{
 "schema_version": 1,
 "generated": "2026-10-26",
 "id": "isaachinman-encephalon--record-team-decisions-for-agents",
 "repo": "isaachinman/encephalon",
 "repo_url": "https://github.com/isaachinman/encephalon",
 "repo_slug": "isaachinman-encephalon",
 "title": "Record a team decision that future agents can find",
 "page_title": "How to record a team decision that future agents can find with Encephalon",
 "summary": "Store a decision as a Git-tracked record and find it again with compact search.",
 "who": "A developer or tech lead who has just settled an architecture or API choice and wants coding agents to respect it in later tasks.",
 "problem": "Decisions made in one task get lost between agent sessions, so later agents re-decide the same questions.",
 "outcome": "The decision is saved as a repository-local record that search returns to any agent working in the repo.",
 "steps": [
  "Run `npm install --save-dev encephalon` at the Git repository root.",
  "Run `npx --no-install encephalon init` to create the baseline and the managed block in AGENTS.md and CLAUDE.md.",
  "Run `npx --no-install encephalon add --id auth-tokens --kind decision --subject api.authentication --source agent --data '{\"summary\":\"Use signed bearer tokens\",\"rationale\":[\"Support non-browser clients\"]}' --text 'authentication tokens'` to record the decision.",
  "Run `npx --no-install encephalon search --compact 'authentication tokens'` to confirm the record is found.",
  "Commit the new records and the instruction file changes with your normal Git workflow."
 ],
 "agent_prompt": "In the repository <repo-path>, install Encephalon as a dev dependency, run init, then add one decision record about <decision topic> using a new ID. Expected output: JSON from compact search that includes the new record ID. Verify that the search for a term from the decision returns that ID.",
 "agents": [
  "any"
 ],
 "difficulty": "Intermediate",
 "time": "15 minutes",
 "basis": "readme",
 "caveat": "Records are repository-local and travel with Git, so the package adds no hosted storage, accounts or access control.",
 "category": "Software and DevOps",
 "tags": [
  "Software and DevOps"
 ],
 "lang": "typescript",
 "requirements": [
  "Node.js 24.22.1 or later on Linux, macOS or Windows",
  "A Git repository, with a package-manager layout that exposes node_modules/encephalon at the repository root",
  "npm to install the package",
  "A terminal or agent with shell access to the repository"
 ],
 "risk": "none",
 "seen_in_the_wild": false,
 "mentioned_publicly": false,
 "risks": [],
 "best": true,
 "score": 1.0,
 "evidence": [],
 "url": "https://dedupedai.com/use-cases/isaachinman-encephalon/record-team-decisions-for-agents/",
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