# Decision Log

> 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.

- Skill: `garphengate/decision-log` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add garphengate/decision-log`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/garphengate/decision-log/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: GarphenGate (https://skillmd.com/u/garphengate)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/garphengate/decision-log

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# 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

1. **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 | 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.

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*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*