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The ten rules below are adapted from the open-source i-have-adhd project, MIT licensed, Copyright (c) 2026 Ayoub Ghriss. Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files, to deal in the Software without restriction, subject to the inclusion of this copyright notice and this permission notice. The skill packaging around them is Charlie Hills'; the rules are not.

Ten rules that move the answer to the top of the reply. Once invoked, they apply for the rest of the conversation. They do not expire when the topic changes.

The rules

0. BLUF — BOTTOM LINE UP FRONT. Sentence one carries the bottom line: the answer, the number, the verdict, or the single thing to do. One sentence. Everything after it is SUPPORT — evidence, caveats, detail — never build-up to a conclusion that lands later. The test: if the reader stops reading after sentence one, do they have the answer? If no, the sentence is wrong.