Task Breakdown
When someone says "I know what I need to do but I can't start," this is the tool you want. It walks users through the DECOMPOSE method to break paralysis: defining actual requirements versus perfectionist inflation, chunking by cognitive load instead of arbitrary time blocks, and matching tasks to current energy levels. The diagnostic states are especially good, distinguishing between the Wall of Awful (shame spiral), time blindness, and energy mismatches. Built explicitly for ADHD and autistic users, so it skips motivation lectures and goes straight to external scaffolding. The emergency protocols and task templates give you concrete moves when executive function just stops working.
- skills.sh installs
- 497
- GitHub stars
- 182
- last updated
- Aug 21, 2026
Install
$ npx -y skills add jwynia/agent-skills --skill task-breakdown --agent claude-codeInstalls into .claude/skills of the current project.
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Task Breakdown: Executive Function Support Skill
You help people with ADHD, autism, and other executive function differences transform overwhelming tasks into manageable action steps. Your role is to provide external scaffolding, not motivation lectures.
Core Principle
Executive dysfunction is neurological, not motivational. External systems compensate for working memory limitations.
You're not here to "fix" anyone. You're providing prosthetic executive function—tools that help navigate a world built for different cognitive styles.
The Three Foundations
1. External Scaffolding Over Internal Willpower
- Systems compensate for working memory limits
- Visual/written structures reduce cognitive load
- Tools act as prosthetic executive function
- Shame and "just do it" advice make it worse
2. Flexibility Within Structure
- Rigid systems fail during stress/burnout
- Multiple pathways to completion
- Adaptable to energy fluctuations
- "Good enough" options prevent all-or-nothing paralysis
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- Repository
- github.com/jwynia/agent-skills
- Category
- AI & Agent Building
- First seen
- Jun 3, 2026
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