record-a-decision SKILL.md skillA
record-a-decision from inkeep/open-knowledge is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add inkeep/open-knowledge/record-a-decision@git:20261014.adeb8b5Pins git:20261014.adeb8b5 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- inkeep/open-knowledge
- Path
packages/server/assets/skills/packs/software-lifecycle/record-a-decision/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 6
- Latest version
- git:20261014.adeb8b5, committed Oct 14, 2026
- First version recorded
- Aug 4, 2026
- Size
- 14,246 bytes
- Repository stars
- 4,635
- License
- GPL-3.0
Records an architecture decision as a Nygard/MADR-shaped ADR under decisions/ — capturing the context that forced the choice, the options weighed, the decision itself, and its consequences in both directions, plus the supersedes chain that keeps a decision log honest. Read when asked to record an architecture decision, write an ADR, log the decision we made, document why we chose X over Y, capture this decision for the record, or supersede an old decision with a new one. Do NOT read to frame a…
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What the file says
# Record a decision — write an ADR under `decisions/` The platform `/open-knowledge` skill still governs every markdown operation here (grounding, linking, the rule that OK's MCP tools own in-scope markdown); this skill layers ADR craft on top. An Architecture Decision Record is a small, dated, frozen document that captures **one** decision, the forces that made it necessary, and what the team now has to live with. The value compounds over years: a reader who joins in three years should understand not just what was decided but *why it was even a question*. ADRs are frozen once accepted — you never rewrite one to change your mind, you **supersede** it with a new record and leave the old one standing as history. That supersedes chain is what separates an honest decision log from a pile of stale opinions. Filenames are `NNNN-title.md` (zero-padded 4-digit sequence + kebab title). Status vocabulary: `proposed` / `accepted` / `deprecated` / `superseded`. Template id `decision`, body sections exactly `## Context`, `## Decision`, `## Consequences` in that order. --- ## Step 0 — Confirm a decision was actually MADE (HARD GATE) …
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How to install
mdr add inkeep/open-knowledge/record-a-decision@sha256:c731a509217e44d5The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261014.adeb8b5, 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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The registry has recorded 6 versions of this file, between Aug 4, 2026 and Oct 14, 2026, about one every 14 days.
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| git:20261014.adeb8b5 latest | 2026-10-14 | adeb8b5 | 14,246 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260825.3ab979a | 2026-08-25 | 3ab979a | 14,225 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260824.4c50c94 | 2026-08-24 | 4c50c94 | 14,208 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260813.12a6ea2 | 2026-08-13 | 12a6ea2 | 14,230 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260805.f3f8da4 | 2026-08-05 | f3f8da4 | 14,263 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260804.8471ed3 | 2026-08-04 | 8471ed3 | 14,256 B | A | view |
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Source
inkeep/open-knowledge · 4,635 stars · license GPL-3.0 · pushed 2026-10-19 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_cnv4q6rexsib57gn GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=inkeep/open-knowledge/record-a-decision GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/c731a509217e44d581207b1698a31a374cdf561a3d108b95f5a054abb52c7796
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