create-adrs

Architecture Decision Records (ADRs) are structured documents that capture strategic technical decisions alongside the constraints that shaped them. ADRs with ecosystem constraints (E(t)) document team capabilities, infrastructure limits, compliance requirements, and performance factors alongside your chosen solution, creating traceable rationale for decisions on cloud providers, languages, frameworks, and databases.

Create an ADR Markdown document with sections for Context, Problem, Ecosystem Constraints, Decision, Rationale, Date, Status, and Deciders. Use consistent ADR numbering (ADR-001, ADR-002), clearly state the given constraints your team operates under, explain your chosen solution against alternatives, and assign decision ownership.

Document ecosystem constraints whenever selecting foundational technologies: cloud providers, programming languages, frameworks, databases, or architectural patterns. E(t) constraints capture the real operational boundaries—budget, team skills, compliance rules, infrastructure—that make certain decisions necessary rather than optional.

Yes. ADR templates include metadata for numbering, status tracking, and decider attribution, enabling consistent decision history across a project. Each ADR becomes a versioned record linked to specific team members, dates, and decision outcomes, supporting both current understanding and future audits.

Standard decision logs capture what you chose and why; ADRs with ecosystem constraints also capture the given operational limits and team context that made that choice necessary. This dual view prevents future teams from reconsidering settled decisions and clarifies which constraints are negotiable versus fixed.