Architecture Decision Records
Why an AI decision expires in weeks, the one field that reopens it (a trigger you can watch), an eight-field record, and one worked provider decision priced at 2026-10-08 list prices; the other two decisions shrink to one-line records that link their owners.
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After this section you can
- Write a decision record with the eight fields and a trigger a monitor can check.
- Choose a trigger that stays right when prices change: a ratio, not a fixed volume or dollar line.
- Supersede a record when its trigger fires, instead of editing it.
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Architecture Decision Records
Write each AI decision as a numbered record with a revisit trigger a monitor can check, then supersede the record when the trigger fires.
Key idea
An AI decision expires on a schedule you do not set: a retirement comes with at least 60 days' notice. Give each decision a trigger a monitor can check, and supersede the record when it fires.
A record ages: its trigger fires, and a new record supersedes it
Blue input, purple record, teal trigger, amber decision, green outcome. Pans sideways on a phone.