ki-decision-recordslisted
Install: claude install-skill knowledgeislands/ki-agentic-harness
# Knowledge Islands Decision Records standard
You are applying the **Knowledge Islands Decision Records standard** — how Decision Records are written, named, maintained, and indexed in any Knowledge Islands repo, code or KB. DRs are the single instrument for significant standalone decisions; each `decision_type` has its own prefix so the kind of decision is readable from the filename alone. The full format with rationale lives in [the Decision Records standard](references/standards-decision-records.md); the line-by-line checkable criteria live in [the generated rubric](references/rubric.md); the canonical sources are in [the source list](references/sources.md).
## What this skill owns
1. **The format standard** — required YAML frontmatter (ID, title, date, maintenance status, `decision_type`, and `decision_type_url`), Nygard body sections (Title, Context, Decision, Consequences), and the optional `## References` section, with exact writing guidance (active voice for Decision, value-neutral Context). A DR is a concise, self-contained **living present-state record**: edit it in place, without historical narrative, a supersession chain, or changelog.
2. **The prefix table** — nine type-specific prefixes, one per `decision_type`:
| Prefix | `decision_type` |
| ------ | --------------- |
| `SDR-` | `strategy` |
| `PDR-` | `product` |
| `ADR-` | `architecture` |
| `DDR-` | `data` |
| `XDR-` | `security` |
| `ODR-` | `operations`