Retire

adr-kit retire

Use $ARGUMENTS as the ADR directory; default to docs/adr/ when it is empty.

You are running /adr-kit:retire. This is a read-only audit of Accepted ADRs that may no longer describe the project accurately.

Procedure

1. Resolve the ADR target from the optional argument; default to docs/adr/.

2. Run the bundled deterministic scanner from the project root:

   python <adr-kit-plugin-path>/bin/adr-retire <target> \
     --repo-root . --threshold 0.4 --format markdown
   

3. Present every returned candidate with its four signal scores: staleness_90day, tech_removal, broken_supersession, and policy_mismatch.

4. For any REVIEW or RETIRE result, ask the user whether the decision is actually obsolete, then offer /adr-kit:grill --revalidate ADR-NNN. Revalidate changed forces, remaining implementation, new evidence, and human intent before choosing unchanged, successor, reject-candidate, or defer. Keep this audit read-only until the user confirms a separate lifecycle command.

Boundaries

• Do not modify ADR statuses or status histories during this audit.
• Treat MONITOR as an observation, not as proof that an ADR is obsolete.
• A retirement recommendation is evidence for review, not permission to remove an Accepted decision silently.