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decision-forensics

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Reconstruct the decision actually made in a messy Slack, email, or meeting thread into a proper decision record — commitments named, silent assumptions surfaced, non-decisions called out. Use when asked what did we actually decide, turn this thread into a decision record, who committed to what, or reconstruct this discussion. Produces a decision record with quoted evidence, a commitments table, reconstructed assumptions, dismissed options, and a confidence note on the reconstruction itself.

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# Decision Forensics Skill

Most decisions are never stated — they precipitate out of a thread and everyone leaves with a different memory of them. This skill is the forensic pass: what was actually decided (if anything), who committed to what, and which disagreements got papered over rather than resolved. (To *write* a fresh decision going forward, use `architecture-decision-record`; this skill reconstructs one from the wreckage.)

## What This Skill Produces

- **The decision, stated cleanly** — one sentence, even though nobody ever said it in one sentence — or the finding "no decision was reached"
- **The commitments table** — who agreed to do what, with the quote that binds them
- **Reconstructed assumptions** — what everyone silently took as true, labeled as reconstructed
- **Dismissed options and papered-over questions** — what was set aside, and what was never actually resolved
- **A confidence note** — how solid this reconstruction is and where it's guessing

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