align

name	align
description	One-shot semantic decision recorder. Writes topic + decision + rationale to memory.decisions for future sessions to recall. Tiny skill; load-bearing for cross-session continuity.

/align — record a semantic decision

When you make a non-obvious architectural choice or pin a convention, run /align so future sessions know the decision was deliberate.

Inputs

• topic — short slug (e.g., "session-tokens", "deps-policy")
• decision — what was decided
• rationale — why; ideally cites evidence

Output

Writes to memory.decisions (SQLite). Indexed by topic. Searchable via /memory.

When to use

• After a /council judgment.
• After picking between two viable approaches when the "why" matters.
• When deferring a future decision (record what was deferred and the trigger that should re-open it).

When NOT to use

• Trivial choices — taste.md is the better home for rules-of-thumb.
• Things that the code itself documents (the diff is the source of truth).