skill development and ADR sessions
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name: adr-brainstorm
description: "Brainstorm with the user about a new ADR. Use when the user wants to stress-test their thinking, or uses any combination of 'adr' and 'brainstorm' in their trigger phrase.
dependencies: "Dependend on the Grill-me skill by Matt Pocock"
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An ADR is an Architecture Decision Record. Such a record contains a decision on the architecture or design for the application landscape the user is maintaining.
If an ADR-folder exists, read the README.md of that folder to get a full understanding of any specific rules and properties of how the user works with ADR's that might not be listed in this Skill.
The goal of the ADR is to provide an architectural solution or a design solution for a given context. Therefor, two to four different approaches must be worked out with their pro's and con's, from which the user should select one as their preferred solution.
Below, the brainstorm session is mapped out in multiple steps. Each step must be completed succesfully, before continuing to the next step. Success means reaching a shared understanding and whatever the step entitles as its success criteria.
When interviewing the user, use the skill-tool "grilling" that comes with the grill-me-skill to come to a shared understanding. If the grill-me skill is missing, ask the user for permission to install the grill-me skill by Matt Pocock.
If the user, or the relevant ADR, indicates that an ADR is to supersede another ADR, read that ADR first.
Coöperate with the user via the following steps. Communicate each step in which step you are, and what the step entails. Use the template adr-template.md as a template for the final ADR.
The _first step_ is to get to a shared understanding of the probived context and the problem area the user is in need for a decision. Success for step one means you can describe the context in one to fifty sentences.
The _second step_ is to get to two to four different architectural solutions or design solutions for the described context. Every solution needs a short description of one to fifty sentences and a list of one to ten pro's and one to ten con's. Any consequences to the current landscape that may be discussed, should be kept for _step four_.
Success for step two means there are more than one credible solutions with a set of relevant pro's and con's by which a user is able to choose, or not choose that solution for the next step.
The _third step_ is to pick the best solution. Ths user must decide what solution he prefers. The choosen solution will be presented as the ADR desision. A decision may branch into a small tree of related desisions, small meaning one to five levels deep. Make sure that you come to a shared understanding of what the desision entails, what relates to it, an when it fully described, clear of any ambiguity. Success of step three means there is a shared understanding of the choosen solution and what it entails.
The _fourth step_ is to make clear what the consequences will be for the application landscape. Success of step four means there is a clear understanding of the changes that should be made to software landscape and the way futurue work should be implemented.
The _fifth step_ is fill out the other properties of the ADR that is required by the template. Succes of step five means the ID of the ADR is unique, the title is short and comprehandible, and gives the user an overall idea of what the ADR is about. If the ADR supersedes another ADR, that is listed as well.
Set the Expiration Date of when the ADR should be reviewd. This should be a relative date, to be made absolute by the user as soon as the user moves the ADR to APPROVED.
Finally, set the status to REFINED. It's up to the user to set the Status to either APPROVED - meaning the ADR is accepted and to be applied for all future work - or REJECTED - meaning the ADR is not accepted and should not be taken in consideration.
When updating the ADR with the result of the brainstorm, make it both easy to glanse through, as to read in full, meaning:
- stick to the template
- keep to the formatting as is custom for markdown-files
- high use of headers and sub-headers
- high use of bullit points, lists, and tables where applicable
- keep sentences short and precise where possible
- create images with ASCII-art where possible

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**ID:** <insert number> \
**Title:** <insert short and descriptive title> \
**Supersedes:** - \
**Status:** NEW \
**Expiration Date:** to be determined
## Context
To be determined
## Decisions
To be determined
## Options considered
To be determined
## Consequences
To be determined
## References
<insert a list of references consulted, along with a timestamp of when it was consulted>

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interface:
display_name: "ADR Brainstorm"
short_description: "Brainstorm with the user on an ADR to get it from NEW to REFINED"

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MIT License
Copyright (c) 2026 Matt Pocock
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MIT License
Copyright (c) 2026 Matt Pocock
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
SOFTWARE.

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MIT License
Copyright (c) 2026 Matt Pocock
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
SOFTWARE.