Decision Log
Benchmarked against: Anthropic — (No direct equivalent — SuperPortia governance feature) Storage: Cloud UB (tagged:
decision,captain-approved) Format: HITL Decision Format (Constitution, Section 11)
All major decisions in SuperPortia are recorded as Decision Records in the Universal Brain. This page indexes the most important Captain-approved decisions.
Decision record format
Every decision follows the structured HITL format:
Q: [Question requiring decision]
Options:
A) [Option A with implications]
B) [Option B with implications]
C) [Option C with implications]
Recommendation: [Agent's recommendation with rationale]
Captain Decision: [What was decided and why]
After approval, the decision is ingested to UB with tags: decision, [project], captain-approved.
Strategic decisions
| Date | Decision | Impact | UB Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-27 | Dual Agentic Lines — Both Claude (30%) and LangGraph (70%) in parallel, not pick one | Fundamental architecture: mutual rescue, non-dogmatic sharing | Search: "dual agentic lines" |
| 2026-02-27 | Engine selection principle — Minimum cost that gets the job done RIGHT, not cheapest possible | Engine routing: free for trivial, quality for important | Search: "engine selection principle" |
| 2026-02-27 | Line 1 is pioneer — Agent Anatomy 13 Components = Line 1 blueprint, Line 2 implements it | Causal relationship: L1 designs, L2 builds | Search: "line 1 pioneer" |
Infrastructure decisions
| Date | Decision | Impact | UB Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-01 | Cloud UB unified — Single Cloud UB for all ships, local UB deprecated | All ships share one brain, no more data fragmentation | ub-96dbb9947a3c |
| 2026-02-28 | English-only UB — All ingestion in English | Cross-agent consistency, better embedding quality | Search: "english UB" |
| 2026-03-01 | WO System v4.0 — Transition gates + RBAC | Mandatory fields enforced by system, not discipline | Search: "WO v4.0 captain" |
| 2026-02-25 | Dual-machine monitoring — SS1 and SS2 monitor each other | Resilience: not single-direction watchdog | Search: "dual machine monitoring" |
Operational decisions
| Date | Decision | Impact | UB Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-01 | Onboarding via Cloud UB — New agents check Cloud UB, not local files | Fleet-wide knowledge access, not ship-specific | Search: "onboarding cloud UB" |
| 2026-03-01 | Tool enforcement over discipline — Use hooks/gates to enforce rules, not just policies | Tech freshness, Pre-Flight Check enforced by PreToolUse hooks | Search: "tool enforcement" |
| 2026-03-01 | Session handoff via UB — Unfinished todos saved to Cloud UB, not mailbox | Reliable cross-session persistence | ub-7c698cb60299 |
| 2026-02-25 | No MVP — Build complete versions, not MVPs | MVP tracking has historically failed | Search: "no MVP" |
Process decisions
| Date | Decision | Impact | UB Entry |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-18 | Agent-to-agent first — Agents align before presenting to Captain (HOTL) | Captain not pulled into every micro-decision | Search: "agent agent alignment" |
| 2026-02-18 | Know, not believe — Agents know company rules, not "believe in" them | Compliance, not culture indoctrination | Search: "know not believe" |
| 2026-03-01 | Conventional Commits — Simple repo-local scopes, no registry needed | Cross-repo dedup via UB metadata tags | ub-2a606034dae8 |
How to search decisions
# Search for all decisions
search_brain(query="decision captain-approved")
# Search for specific topic
search_brain(query="decision engine selection")
# Browse decision category
search_by_category(category="knowledge", subcategory="decision-record")
Decision process
Related pages
| Page | Relationship |
|---|---|
| Resources Overview | Resource categories |
| Specs Catalog | Formal specifications |
| 66s Review | Decision review methodology |