Goblin Tools for ADHD: free task breakdown, zero follow-up.

What it does

Goblin.tools is a collection of small utilities built for neurodivergent users. The flagship, Magic ToDo, takes a vague task and breaks it into steps, with a "spiciness" control for how granular you need it. The Estimator gives a rough time-frame. The Formalizer rewrites text in a chosen tone. No account, no cost, no setup.

Where it helps

• Task initiation: the first step becomes visible and tiny.
• Time blindness: the Estimator anchors a realistic duration.
• Reply dread: the Formalizer turns an angry or rambling draft into something sendable.

Where it stops

• The breakdown is one-shot: nothing tracks the step you said you would do.
• No proactive follow-up — you have to come back, and by Thursday you usually have not.
• Six hours later, the tab is one of forty. Open loops stay open.

The verdict

Goblin Tools is genuinely useful as a starting point, and free. But as a system it hands you a plan and walks away. If follow-through is the loop that keeps breaking, that is the half it does not cover. We cover the same ground — decomposition, time guessing, tone fixing — inside a partner that also remembers to pick the thread back up.

Prices and features verified August 2026 · goblin.tools