write-adr
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Use when you make a decision that is durable or hard to reverse, such as a framework, data store or public contract. Creates an Architecture Decision Record.
12 other projects use a version of this.
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- LeonardoEnnes/ai-engineering-toolkittheir own version, first seen Nov 8, 2026
- adhamhaithameid/write-skillstheir own version, first seen Nov 8, 2026
- helmut-hoffer-von-ankershoffen/heinzeltheir own version, first seen Nov 8, 2026
- 0xdeafcafe/skillstheir own version, first seen Nov 6, 2026
- pahlevikun/levistacktheir own version, first seen Nov 1, 2026
- tyabu12/claude-kittheir own version, first seen Oct 20, 2026
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- HexamindOrganisation/hexgate★ 23same name
- helmut-hoffer-von-ankershoffen/heinzel★ 2same name
- adhamhaithameid/write-skills★ 1same name
- fabianmagrini/skills★ 1same name
- MaheshAwasare/claude-skills-pro★ 1same name
- tejastn10/workbench★ 1same name
- 0xdeafcafe/skills★ 0same name
- dr-zog/plumbline★ 0same name
- Industrial-AI-Research-Lab/nir-agent-overlay★ 0same name
- LeonardoEnnes/ai-engineering-toolkit★ 0same name
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In this repository12 other files it gives its agents.
- AGENTS.mdAGENTS.md
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- bootstrapSkill
- clarify-intentSkill
- code-reviewSkill
- map-workSkill
- plan-workSkill
- releaseSkill
- tdd-loopSkill
- triageSkill
- write-prSkill
- writing-checkSkill
The file
We split this skill into the rules it gives an agent
6 rules. 0 are common, 6 are distinctive, and 0 are very specific to this project.
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Common
Most of the 12 edited versions we read keep these.
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Distinctive
This author's own choices. Worth a look.
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Very specific
Tied to their project's names, files or tools. Probably skip.
- Common
- Distinctive
- Very specific
- Distinctive: line 8
Use when a design decision is durable or hard to reverse.
- Distinctive: line 10
Create an Architecture Decision Record using architecture/adrs.md.
- Distinctive: line 15
Write a short ADR with:
- Distinctive: line 21
Do not rewrite old ADRs. Add a new one if the decision changes.
- Distinctive: line 25
If you can start subagents, use them to research the options.
- Distinctive: line 36
If you cannot start subagents, do the steps one at a time in the order of this skill.
“Common” is measured: kept by at least 6 in 10 of the 12 edited versions of this file we could read. “Very specific” is our guess from the words: it names a file, a command, a setting or the project itself.
Files
Write ADR
Use when a design decision is durable or hard to reverse.
Create an Architecture Decision Record using architecture/adrs.md.
Steps
- Confirm the decision is worth recording (affects multiple components or is costly to change).
- Write a short ADR with:
- Context
- Options considered
- Decision
- Consequences
- Store it with the code it affects.
- Do not rewrite old ADRs. Add a new one if the decision changes.
Subagents
If you can start subagents, use them to research the options. Do step 1 yourself. Then research each option for the "Options considered" section at the same time, each option in its own subagent. Give each subagent a brief that is complete without your context:
- The decision and its context.
- The one option that it researches, and the names of the other options.
- The constraints that you know, for example the components that the decision affects.
- What to report: what the option does, its advantages, its disadvantages and its cost to reverse. Each claim has a source, for example a file path or a link.
- A word limit, for example 300 words.
- This line: "Report to me only. Do not write the ADR, post, approve or merge."
Then collect the reports. Write the ADR yourself in step 2, and do steps 3 and 4 yourself. A report from a subagent is a claim. Check each claim that the decision depends on at its source. If a claim has no source, do not put it in the ADR.
If you cannot start subagents, do the steps one at a time in the order of this skill. Research one option fully before you start the next option.
Rules
- Keep it short.
- State trade-offs.
- Link related principles from architecture/ when useful.
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