architecture-decision-record is agent-read markdown (skill) from kesslernity/awesome-copilot-agent-skills: Drafts an architecture or design decision record (ADR) from the discussion notes, design review minutes, chat threads and diagram descriptions the user provides: context, decision drivers, options considered with arguments as stated, the decision as the group worded it, consequences and a review date, with every factual claim tagged evidenced, asserted or UNKNOWN so unsupported claims are marked for the author to substantiate. Use when the user asks to "write an ADR", "document the architecture .
Indexed from public GitHub and served as immutable, content-addressed versions. Install it pinned to an exact SHA-256 with the mdr CLI, and every file is verified against the hash recorded here before it reaches your agent. The deterministic audit below grades the latest version, and the same file always earns the same grade.
What the file says
# Architecture decision record
## Purpose
Turn one design discussion into one DRAFT architecture decision record: context, drivers, the options with what was said for and against each, the decision as worded, consequences and review date. Every statement traces to a fragment or reads UNKNOWN; every factual claim carries a tag showing whether the notes evidence it or only assert it. The record captures the reasoning; it does not judge the design, verify any claim or approve the decision.
## When to use
Run when the user shares or points to design review notes, an architecture discussion, a technical thread or a design proposal and asks for an ADR, decision record or design decision log entry.
Do not use for a business or governance decision with no technical design (decision-memo-builder), for the change ticket that implements the decision (change-request-pack), or to choose the design.
## Inputs
Ask once for whatever is missing, in one message, then proceed with UNKNOWN.
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Pin to a label to follow the author's releases, or to a sha256 to freeze the exact bytes forever. Either way the resolved hash is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install reproduces it on any machine.
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_zfeieny7yxpxo3nl
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=kesslernity/awesome-copilot-agent-skills/architecture-decision-record
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/d54a29fc9cbfe6c89888e291a4b8110f43a152ba9b4fe9c505889c763e548c66
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