adr
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Write an Architecture Decision Record in MADR format. Use for any new dependency, data store, protocol, boundary, auth model, or hard-to-reverse choice.
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- GustavoAlecio/claude-setuptheir own version, first seen Nov 8, 2026
- computerlovetech/skillstheir own version, first seen Nov 8, 2026
- rvdbreemen/OTGW-firmwaretheir own version, first seen Nov 8, 2026
- axodouble/skillstheir own version, first seen Nov 8, 2026
- RodrigoAnciaes/golem-sddtheir own version, first seen Nov 8, 2026
- n1kben/agentstheir own version, first seen Nov 8, 2026
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3 rules. 0 are common, 2 are distinctive, and 1 is very specific to this project.
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Common
Most of the 75 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 6
Write an ADR for: $ARGUMENTS
- Very specific: line 14
Use context7 MCP for current facts about any library or service involved.
- Distinctive: line 18
Keep it under 2 pages. An unread ADR is worthless.
“Common” is measured: kept by at least 6 in 10 of the 75 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.
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Write an ADR for: $ARGUMENTS
- Next number:
ls docs/adr | tail -1. File:docs/adr/ADR-<NNN>-<kebab-slug>.mdfromtemplates/ADR.md. - State the quality attributes driving the decision (
Project-Context.md§5). An architecture decision is a trade-off between NFRs; name them. - List at least two real alternatives, each with cost, risk, reversibility, and operational burden. "Do nothing" is a valid alternative and often the right one.
- Recommend one, plainly, and say what would make you change your mind.
- Consequences must include the bad ones. An ADR listing only benefits is marketing, not a record.
- Note the compliance/data-classification impact if the decision moves PII/PHI/CHD across a boundary.
- Use
context7MCP for current facts about any library or service involved. Do not decide from memory. - Status starts
Proposed;security-engineerreviews beforeAccepted. - Link it from
Changelog.mdand the relevant tracker card.
Keep it under 2 pages. An unread ADR is worthless.
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