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architectural-decisions

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Trace design rationale across your code.

Software Engineering#architecture#documentation#decisions#codebase#architectural#design-rationale#get_why
Authorrepowise-dev
Version1.0.0
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What problem does it solve?

This skill helps engineering teams understand the rationale behind architectural decisions in a Repowise-indexed codebase. It surfaces and organizes why certain design choices were made, by aggregating decision markers from code comments (WHY:, DECISION:, TRADEOFF:, ADR:), commit history, and documentation, so teams can reason about changes and maintain consistency.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Surface existing decisions for a given area using get_why to surface rationale from code, commits, and docs.
  • Review and audit architectural decisions before making changes to ensure alignment with prior reasoning.
  • Monitor decision health and hotspots with a dashboard-like view to identify ungoverned areas.
  • Record new decisions by adding standardized markers or using dedicated tooling (e.g., repowise decision add).

Quick Start

Call get_why(query="the area you're changing") to surface existing decisions relevant to that area.

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Name: architectural-decisions
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