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Decision Log

Journalbuilt-in

Four-prompt decision log. Useful for architecture decisions, product choices, or anything you want to be able to look back on.

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WHAT IT DOES

  • —The decision
  • —Options considered
  • —Why this one
  • —Context

TRIGGERS

decisiondecision list / decision history

DATA

local only
// ~/.clyde/journal/decision.json
[
  {
    "date": "2026-03-06T09:14:00Z",
    "template": "decision",
    "fields": {
      "decision": "Use Postgres over SQLite for the registry",
      "options": "SQLite (simple), Postgres (scalable), PlanetScale (managed)",
      "why": "Need concurrent writes and row-level locking at scale",
      "context": "Registry will have community submissions via PRs"
    }
  }
]

Entries are stored as JSON files at ~/.clyde/journal/<template>.json—one file per template, array of entries with date and field values. Nothing is sent to a server. No account required.

This is a built-in Clyde command. No installation required—it ships with every copy of the app.