Record a decision
Record a settled choice as a decision on its subject, not as a chat message. Use when a call, a thread or the person settles something the team must not reopen.
A decision in a chat scrolls away. A recorded decision stays on the subject, and the next agent reads it as settled.
Is it a decision?
It is a decision when the team chose one option and closed the others: a price, a scope, a date, a vendor, a no. A plan, an idea or an open question is not a decision.
Procedure
- Confirm it is settled. Find who decided and where: a call, a message, the person in this conversation. If nobody decided, it is a question. Ask it instead (see propose-dont-apply).
- Write it in one to three sentences. What was chosen. What it replaces, if anything. One sentence of reason.
- Name the source. The meeting, the thread or the person.
- Record it on the subject's door.
- Do not repeat it as a message. The record shows on the subject. One line, never two.
Rules
- A decision you inferred is not a decision. Record only what someone stated.
- To change a settled decision, record a new decision that names the old one. Do not edit history.
On Starlings
| Step | Tool |
|---|---|
| Record | record_decision |
| Ask instead, when nobody decided | ask_decision |
| Read earlier decisions | now (decisions_answered), open on the subject |
Install: SKILL.md · Source: standard/skills/record-a-decision/SKILL.md · Apache-2.0