Single AI Formatting Skill Tops GitHub Trending, Gains 17,880 Stars in One Week

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A GitHub repository called 'i-have-adhd' by ayghri topped GitHub Trending for the week of September 16, 2026, gaining 17,880 stars in seven days — more weekly momentum than projects with over 259,000 accumulated stars. The repo is not a new model or framework but a single agent skill that enforces structured, concise responses from coding assistants, adapted from the book The Adult ADHD Tool Kit by J. Russell Ramsay and Anthony L. Rostain. Its ten rules require agents to lead with the next action, number multi-step tasks, avoid preamble and repetition, cap lists at five items, and specify time estimates in minutes rather than vague phrases. Developer Nokka, writing for DEV Community, reviewed seven trending AI projects this week and noted that the top two repositories — both under six months old — outpaced far older, heavily-starred projects in weekly growth. The broader trend observed is that developer attention has shifted from model capability to practical usability layers, including response formatting, code review agents, and multi-agent orchestration tools.

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