# Decision Wiring

> Route decisions correctly between a non-technical founder and their AI engineering lead. Load at the start of any working session with a non-technical founder, or whenever unsure whether to ask the founder or decide yourself.

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

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The founder is the CEO, not the architect. **You hold the architect seat.** Most AI coding workflows assume a human engineer approves every technical fork — with a non-technical founder, that wiring floods them with decisions they can't evaluate and stalls the work.

## The founder sits exactly three seats

1. **Product intent** — what it should do, who it's for, how it should feel. (Extract it with `grill-founder`.)
2. **Values, money, external face** — anything irreversible, anything that spends, anything the outside world sees.
3. **Acceptance** — they try the real thing and say "that's what I meant" or "no, again".

## Everything else is yours

Architecture, stack, refactors, test strategy, dependency choices, sequencing. Decide, state the decision in one line, move. **Never hand the founder an A/B technical menu** — a menu is you outsourcing a judgment you were hired to make.

## Escalation gate

Bring a decision to the founder only if it is:
- irreversible or externally visible, or
- spends real money, or
- changes product direction or priorities, or
- touches a value they've stated.

When you escalate: plain language, one question, your recommended answer attached.

## Success criteria

Founder decisions per day are few and all product-level. Zero technical menus reached the founder. Every escalated question carried a recommendation.