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jpmschweitzerandClaude Opus 4.6 2d03776365 docs(decisions): amend D-138 with Spike 1 findings
- Tell-variant caching: 6→length-gated (short=neutral only, medium=3,
  long=6). 2B model produces identical output across tell states on
  short lines — confirmed across two test rounds.
- Composition-engine occasional injections: oath vocabulary, faith
  expressions etc. controlled by prompt generator frequency, not model.
  Systemic pattern for any culture marker that should appear occasionally.
- NI-1/NI-5 culture-gated: religious language and Earth-origin markers
  are per-culture injector constraints, not universal bans. Cultural
  heritage from colonization history is intentional. Earth is not lost.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-03-07 15:45:45 +01:00
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Decisions

Confirmed decisions, open questions, and rejected alternatives for The Settled Reach.

Decisions are split by domain. Each agent's briefing indicates which files to read. When in doubt about where a decision belongs: if it constrains how we build, it's architecture. If it defines what we build, it's scope. If it defines what the player experiences, it's content or perception. If it defines how the team works, it's process.

Cross-domain decisions live in one file with cross-reference notes in related files. Split threshold: when any file exceeds ~350 lines, review whether it should split.

Domain Files

File Domain Decisions
architecture.md Technical foundation D-008, D-009, D-010, D-012, D-020, D-026, D-030, D-031, D-041, D-042, D-054, D-055, D-066, D-068, D-073, D-085, D-088, D-094, D-096, D-097, D-099, D-100, D-101, D-102, D-103, D-106, D-108, D-109, D-113, D-133, D-134, D-135, D-136, D-137
perception.md Player observation D-011, D-015, D-016, D-017, D-018, D-019, D-033, D-035, D-043, D-044, D-045, D-046, D-047, D-048, D-049, D-052, D-056, D-057, D-058, D-059, D-060, D-061, D-067, D-069, D-070, D-071, D-072, D-076, D-077, D-078, D-086
content.md NPC, dialogue, templates D-023, D-024, D-025, D-028, D-029, D-032, D-034, D-035, D-036, D-037, D-050, D-062, D-063, D-064, D-074, D-075, D-084, D-090, D-092, D-093, D-095, D-098, D-104, D-105, D-107, D-121, D-122, D-123, D-124, D-125, D-126, D-127, D-128, D-129, D-130, D-131, D-132, D-138
scope.md Game concept, prototype D-001, D-003, D-005, D-006, D-007, D-013, D-014, D-027, D-038, D-039, D-051, D-053, D-065, D-087, D-089, D-091, D-114, D-115, D-116, D-117, D-118, D-119, D-120
process.md Team, workflow D-004, D-021, D-022, D-040
questions.md Open questions (index) Q-001 through Q-054
questions-architecture.md Technical questions Q-001, Q-006, Q-009, Q-018Q-023, Q-029, Q-030, Q-046
questions-perception.md Observation questions Q-003, Q-014, Q-016, Q-024Q-026, Q-051, Q-053, Q-054
questions-content.md Narrative questions Q-010, Q-012Q-015, Q-017, Q-028, Q-031, Q-033, Q-040Q-050, Q-052
questions-scope.md Scope questions Q-002, Q-004, Q-005, Q-007, Q-008, Q-011, Q-027, Q-032, Q-034Q-039
rejected.md Rejected alternatives R-001 through R-010

Querying Decisions

The SQLite database contains a decisions table synced from these files. Common queries:

# All active architecture decisions
tooling/db/sqlite-query "SELECT id, title FROM decisions WHERE domain='architecture' AND status='active'"

# Decisions without implementing tickets
make decisions-orphan

# Decision coverage by domain
make decisions-coverage

Adding a Decision

  1. Edit the appropriate domain file
  2. Follow the existing format (### D-NNN: Title heading)
  3. Commit — the pre-commit hook runs decisions-sync automatically
  4. Update relevant agent briefings if needed

Maintained by Qatux.