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Audit Trail

By doncheli· doncheli/don-cheli-sdd· 0

Record and query project decisions with timestamps, rationale, and consequences.

Installation

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When Claude uses it

Record and query the decision log for a project. Activate when user mentions "audit", "trail", "log decisions", "decision history", "why was this decided", "ADR", "architecture decision".

What this skill does

Don Cheli: Audit Trail

Instructions

  1. Maintain a structured decision log at .dc/decisiones.md
  2. When invoked to record a decision:
    • Extract: decision title, date, context, options considered, chosen option, rationale, consequences
    • Append as a new ADR-style entry (numbered, never edited after creation)
    • Tag with: [technical | product | process | security]
  3. When invoked to query the log:
    • Accept a keyword or topic and return matching entries
    • Show: decision ID, date, title, one-line summary, and link to full entry
  4. When invoked to review a past decision:
    • Find the entry, show full context, and ask if a superseding decision should be recorded
    • Never overwrite the original — only append a "Superseded by ADR-XXX" note
  5. Surface related decisions automatically when the user is working on a feature that has prior ADRs
  6. Each entry is immutable once committed — audit integrity is the primary constraint

Output Format

## ADR-007 — 2026-03-28

**Title:** Use PostgreSQL over MongoDB for user data
**Tags:** [technical] [database]
**Status:** Accepted

### Context
Needed a persistence layer for structured user profiles with relational queries.

### Options Considered
- MongoDB: flexible schema, horizontal scale
- PostgreSQL: ACID, relational queries, mature ecosystem

### Decision
PostgreSQL — relational guarantees outweigh schema flexibility for this use case.

### Consequences
- Migrations required for schema changes
- Scales vertically before needing sharding

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