decidelisted

# Decide Turn a fork in the road into a clear, logged decision — reasoning visible, and the way you'd know you were wrong stated up front. ## When to run - A real choice with stakes (a tradeoff, a hire, a vendor, a direction, a bet). - After `/structure` surfaces a "Decision needed." ## The output (always this shape) ``` ## Decision — <the question> · <date> **Context** — why this is on the table now (2–3 lines). **Options** — each with its main upside + main cost/risk (include "do nothing"). **Criteria** — what actually matters here, ranked. **Recommendation** — the call + the why, in one paragraph. **Falsifier** — what we'd later see that would prove this was the wrong call (Verification Gate). **Reversibility** — one-way or two-way door? (two-way → decide fast and move). **Owner / next step** — who does what, by when. ``` ## Process 1. **Frame the real question.** Strip to the actual choice (`/structure` if fuzzy). Name what is *not* being decided. 2. **Lay out options honestly** — including "do nothing." Each gets a real upside and a real cost. No strawmen. 3. **Make criteria explicit and ranked** — most decisions go wrong because the criteria were never named. 4. **Recommend.** Take a position with the reasoning. State the **falsifier** and the **reversibility** (two-way doors don't deserve one-way-door deliberation). 5. **Verify the inputs (Verification Gate).** Any fact or number the decision rests on → trace to source; flag unknowns as risks, don't paper over them