# Decision: [the choice]

## Status and authority
- Status: [proposed, agreed or superseded]
- Decision maker: [who can agree this choice]
- Contributors: [whose input was considered]
- Decision date: [complete when agreed]
- Affected work: [access-checked links]

## Context
[The problem, known facts and constraints that make this choice necessary]

## Options and tradeoffs
For each realistic option:
- Option: [approach]
- Benefit: [why it could help]
- Cost or limitation: [what it requires or gives up]
- Evidence: [source, or clearly marked assumption]

## Decision and reason
- Chosen option: [complete only when agreed]
- Reason: [why it fits the facts and constraints]
- Uncertainty: [what remains unknown]

## Consequences and follow-up
- What changes: [practical effect on people or systems]
- Required work: [actions, agreed owners and links]
- What we accept: [a limitation or risk, and who agreed]

## Revisit when
[A concrete change, signal or review point that should reopen this choice]

## Sources and later changes
[Current source versions; link a replacement decision rather than silently rewriting history]