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Public story · 2026-07-27 · high
The project has no code, just ten rules telling Claude Code and Codex to skip the preamble and give commands.
Why now: GitHub Trending ranked it the top repo across all languages the week of July 27, with most of its stars earned in that same stretch.
i-have-adhd, a single Markdown file, became the top trending repo on GitHub the week of July 27, per GitHub Trending. It earned 6,961 of its 11,453 stars that same week.
That matters for anyone building on Claude Code or Codex. Nearly 7,000 people chose a homemade rule file over each tool's default conversational style in one week.
The repo carries no application code and no dependencies, only ten formatting rules. It caps lists at five items, drops the recap-and-closer pattern models default to, and forces every answer into a concrete next step. One rule turns a fix into 'Run npm install jsonwebtoken@latest, then edit src/auth.ts:42' instead of a paragraph explaining what changed.
The project itself is small: 97 commits, 579 forks, MIT licensed. It installs as a Claude Code plugin marketplace entry or through Codex, so it's a config change, not a rewrite of how you prompt.
GitHub's trending count doesn't say how many stargazers installed the skill versus just starred it. But 6,961 stars in one week is still the headline number. Watch whether the 579 forks turn into permanent entries in the Claude Code and Codex plugin marketplaces or fade after the trending spike.
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