decision-log-formatter

To create a research decision log in Obsidian, use the create mode to generate a complete note from a one-sentence prompt, enforcing required frontmatter, a weighted decision matrix, evidence chain, and explicit Kill Criteria with trigger actions.

A weighted decision matrix for research governance is a structured table enforcing 100% weighting across criteria, ensuring decisions remain measurable, traceable, and falsification-safe by requiring concrete evidence IDs.

To format an existing decision log note, use the format mode to validate and repair frontmatter, generating missing sections like time-bound measurable milestones, resurrection conditions, stakeholder tables, and append-only lifecycle logs.

Yes, you can use Obsidian SP-STM workflows to track abandoned research directions by recording choices to reject or abandon experiments, enforcing observable Kill Criteria thresholds and mandatory trigger actions for falsification safety.

Decision log evidence chains with missing source IDs are caught during validation, as the format mode checks for dangling references and requires concrete sources like LIT-xxxx, EXP-xxxx, meeting IDs, or DOIs.

Resurrection conditions in a research decision log are needed when defining lifecycle states for abandoned directions, ensuring decisions remain auditable and allowing previously killed research to resume under defined trigger actions.