# Antidote Kit — Essential Scaffold

**Thesis:** Human working memory (especially under ADHD/AuDHD load) and LLM context windows **both** drop the middle. This kit turns **your repository** into external structure both can reload—machine-readable, progressive, git-native.

Not a chat wrapper. Not a prompt dump. **Architecture that assumes forgetting.**

Surface map: [`CONTEXT-MAP.md`](CONTEXT-MAP.md)

## What you get (truthful inventory — Essential tier)

| Surface | Purpose | Disclosure tier |
|---------|---------|-----------------|
| `AGENTS.md` | Thin router — stack, commands, boundaries | Discovery |
| `CLAUDE.md` | Session imports via `@` | Discovery → Activation |
| `context.json` | Injection-order manifest | Discovery |
| `DAY1.md` | 90-minute buyer setup and recovery path | Discovery → Execution |
| `CONTEXT-MAP.md` | Cartography of the Essential surfaces | Execution |
| `skills/*/` | **7** model-agnostic `SKILL.md` procedures | Activation |

## The seven skills (activation)

| Skill | Failure mode it scaffolds |
|-------|---------------------------|
| `hold-the-thread` | Starting every session from zero; guessing what was in flight |
| `think-before-code` | Jumping to implementation without assumptions |
| `surgical-changes` | Drive-by refactors; unbounded diffs |
| `context-lock` | Constraints evaporating mid-task |
| `focus-rails` | Side-quests; broken monotropic tunnel |
| `external-memory` | Decisions trapped in chat history |
| `time-anchors` | Time blindness; abstract deadlines |

## Install

```bash
# Into your repo root
curl -L https://sloppyxbaby.com/antidote-kit-essential.tar.gz | tar -xz

# Or browse files
# https://sloppyxbaby.com/antidote-kit/
```

After install, take the one default start: open `DAY1.md`. If you are returning to an existing repository, open `AGENTS.md`; then use `CONTEXT-MAP.md` when you need deeper context.

## Core rules (Karpathian thrift)

- **Think before coding** — assumptions, questions, success criteria.  
- **Simplicity first** — minimum code for the immediate problem.  
- **Surgical changes** — every line traces to the request.  
- **Goal-driven execution** — verify before “done.”  
- **Work truth stays durable** — shared tickets or task records hold ownership, blockers, evidence, and disposition.
- **False context is worse than missing context** — do not invent files or metrics.

## Upgrade: Professional Kit

Essential is the core memory scaffold. The Professional Kit adds the deterministic layer:

- 4 more skills (`goal-driven-loop`, `what-to-test`, `dual-mandate-audhd`, `work-truth-control-plane`)
- `.cursor/rules/` — always-applied deterministic rules for Cursor
- `memory/` — decision, todo, and brand-spec templates
- `PATTERNS.md` — advanced architectural patterns
- `docs/`, `templates/`, and the fix queue

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