Recording Architecture Decisions

Purpose

Record durable architecture decisions without losing the current-state baseline closure. An ADR records why a decision was made; a baseline records what the architecture is after that decision.

This skill is a lazy, task-specific workflow. It does not replace verification-before-completion, does not grant completion authority, and does not make authoritative GateDecision or PolicySnapshot outputs.

Required Read Set

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