# Habit Forge

> Build a one-glance weekly habit scorecard sized to what the user will actually fill in; use when starting tracking or when a tracker was abandoned.

- Skill: `garphengate/habit-forge` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add garphengate/habit-forge`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/garphengate/habit-forge/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: GarphenGate (https://skillmd.com/u/garphengate)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/garphengate/habit-forge

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# Habit Scorecard

*Free gateway skill from the Habit Forge bundle by GarphenGate.*

The lightest tracking format that still produces usable weekly data.

## Procedure

1. **List active habits.** Cap the scorecard at three; if more are offered, ask which three matter this month and park the rest on a bench list.
2. **Define done per habit** in binary terms the user can verify in two seconds ("one page read" — not "made progress").
3. **Pick the medium the user already touches daily**: paper on the fridge, a pinned note, one spreadsheet row. Never propose a new app.
4. **Generate the card** in the contract below, pre-filled with the user's habits and anchors.
5. **Set the fill-in moment**: attach marking the card to an existing anchor (same trigger as the evening routine, or the habit itself).

Output contract:

```
WEEK OF ____
Habit (2-min version)      M T W T F S S
1. ____ (after ____)       . . . . . . .
2. ____ (after ____)       . . . . . . .
3. ____ (after ____)       . . . . . . .
Mark: X done · O missed · — not planned
Week note (one line): ____
```

## Rules

- Never add metrics beyond the X/O/— marks and one note line; measurement burden kills tracking faster than missed habits do.
- Never treat an O as needing an excuse; the card records, the weekly review interprets.
- Days the habit was never planned get a dash, so rest days don't read as failures.
- If the card itself goes unfilled for a week, shrink it to one habit before changing anything else.

## Degradation

If the user has no habits defined yet, build the card with one placeholder row and point them to designing a proper two-minute habit first; a scorecard without a designed habit tracks noise.

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*Like this? This is the free gateway skill for **Habit Forge** by Moltline Studio. The paid listing: https://www.agensi.io/skills/habit-forge-bundle*