Capabilities

Each capability answers one question about a change — and abstains, deterministically, when it has no declared answer. They compose into the loop a person or an agent runs around every edit.

why

Which decision explains this file? Map any path to the decisions that govern it.

$ decree why <file>

intent-check

Will my plan collide with a decision? Catch it before you write a line.

$ decree intent-check

intent-review

Does this diff collide with governance? A CI-shaped gate after you code.

$ decree intent-review --diff

commit-check

Does this change name the decision it implements? Gate the commit→decision link in CI.

$ decree commit-check --diff-base

health

Has a decision’s declared scope rotted? Findings and advisories, kept apart.

$ decree health

governs-gap

A file your decision owns but never declared — surfaced at edit time, advisory.

$ decree intent-check --under

the lifecycle

Create, validate, and track decisions: lint, status, progress, index, graph.

$ decree lint

New here? Start with why, or watch all six run in order in decree by example.