decide

---

name: decide description: Log a decision with context, alternatives considered, and rationale. Use for "/decide project: using websocket over polling" or "/decide project: chose React for frontend". allowed-tools: Read, Write, Edit, Glob, Grep, TaskCreate, TaskUpdate, TaskList, TaskGet user-invocable: true

/decide — Decision Logging

Record decisions with context and alternatives.

Context

Today's date: !date +%Y-%m-%d Recent decisions: !ls decisions/*/*.md 2>/dev/null | tail -10

Reference template: @_templates/decision.md Config: @_core/config.yaml Processing logic: @_core/PROCESSING.md

Input

User input: $ARGUMENTS

Processing Steps

1. Parse Input

   • Extract project (before colon)
   • Extract decision statement
   • Look for alternatives: "over", "instead of", "vs", "considered"
   • Extract context if provided

2. Create Decision Note

   • Filename: decisions/{project}/{date}-{slug}.md
   • Apply template with:
     • Decision statement
     • Alternatives considered
     • Context/rationale
   • Add ## Links section

3. Auto-Link

   • Search for related docs in docs/{project}/
   • Add backlinks to relevant docs

4. Update References

   • Add to project index if exists

5. Append to Vault Log

   • Append entry to 01-index/_vault-log.md (see .claude/rules/vault-log.md)
   • Action: decision
   • Details: the decision statement in ~10 words

Output

Created: decisions/{project}/{date}-{slug}.md
Decision: {decision}
Alternatives: {count} considered