Decision log

Skill janellecipriano/pm-skills/skills/decision-log

Open-source Claude skills for Program Management in product development — charters, status reports, RAID logs, roadmaps, launch readiness, retros, postmortems, OKRs & more.

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Capture decisions in a durable, searchable log — the decision, context, options considered, rationale, owner, and date. Use when the user says "log this decision", "decision record", "ADR", "document what we decided", "decision log", or wants to record why a choice was made so it isn't relitigated later.

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Decision Log

Record decisions (and why) so the team has a single source of truth and stops relitigating settled questions.

When to use

A meaningful decision was made (technical, product, process, scope, prioritization).
Writing or maintaining a decision log / ADR (Architecture/Any Decision Record) set.

Inputs to gather

The decision itself, in one sentence.
The context/problem that forced a choice.
Options considered and why the chosen one won (and others lost).
Who decided, who was consulted, and the date.

Process

State the decision as a clear, active sentence ("We will ...").
Capture context — what made this necessary, constraints, deadline.
List options considered with the key trade-off of each, and mark the chosen one.
Give the rationale — why this option, including what you're explicitly accepting as a downside.
Note status (Proposed / Accepted / Superseded), decider, stakeholders consulted, and date.
Record consequences / follow-ups and link any decision this supersedes.

Output format — one record per decision

### {{ID}}: {{Decision title}}
- **Status:** Accepted · **Date:** {{date}} · **Decider:** {{name}} · **Consulted:** {{names}}
- **Context:** {{why a decision was needed}}
- **Decision:** We will {{decision}}.
- **Options considered:**
  - {{Option A}} — {{trade-off}}  ✅ chosen
  - {{Option B}} — {{trade-off}}
- **Rationale:** {{why, including accepted downsides}}
- **Consequences / follow-ups:** {{what changes; tasks created}}

Keep records append-only: supersede rather than edit history.