Development of the AI Executive Function Exosuit

The AI Executive Function Exosuit began as a practical workaround, not a tech experiment.

I started using AI because everyday functioning was not failing from lack of intelligence, motivation, or insight. It was failing at the translation layer: turning complex internal models into linear action, remembering the next step under fatigue, holding context during appointments, planning around pain, and explaining my needs in formats other people could recognise.

Over time, I developed a personalised AI support system that I now call part of ReeOS: an external scaffolding layer that helps me convert thought, state, context, and constraint into usable action.

It does not make decisions for me. It helps me keep hold of the map.

The system was built through repeated real-world use. I fed it examples of the problems I actually encounter: medical appointments, food planning, gardening adaptations, paperwork, mobility limits, sensory overload, task paralysis, communication gaps, and the daily weirdness of trying to function with autism, ADHD, hyperlexia, alexithymia, and an L4/L5 spinal injury all sharing the same operating system.

From those interactions, the AI learned the patterns that matter:

when I need a task broken down,

when I need translation rather than reassurance,

when I need practical options instead of motivational noise,

when physical effort is the real bottleneck,

when a “simple task” contains hidden steps,

when food, music, lighting, pain, hydration, sensory load, and executive function are all part of the same system,

and when the most useful intervention is reducing friction before I hit the wall.

The result is an adaptive executive function exosuit: a cognitive support layer that helps with planning, prioritising, communication, pacing, memory, task sequencing, and state-aware decision making.

It works because it is not generic productivity advice. It is calibrated to my actual nervous system, environment, body, language, history, and constraints.

In practice, it helps me:

prepare for appointments without losing key information,

turn messy thoughts into clear written communication,

translate “Ree-Speak” into formats other people can understand,

build low-friction routines around food, paperwork, gardening, and daily care,

identify whether I am in a “go,” “caution,” “recover,” or “do not attempt boss fight” state,

reduce the amount of physical carrying, standing, remembering, and switching required,

and create reusable systems so Future Ree does not have to rebuild the bridge from scratch every time.

This is not AI replacing human care. It is not AI pretending to be a doctor, therapist, social worker, or support worker.

It is closer to adaptive equipment.

Like a walking stick supports mobility, this system supports translation, planning, recall, pacing, and executive function. It gives me leverage where the standard environment expects me to brute-force things I cannot reliably brute-force.

The development process has been iterative: test, notice, adjust, reuse. Every successful script, checklist, meal system, appointment summary, music regulation map, or gardening workflow becomes part of a growing scaffold.

Tiny victories count as loot drops. 🎒✨

The aim is not to become “normal.”

The aim is to reduce avoidable friction, preserve autonomy, communicate more accurately, and build a life that works with my actual operating system instead of constantly punishing it for not being factory standard.

Free editable script below ⬇️

Brief version:

I want you to act as an executive function support tool.

Help me turn messy thoughts, tasks, appointments, plans, or problems into clear next steps.

Do not just give motivation. Help me reduce friction.

When I ask for help, identify:

• the actual goal

• the main obstacle

• the hidden steps

• the smallest useful next action

• a low-energy version

• anything Future Me needs to know

Assume I may be dealing with fatigue, overload, stress, pain, sensory issues, executive dysfunction, communication difficulties, or limited capacity. Do not assume laziness or lack of intelligence.

Give me practical options, not pressure.

When something feels overwhelming, reduce the choices and give me one safe starting point.

When I need to communicate with someone, help me translate my thoughts into clear language for that audience.

When I need to do a task, help me make it easier, smaller, more visible, or more realistic.

The goal is not perfection. The goal is a usable bridge between intention and action.