Pattern Proposal: Template-Forced Knowledge Artifacts

Summary

Knowledge artifacts (ADRs, patterns, signals) follow markdown templates that enforce structure.

Candidate Pattern

• ID: template-driven-knowledge
• Classification: intelligence
• Maturity: established
• Type: implemented

Observed Signals

No specific signals listed.

Evidence

Supporting Evidence

• cas-knowledge/templates/pattern_template.md - Pattern template
• cas-knowledge/templates/rule_template.md - Rule template
• cas-knowledge/templates/architecture_decision_record_template.md - ADR template

Scope Assessment

• Evidence Strength: high
• Confidence: high
• Applies to: ideas-to-life-cas

Rationale

• Intent: Ensure all agent-generated knowledge artifacts have a consistent, parseable structure.
• Context: The cas-knowledge/templates directory contains templates for decisions, patterns, rules, signals, etc.
• Force: Knowledge artifacts must be machine-readable
• Force: Agents may produce unstructured content
• Force: Need to support downstream validation and retrieval

Traceability

Artifact source: proposed-patterns