the-own-lab/decide
skills/decide/SKILL.md
3-line ADR lite. Capture a decision you just made in under 60 seconds — problem, choice, rejected alternative. Complements the heavier `adr` skill; use this when a full ADR is overkill but the decision will be forgotten.
development
Updated Apr 21, 2026
$ install --global
skillsauthnpx skillsauth add the-own-lab/Claude-company-of-one decideInstall this skill globally with one command. Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and Windsurf.
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SKILL.md
- name:
- decide
- description:
- 3-line ADR lite. Capture a decision you just made in under 60 seconds — problem, choice, rejected alternative. Complements the heavier `adr` skill; use this when a full ADR is overkill but the decision will be forgotten.
Decide (ADR Lite)
For decisions that are too small for a full ADR but too important to forget.
The Three Lines
Problem: <one sentence>
Chose: <what you picked, and why>
Rejected: <one alternative, and why not>
That's it. No sections. No heavy template.
When to Use This vs adr
| Use decide | Use adr |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------- |
| Decided in < 30 min | Decided after a design doc |
| Impact scoped to a file or module | Impact on architecture / public API |
| Won't need to re-litigate unless context changes | May be revisited quarterly |
| Example: "chose pg trigram over elasticsearch for search — ES is too heavy for 5k rows" | Example: "chose Electron over Tauri for desktop app" |
Storage
Append to ${COMPANY_OF_ONE_PLUGIN_DATA}/decisions.md with a date prefix:
## 2026-04-20 — Search backend
Problem: Need fuzzy search over project notes (5k rows).
Chose: Postgres pg_trgm. Already have pg; zero new infra.
Rejected: Elasticsearch — operational overhead unjustified at this scale.
One file, append-only. Grep-friendly.
Anti-patterns
- Turning
decideentries into mini-essays — if it's getting long, you need an ADR - Skipping "Rejected" — the rejected alternative is the most valuable line; it shows future-you what you'd already considered
- Using
decidefor things you haven't actually decided ("maybe X, maybe Y, TBD") — that's an open question, not a decision
Philosophy
Google's decision-log culture at scale becomes heavy. At solo-dev scale, the friction is the enemy: a format you won't fill in doesn't exist. Three lines you'll actually write beats a template you won't.
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