architecture-decision-records

You can capture architectural decisions by detecting decision moments during coding sessions, collecting context and alternatives, and generating an ADR document with a unique number to maintain traceability alongside your codebase.

The best way to maintain an architecture decision log is to enforce a lightweight ADR workflow that stores records directly alongside your code, preventing decisions from being lost in chats or pull requests while enabling easy navigation and auditing.

You can document architecture context and alternatives automatically by detecting a decision moment during development, which triggers the collection of the surrounding context and rejected alternatives to produce a consistent ADR document.

Yes, the ADR workflow enforces a lightweight lifecycle including proposed, accepted, and deprecated states, while linking to related decisions to ensure consistency and traceability across the architecture decision log.

Recording architecture decisions in ADR documents instead of pull requests prevents decisions from being lost in chats, provides clear rationale, and stores the records alongside code to enable easy auditing and onboarding for new team members.

You need to generate an architecture decision record the moment an architectural decision occurs during a coding session, capturing the context, decision, and alternatives immediately to ensure the ADR log remains accurate and comprehensive.