architecture-decision-records

To document architectural decisions, you capture them as structured ADRs using a defined template with sections for Context, Decision, Alternatives, and Consequences, ensuring rationale lives with the codebase.

Tracking architectural decision trade-offs requires a guided workflow that prompts for context, alternatives, and consequences, assigning a unique number to each record to maintain traceability via an index.

Manage architecture decision record lifecycles by transitioning records through defined states: proposed, accepted, deprecated, or superseded, maintaining a navigable index to track historical context.

Yes, you can seed a docs/adr/ directory structure automatically by initiating an ADR capture at a decision moment, which drafts the document and updates the index.

Write an architecture decision record during planning discussions when evaluating technology choices, patterns, or infrastructure, capturing the rationale and consequences before finalizing the architectural direction.

An architectural decision record improves traceability by consolidating scattered rationale from PR comments and threads into living documents with defined states, preventing context loss for future developers.