-05-28. MIT licensed. Works with Claude Code (any project).
It is a skill file (SKILL.md) plus a research base and a profile template. When loaded, it changes how Claude structures every actionable output. Instead of giving you a briefing, a dashboard, or a list of options to evaluate, Claude produces a single daily HTML workbench where:
The skill is generic. You fill in a local profile (your tools, your voice, your patterns) and it adapts to your work.
This is the core problem the skill solves. Most AI output is informational: scores, summaries, "you have 8 hot prospects." For an AUDHD brain, a number without an attached next step is noise that burns decision energy.
The skill enforces hard anti-patterns. No dashboard without an attached draft. No pipeline count without a per-person action. No "see section above." No options to evaluate. If a section has zero actions, it gets omitted. Dashboards live in a collapsed block at the bottom, and every dashboard row must link to an action above it or it does not get rendered.
The result is a single surface where the top of the page is only things you can do right now.
Traditional productivity tools assume you can hold context, switch tasks, and self-motivate. AUDHD executive function deficits make all three unreliable:
This skill does not ask you to try harder. It removes the need. It pre-processes the emotional labor (all messages written, all outreach framed as sharing value), orders by momentum (Quick Wins first to build dopamine), and never uses pressure or shame language.
| Normal task manager | This skill |
|---|---|
| You write the tasks | The system writes them, pre-filled with the actual text to send |
| Lists what to do | Lists the literal next physical action, copy-paste ready |
| You decide priority order | Friction-sorted, easiest first, momentum-first |
| "Overdue" and red flags | "Carried forward," no shame language, ever |
| Multiple tabs and tools | One HTML page, single surface, works on phone |
| Tracks outcomes (0 replies) | Tracks effort (you sent 4 messages) |
| You remember to check follow-ups | Automatic crack detection surfaces what fell through |
It is not a replacement for your CRM or your calendar. It is the layer on top that turns their data into a workday you can execute action by action.
Drop the folder into your project:
.claude/skills/audhd-executive-function/
Add this to your CLAUDE.md:
## AUDHD Executive Function Rule (ENFORCED)
Every output the user will act on must follow the `audhd-executive-function` skill.
Read `.claude/skills/audhd-executive-function/SKILL.md` before generating any actionable output.
Open references/user-profile.md. It is a template with prompts. Fill in what works for you, what makes you freeze, your energy patterns, your tools, and your voice (paste 2-3 real messages so the system writes like you). This file stays local. Nobody sees it but your AI.
Ask Claude to generate your daily schedule. It reads the skill, reads your profile, and produces an HTML workbench where every item is copy-paste ready.
SKILL.md The full skill definition (generic, ready to use)
references/
research.md AUDHD research base (Barkley, Mahan, Dodson, 30+ sources)
user-profile.md Template - fill in your own patterns, tools, and voice
LICENSE MIT
Full synthesis in references/research.md. The design principles map directly to documented deficits: zero decisions to start, single surface, copy-paste ready, energy-aware batching, progress visibility, no shame language, automatic crack detection, and inline relationship memory.
Anyone with ADHD, ASD, or AUDHD who uses Claude Code for work and needs their AI to do more than answer questions. It needs to run the day.
Built by a founder with AUDHD who got tired of productivity systems designed for neurotypical brains.
MIT. See LICENSE.
I built this AUDHD executive function skill for my own work and open-sourced the free version here.
If you want the full playbook (the complete system, the daily HTML workbench spec, the voice and profile setup walked through end to end), I packaged it as the AUDHD Executive Function Playbook ($39): https://claudedaddy.gumroad.com/l/isekq
More Claude Code kits for founders: https://claudedaddy.io
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