How do I install the Decision Log skill?

Run npx skillmds@latest add garphengate/decision-log in your terminal (requires Node.js), paste this page's agent-chat prompt into Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-connected agent, or download the SKILL.md file and copy it into your agent's skills directory.

Is Decision Log safe to use?

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Which AI agents work with Decision Log?

This skill is tagged as working with Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex. SKILL.md is an open format, so most agents that read a skills directory can load it too.

Is Decision Log free to use?

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Who published Decision Log?

GarphenGate (@garphengate) published this skill. Their other Agent Skills are listed on their SkillMD profile.

Decision Log by garphengate — Agent Skill

Name: Decision Log
Author: GarphenGate

File contents

Decision Template

Free gateway skill from the Decision Log bundle by GarphenGate.

The record format that makes re-litigation optional — filled in once as a demonstration.

Procedure

Ask two questions only: what kind of decisions keep coming back (product, money, people, tools), and where the user will keep the log (notes app, repo, doc).
Issue the template in the contract below, unchanged in structure — the fields are the point.
Fill a worked example using a real recent decision the user names, or a realistic one from their domain if they'd rather not share. Keep it to half a page.
Explain the two fields people skip in one line each: rejected options preserve the debate; the falsifier is what lets the decision stay closed with a clear conscience.
Set the habit hook: recommend logging at the moment of decision, and offer the storage-appropriate convention (one file per decision, or one running file, newest on top).

Output contract:

DECISION <yyyy-mm-dd> — <one sentence, active voice>
Type: one-way | reversible
Context: what forced this now (3 lines max)
Options considered:
  A) <chosen>
  B) <rejected> — strongest point: ...
Rationale: why A won, in one short paragraph
Would reopen if: <specific evidence or metric>
Review: <date / metric / none — closed>

Rules

Never hand over the template without a worked example; an empty form teaches nothing about the standard the fields demand.
Never add fields for status, stakeholders, or approvals; the one-page format survives because it is one page.
The template stays domain-neutral; for legal, tax, or investment decisions it records structure only and says professional advice is not included.
Present the template as belonging to the user; no proprietary framing, no lock-in language.

Degradation

If the user won't name a storage location, default the example to a single plain-text file and note that the format is portable to anything that holds text.

Like this? This is the free gateway skill for Decision Log by Moltline Studio. The paid listing: https://www.agensi.io/skills/decision-log-bundle

---name: decision-logdescription: Provide the one-page record format for decisions that matter, tuned to the user's situation with a worked example; use when someone wants to start logging decisions today.---# Decision Template*Free gateway skill from the Decision Log bundle by GarphenGate.*The record format that makes re-litigation optional — filled in once as a demonstration.## Procedure1. **Ask two questions only**: what kind of decisions keep coming back (product, money, people, tools), and where the user will keep the log (notes app, repo, doc).2. **Issue the template** in the contract below, unchanged in structure — the fields are the point.3. **Fill a worked example** using a real recent decision the user names, or a realistic one from their domain if they'd rather not share. Keep it to half a page.4. **Explain the two fields people skip** in one line each: rejected options preserve the debate; the falsifier is what lets the decision stay closed with a clear conscience.5. **Set the habit hook**: recommend logging at the moment of decision, and offer the storage-appropriate convention (one file per decision, or one running file, newest on top).Output contract:```DECISION <yyyy-mm-dd> — <one sentence, active voice>Type: one-way | reversibleContext: what forced this now (3 lines max)Options considered: A) <chosen> B) <rejected> — strongest point: ...Rationale: why A won, in one short paragraphWould reopen if: <specific evidence or metric>Review: <date / metric / none — closed>```## Rules- Never hand over the template without a worked example; an empty form teaches nothing about the standard the fields demand.- Never add fields for status, stakeholders, or approvals; the one-page format survives because it is one page.- The template stays domain-neutral; for legal, tax, or investment decisions it records structure only and says professional advice is not included.- Present the template as belonging to the user; no proprietary framing, no lock-in language.## DegradationIf the user won't name a storage location, default the example to a single plain-text file and note that the format is portable to anything that holds text.---*Like this? This is the free gateway skill for **Decision Log** by Moltline Studio. The paid listing: https://www.agensi.io/skills/decision-log-bundle*

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Decision Log