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Pick the Right Template

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Choose the right document shape and fetch only that one — decision record, postmortem, spec, or release notes

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Choose the correct document shape and fetch only that one — architecture decision, incident postmortem, product spec, or release notes. Use before drafting any of these.

Pick the right template

Work out which shape you are writing, then fetch only that one:

  • An architecture or technology decision → @aisd-ref:adr-template
  • An incident writeup → @aisd-ref:postmortem-template
  • A product spec → @aisd-ref:prd-template
  • Release notes for a version → @aisd-ref:release-notes-template

Each of those resolves to a title and an aisd://item/<id> handle. Call get_item with that id to read the shape you need, fill it in, and emit it. Do not fetch the others.

Why these are named, not pasted

@aisd:<slug> pastes an item in. @aisd-ref:<slug> names it and leaves it for you to fetch.

Pasting all four shapes here would put every one of them in front of you each time you write a single document. Naming them costs four lines and you read only the one you are using. Pasting is the right choice when the content is needed every time — see the four Template items themselves for that.

If your team keeps its own copy of one of these templates under the same name, that copy wins: you get your house format without anyone editing this skill.

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