AFM-4 · PROMPT AMNESIA
DESKRUNE
For when you come back.
The pattern: you write the perfect prompt. It produces exactly what you needed. Then you close the tab. Two weeks later you need that output again. You have no idea what the prompt was, where you saved it, or how to reproduce it. You start from scratch.
AI tools have working memory the size of one session. ADHD adults have working memory shorter than one session. Without an externalization step, every great prompt is a one-off. The skill of prompting compounds for neurotypicals; for us it resets.
Hook by hook. If you recognize even one of these in the last week, this is the failure mode that's costing you.
The Deskrune Protocol for AFM-4 is the Context Anchor. When a prompt generates a successful result, do not copy the text. Instead, immediately duplicate the entire conversation thread into a dedicated 'Prompt Vault' project in Claude or a specific folder in ChatGPT. Name the project with the outcome, not the topic. This preserves the system instructions and the few-shot examples that made the prompt work. If the tool does not support projects, use a browser extension to save the full page as a PDF with the prompt highlighted. This creates a permanent record that can be searched later. The rule is absolute: if it works, it is saved before the next keystroke. This breaks the cycle of re-creation and ensures your best work is always retrievable.
Every AFM hits four people. The ADHD adult living it. The partner watching it. The coach explaining it. The boss pricing it. Every kit speaks to all four — because the buyer is sometimes one of the people watching.
You spent twenty minutes trying to remember the exact words that worked yesterday.
You watched them stare at a blank screen, trying to recall a solution that was right there.
You see the client repeat the same mistake because they cannot retrieve their own best ideas.
You notice the team wasting hours re-solving problems they already solved last week.
AFMs cluster. If this one hits, the next two probably also do.
Most ADHD-AI loops feel random until you can see them next to each other. Log a moment in the form below — intensity, time, AI tool, brief context. After three or more entries, you'll see your own pattern in the recap. Stays in your browser. Nothing is sent to us.
You don't have to be precise. The point is to capture enough that the pattern becomes visible. Future-you reading this in three weeks will have something concrete to work with.
Deskrune. For when you come back.