to-adr

name	to-adr
description	Extract a formal ADR (Architecture Decision Record) from an implementation plan or design doc — one ADR per genuine decision. Use when the user wants to record an architecture decision or says /to-adr, or when another skill needs to formalize a plan's decisions.
allowed-tools	Bash(git config:*), Bash(date:*), Glob, Read, Write

To ADR

Capture a decision — a fork that constrains future work, with the alternatives rejected and the consequences that follow. This skill records decisions only: the product-facing what & why goes to to-prd, the engineering source-of-truth to to-spec.

Normally invoked by project-plan after a plan is written; also runs standalone.

Input

1. Path given as an argument → use it.
2. Invoked from another skill that passes a path → use that.
3. Otherwise → most recently modified plan in docs/plans/; if ambiguous, ask which.

Read the source in full before extracting.

Value gate

Produce an ADR only for a genuine decision with a real alternative rejected for a stated reason. Mechanical changes, single-obvious-way tasks, and maintenance work have no fork to record — for those, produce nothing: state why ("no architectural decision with a rejected alternative") and stop. Never emit an all-placeholder template.

A single plan often holds several distinct decisions — produce one ADR per decision, not one giant ADR.

[!NOTE] Direct /to-adr invocation lowers the bar: skip only if the ADR would be entirely placeholder, but honour a borderline case the user explicitly asked for. The strict gate is for automatic invocation from project-plan.

Write the ADR(s)

One file per decision at docs/adr/<yyyy-mm-dd>-<short-title>.md. Date from date +%F, author from git config user.name.

Template — Nygard skeleton with mandatory Options Considered:

# {Short decision title}

- **Status**: Accepted
- **Date**: {YYYY-MM-DD}
- **Deciders**: {git config user.name}

## Context

{The forces at play: problem, constraints, requirements that make
this decision necessary. Factual, citation-backed.}

## Decision

{The choice made, in active voice: "We will …".}

## Options Considered

{Every option on the table, chosen one included. For each: a
one-line summary, then why it won or was rejected.}

- **{Option A (chosen)}** — {why it won}
- **{Option B}** — {why rejected}

## Consequences

{What becomes easier and what becomes harder. Follow-on work, new
constraints, risks.}

Use Accepted for a committed decision, Proposed while the plan is still tentative.

Report

List the files created and give a one-line summary of each decision recorded.

Guidelines

• Extract; do not invent. Every statement traces to the source plan or its cited research. Missing input for a section → write _Not specified in source._, never fabricate.
• Cross-link the source plan, and the PRD or spec where relevant.
• Follow markdown-conventions and omit needless words — see ../shared/CONCISE-PROSE.md.