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adr

An architecture decision record: context, the decision, its consequences and status, with links to the records it supersedes or is superseded by.

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# ADR

**Intent.** A short, permanent record of one decision, read months later by someone asking why the system is the way it is. One decision per record.

## Ground it

Write only what the sources say. Gather them yourself before writing a word:

- the code that embodies the decision, and the discussion behind it (issues, PRs, design docs the user names);
- existing ADRs in the repo (`docs/adr/`, `docs/decisions/`, `adr/`): match their numbering and find the ones this supersedes.

Keep the list of files, commits and refs you read: they go in a **Sources** section at the bottom of the page and in `sources` when you register (`register_open_design_artifact` with kind `html`). If something the document needs isn't in the sources, ask the user, or mark it plainly as an open question. Never invent numbers, dates, names or quotes.

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