decision-memo
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Produces a compact decision memo when an accountable leader must choose among alternatives with clear consequences.
5 other projects use a version of this.
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- Latifox/find-me-saastheir own version, first seen Sep 6, 2026
- RizwanZafaris/product-manager-OStheir own version, first seen Sep 3, 2026
- Natan-Mohart/24-strategy-skills-for-claudetheir own version, first seen Aug 8, 2026
- XRAY-INC/claude-skills-for-leaderstheir own version, first seen Jul 13, 2026
- MaxKmet/idea-validation-agentstheir own version, first seen Apr 15, 2026
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- MaxKmet/idea-validation-agents★ 449same name
- Natan-Mohart/24-strategy-skills-for-claude★ 41same name
- XRAY-INC/claude-skills-for-leaders★ 27same name
- Latifox/find-me-saas★ 10same name
- RizwanZafaris/product-manager-OS★ 4same name
How matches are found. Word for word: the exact same text. Edited: shares passages with this file (“99% same” means 99% of its five-word phrases also appear here; 10% or more counts). Their own version: similar meaning, or, weakest, the same name. We can’t tell which project had it first. Projects are counted among the 200 most-starred candidates, and mentions are links to the repository we found, up to 50 per site, so both counts are a floor.
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3 rules. About 0 are common, 3 are distinctive, and 0 are very specific to this project.
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- Common
- Distinctive
- Very specific
- Distinctive: line 9
Use when a decision cannot wait for a full pack but still needs disciplined analysis and an audit trail.
- Distinctive: line 21
Test the leading choice against downside scenarios and reversibility.
- Distinctive: line 26
Use: Decision Required, Recommendation, Why Now, Options Matrix, Key Risks, Conditions and Immediate Actions.
≈ “Common” is an estimate: at least 1 in 5 of the 350,495 skill files we read have a rule of the same kind, not the same words. “Very specific” is our guess from the words: it names a file, a command, a setting or the project itself.
Files
Decision Memo
When to use it
Use when a decision cannot wait for a full pack but still needs disciplined analysis and an audit trail.
What Claude needs
- client-context.md for operating background
- Decision owner, deadline and decision question
- Alternatives, constraints and evaluation criteria
- Available evidence and known uncertainties
Method
- Rewrite the request as one answerable decision question.
- Set weighted or ranked criteria before assessing alternatives.
- Compare the baseline and viable choices in a decision matrix.
- Test the leading choice against downside scenarios and reversibility.
- Recommend one path and state what would change that recommendation.
- Translate the choice into immediate actions, owners and dates.
Output format
Use: Decision Required, Recommendation, Why Now, Options Matrix, Key Risks, Conditions and Immediate Actions. End with an approval line.
Quality checks
- Options are assessed against the same criteria.
- The recommendation is feasible within stated constraints.
- The memo separates evidence, assumptions and judgement.
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