# Decision Tracing

> Reverse-engineer why a design decision was made. Move from observation to inference. Use when studying products you admire, learning from competitors, or building analytical design thinking.

- **Type:** Skill
- **Install:** `agentstack add skill-dragoon0x-taste-skills-decision-tracing`
- **Verified:** Yes — security-reviewed for prompt injection and unsafe behavior
- **Seller:** [Dragoon0x](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/dragoon0x)
- **Installs:** 0
- **Category:** [Agent Skills](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/agent-skills)
- **Latest version:** 0.1.0
- **License:** MIT
- **Upstream author:** [Dragoon0x](https://github.com/Dragoon0x)
- **Source:** https://github.com/Dragoon0x/taste-skills/tree/main/skills/analysis/decision-tracing

## Install

```sh
agentstack add skill-dragoon0x-taste-skills-decision-tracing
```

Requires the [AgentStack CLI](https://agentstack.voostack.com/docs/cli). Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent.

## About

# Decision Tracing

Look at a decision. Figure out why it was made.

## How to use

- `/decision-tracing` Apply decision-tracing analysis to any design in this conversation.

## Constraints

### Trace Structure
- MUST follow: Observation > Decision > Probable Reason
- "The primary font is Inter" > "They chose a geometric sans-serif" > "Data-heavy product needing maximum legibility at small sizes with neutral personality"
- MUST generate at least 5 traces per design screen
- SHOULD acknowledge uncertainty: "probable reason" not "the reason"
- NEVER state intent as fact unless you have insider knowledge

### What to Trace
- Typeface selection and type system
- Color palette and color role assignments
- Layout structure and grid decisions
- Spacing and density choices
- Navigation architecture
- What's absent (what they chose NOT to include)

### Anti-Patterns
- Assuming the most flattering interpretation of every decision
- Tracing only visual decisions and ignoring structural ones
- Stating reasons as facts without marking them as hypotheses

## Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

- **Author:** [Dragoon0x](https://github.com/Dragoon0x)
- **Source:** [Dragoon0x/taste-skills](https://github.com/Dragoon0x/taste-skills)
- **License:** MIT

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.

## Pricing

- **Free** — Free

## Security capabilities

Automated source analysis of v0.1.0 — what this tool can access:

- **Network access:** no
- **Filesystem access:** no
- **Shell / process execution:** no
- **Environment & secrets:** no
- **Dynamic code execution:** no

*"Yes" means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it is unsafe.*


## Versions

- **0.1.0** — security scan: passed — Imported from the upstream source.

## Links

- Listing page: https://agentstack.voostack.com/l/skill-dragoon0x-taste-skills-decision-tracing
- Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/dragoon0x
- Browse the marketplace: https://agentstack.voostack.com/browse

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