auto-decision-framework
Auto-Decision Framework
Audience: Engineers running multi-step planning workflows who want fewer interruptions without losing oversight.
Goal: Reduce 15-30 intermediate questions to 3-5 that actually need human judgment, while maintaining a full audit trail of automated decisions.
When to Apply
Apply this framework when orchestrating any multi-step planning workflow where intermediate decisions would otherwise interrupt the user repeatedly. The workflow must still perform full analysis at each step — auto-decision replaces the user's answer, not the analysis.
Compatible workflows: blueprint, PRD, refactor-plan, architecture planning, or any custom multi-phase planning process.
Do not apply this framework to code review, quality gates, autonomous build/ship workflows, or any flow with an existing verdict/status contract.
The 6 Decision Principles
Use these to auto-answer intermediate questions. When principles conflict, use the tiebreaker rules below.