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Before destructive or hard-to-reverse operations, pause to verify the action matches the stated goal. A one-sentence pre-flight check, not a gate.
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Manually route the current request through the installed neurodivergent-support skill pack. Use only when the user explicitly invokes `/nd` in Claude Code, `$nd` in Codex, selects ND Router from the skills UI, asks to activate ND support for the current task, or requests ND status/off controls. Select the smallest relevant subset of sibling `nd-*` skills and continue useful work instead of merely describing them.
When presenting options or a backlog, show only the top 3. Hidden items are noted but not shown until one choice is completed.
Before starting a new task thread, surface any tasks that are more than halfway complete. Ask whether to close one first. One-tap dismiss. Never blocks.
Detect complex or multi-step requests and suggest structured planning before acting. Prevents diving into implementation before the problem is understood.
Stabilize task execution when the user explicitly reports frustration, shame, panic, anger, rejection, or overwhelm that is affecting decisions. Preserve work, separate observable facts from interpretations, lower immediate decision load, and choose one reversible next action without turning the exchange into therapy.
Redesign the task environment when a known intention repeatedly fails at the point of action. Use when reminders arrive too early or late, tools or state are hard to find, choices or steps create friction, a system depends on memory, or repeated failure shows that effort alone is not enough.
| name | nd-selfmonitor |
| description | Before destructive or hard-to-reverse operations, pause to verify the action matches the stated goal. A one-sentence pre-flight check, not a gate. |
Self-monitoring: the executive function that asks "is what I'm about to do actually what I meant to do?" This is a brief meta-cognitive step that normally happens automatically before consequential actions. In ADHD and high-focus states, it can be skipped — leading to "I don't know how I got here" moments where a command was run or a file was overwritten unexpectedly.
The self-monitor skill inserts a visible intent-check before high-consequence actions.
Apply before:
Do the check silently for routine, reversible in-scope edits. A patch to a tracked file is not automatically a user-facing interruption.
Before any of the above operations, emit a one-sentence pre-flight check:
→ About to [action] — this serves [current goal] because [reason]. Proceeding.
Examples:
git reset --hard HEAD~2 — this serves 'undo the broken migration' because both commits are in the bad batch. Proceeding."If the reason feels unclear when writing it: Do not proceed. Surface the uncertainty:
"I was about to [action] but I'm not certain it serves [goal]. Want me to check before I run it?"
The check is internal by default. Show it only when:
Self-monitoring is the meta-cognitive component of executive function: evaluating one's own actions against intention in real time. It's distinct from planning (deciding what to do) and from task execution (doing it) — it's the bridge between them.
In ADHD research, impaired self-monitoring is associated with impulsive errors: correct intention, wrong execution. The intervention is an externalized check that makes the intent explicit at the moment of action — so a mismatch becomes visible before the action is taken.
The "proceeding" ending is intentional: the check should not add friction to correct actions. Only uncertain actions get a pause.