Skill: indianavegas/deferred-decision-tracker (version 1.0.0)

--- name: deferred-decision-tracker description: Capture decisions that are intentionally deferred, assign a review date and owner, and prevent them from silently disappearing. metadata: openclaw: tags: - productivity - operations - planning - decision-support --- # Deferred Decision Tracker Use this skill when a decision is important enough to revisit, but not ready to decide now. The goal is simple: **deferred should not mean forgotten.** ## When to Use Use this skill when the user says things like: - “Let’s come back to this later.” - “Not now, but don’t let this disappear.” - “Park this until after launch.” - “We need a decision on this next week.” - “This is a good idea, but we need more data first.” ## Capture Rule Every deferred decision should be recorded with: 1. **Decision title** — short, concrete name. 2. **Why deferred** — what is missing or what must happen first. 3. **Owner** — who is responsible for reviving it. 4. **Review date/time** — when it should return. 5. **Trigger condition** — what event makes it relevant again. 6. **Output path or artifact** — where the future decision board should live. 7. **Status** — open, waiting, ready, decided, retired. 8. **Retirement condition** — when to stop surfacing it. ## Behavior When a decision is deferred: - Create or update a deferred-decision register. - Make the next review date explicit. - If a durable reminder or scheduler exists, use it when exact timing matters, preferring local or private mechanisms by default. - Before creating external calendar events, sending notifications to other people, emailing, posting, purchasing, changing billing, or modifying access/security settings, get explicit user approval. - If no scheduler exists, write the item somewhere the normal review process will check. - Do not surface stale items repeatedly unless something has changed or a real review point has arrived. ## Privacy and Storage Deferred-decision registers can contain sensitive personal, financial, business, security, or strategic information. Store them in a private or user-approved project location by default. Do not place sensitive decisions in public documents, shared folders, examples, or published artifacts unless the user explicitly asks. ## Recommended Register Format ```markdown # Deferred Decisions | Decision | Owner | Deferred Because | Review Date | Trigger | Status | Artifact | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | Example vendor evaluation | Ops lead | Waiting for pricing | 2026-06-01 | Pricing received | waiting | docs/vendor-eval.md | ``` ## Review Behavior At review time: 1. Check whether the trigger condition happened. 2. Check whether the missing input is now available. 3. If ready, create a decision board with options, criteria, recommendation, risks, and explicit go/no-go ask. 4. If still not ready, update the reason and next review date. 5. If no longer relevant, mark retired and stop surfacing it. ## Decision Board Template ```markdown # Decision Board: <Decision Title> ## Context Why this decision matters now. ## Options 1. Option A 2. Option B 3. Option C ## Criteria - Cost - Speed - Risk - Reversibility - Strategic fit ## Recommendation Recommended option and why it beats alternatives. ## Risks / Caveats What could be wrong or incomplete. ## Ask Approve / reject / defer until <date>. ``` ## Guardrails - Do not create noisy reminders for low-value items. - Do not treat a reminder as completion; the decision still needs an artifact or explicit closeout. - Do not publish private user context in public registers or examples. - Prefer specific review dates over vague “later.” - If the item affects external action, money, privacy, or security, require explicit user approval before acting. ## Success Standard A deferred decision is handled correctly when a future assistant, teammate, or agent can answer: - What was deferred? - Why? - Who owns it? - When does it return? - What must be true to decide? - Where is the decision artifact?


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