architectural-decision-records SKILL.md skillA

architectural-decision-records from cedaniel200/atlas-template is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add cedaniel200/atlas-template/architectural-decision-records@git:20261022.7cbd10d

Pins git:20261022.7cbd10d in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
cedaniel200/atlas-template
Path
.agents/skills/architectural-decision-records/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
4
Latest version
git:20261022.7cbd10d, committed Oct 22, 2026
First version recorded
Oct 21, 2026
Size
4,533 bytes
Repository stars
3
License
MIT

Use when documenting, drafting, reviewing, or updating architectural decisions, ADRs, decision logs, tradeoffs, rationale, consequences, alternatives, or architecture decision history.

Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.

What the file says

# Architectural Decision Records

## Overview

An Architectural Decision Record captures one architecturally significant decision, its rationale, tradeoffs, and consequences. Optimize for future readers reconstructing decision history.

## When to Use

Use when creating, updating, reviewing, or explaining an ADR, architecture decision, decision log, tradeoff analysis, rationale, consequences, alternatives, or status.

Do not use ADRs for transient implementation details, meeting notes, or insignificant decisions. If significance is unclear, ask what future maintainers will need to know.

## Workflow

1. Identify the single decision. Split multiple decisions into multiple ADRs.
2. Check `preferences.md` for `preferred-style`.
3. If `preferred-style: unset`, ask the user which style to use, then record it in `preferences.md` before drafting.
4. Use the matching file under `templates/`.
5. Capture known facts only: context, requirements, constraints, options, rationale, decision makers, consequences.
6. If facts are missing, mark them as `Unknown` or ask a focused question; do not invent context, options, or quality attributes.
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add cedaniel200/atlas-template/architectural-decision-records@sha256:2f1ba10ec570156a

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261022.7cbd10d, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.

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Versions

The registry has recorded 4 versions of this file, between Oct 21, 2026 and Oct 22, 2026, more than one a day.

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git:20261021.863f25a2026-10-21 863f25a 4,077 BA view

Audit of the latest version

A  17 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (4533 bytes)
  • pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
  • pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
  • pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
  • pass: No credential-shaped string
  • pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
  • pass: No text hidden with inline styles
  • pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
  • pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
  • pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
  • pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
  • pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
  • pass: No link to a raw IP address
  • pass: No script tag

Source

GitHub

cedaniel200/atlas-template · 3 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-26 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_4csmgzumu6zowsui
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=cedaniel200/atlas-template/architectural-decision-records
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/2f1ba10ec570156af44080e7309cb3f30e3f6d2038c72813275874dcc2a41d7d

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