# ADR archive — see `docs/adr/`

This project already keeps a mature, permanent ADR archive at
[`../../docs/adr/`](../../docs/adr/) (40+ records, format `NNN-kebab-title.md`). SDD does
**not** introduce a second archive — that would split the project's decision history in two.

## Where ADRs live

- **Project-wide decisions** → [`docs/adr/NNN-kebab-title.md`](../../docs/adr/). Use the
  next free `NNN` (verify against the directory on disk — parallel worktrees make
  issue-body numbers stale). Template: [`../templates/adr.md`](../templates/adr.md).
- **The decision to adopt SDD itself** →
  [`docs/adr/042-sdd-adoption.md`](../../docs/adr/042-sdd-adoption.md) (this is the
  "ADR-000" the SDD scaffold calls for, numbered to fit the existing sequence).
- **Feature-local decisions** that are only meaningful within one in-flight feature →
  beside that feature's spec, e.g.
  [`../features/_example/adr-001-avatars-reuse-archive-bucket.md`](../features/_example/adr-001-avatars-reuse-archive-bucket.md).
  Promote one to `docs/adr/` if its reach turns out to be project-wide.

## Rules (unchanged from the existing convention)

- An ADR is **immutable once `Accepted`** — supersede it with a new, higher-numbered ADR;
  set the old one's status to `Superseded by ADR-MMM`.
- Header style matches the existing archive: `# ADR-NNN — Title`, then
  `**Status:** / **Date:** / **Issue:**`.
