Architecture Decision Records

Audience: Architects, technical leadership, contributors

WHAT

Index of Architecture Decision Records (ADRs) capturing significant design decisions, their context, and consequences.

WHY

ADRs preserve the reasoning behind architectural choices so future contributors understand constraints and trade-offs without re-discovering them.

HOW

Format

Each ADR follows the structure:

1. Title — Short descriptive name

2. Status — Proposed

   Accepted

   Deprecated

   Superseded

3. Context — What prompted the decision
4. Decision — What was decided
5. Consequences — Trade-offs and implications

Naming Convention

NNN-short_description.md

Example: 001-modular_command_dispatcher.md

Records

No ADRs recorded yet. Add new records as architectural decisions are made.