---
title: Decisions
---

```js
const API = "http://127.0.0.1:8000";
const POLL = 15_000;
```

```js
// Fetch decisions + topics (for domain context) in parallel
const decState = (async function*() {
  while (true) {
    let data = [], ok = false;
    try {
      const [rd, rt] = await Promise.all([
        fetch(`${API}/decisions/?limit=500`),
        fetch(`${API}/topics/`),
      ]);
      ok = rd.ok && rt.ok;
      if (ok) {
        const [decisions, topics] = await Promise.all([rd.json(), rt.json()]);
        const topicMap = Object.fromEntries(topics.map(t => [t.id, t]));
        data = decisions
          .map(d => ({
            ...d,
            domain:       topicMap[d.topic_id]?.domain ?? null,
            topic_title:  topicMap[d.topic_id]?.title  ?? null,
          }))
          .sort((a, b) => {
            // escalated first, then open, then resolved/superseded; within group by deadline asc
            const rank = {escalated: 0, open: 1, resolved: 2, superseded: 3};
            const dr = (rank[a.status] ?? 9) - (rank[b.status] ?? 9);
            if (dr !== 0) return dr;
            if (a.deadline && b.deadline) return a.deadline.localeCompare(b.deadline);
            return a.deadline ? -1 : b.deadline ? 1 : 0;
          });
      }
    } catch {}
    yield {data, ok, ts: new Date()};
    await new Promise(res => setTimeout(res, POLL));
  }
})();
```

```js
const data = decState.data ?? [];
const _ok  = decState.ok   ?? false;
const _ts  = decState.ts;
```

# Decisions

```js
display(html`<div class="live-bar">
  <span style="color:${_ok ? 'var(--theme-foreground-focus)' : 'red'}">●</span>
  ${_ok
    ? `Live · updated ${_ts?.toLocaleTimeString()}`
    : `<span style="color:red">Offline — run: <code>make api</code></span>`}
</div>`);
```

```js
import {MultiSelect} from "./components/multiselect.js";

const filters = view(Inputs.form(
  {
    type:   MultiSelect(["pending", "made"],                           {label: "Type",   placeholder: "All types"}),
    status: MultiSelect(["open", "escalated", "resolved", "superseded"], {label: "Status", placeholder: "All statuses"}),
    search: Inputs.text({placeholder: "Search title…", style: "width:160px"}),
  },
  {
    template: ({type, status, search}) => html`<div class="filter-bar">
      ${type}${status}
      <div class="filter-search">${search}</div>
    </div>`,
  }
));
```

```js
const filtered = data.filter(d =>
  (filters.type.length   === 0 || filters.type.includes(d.decision_type)) &&
  (filters.status.length === 0 || filters.status.includes(d.status)) &&
  (!filters.search || d.title.toLowerCase().includes(filters.search.toLowerCase()))
);

const escalated = filtered.filter(d => d.escalation_note);

const STATUS_BORDER = {open: "steelblue", escalated: "#f59e0b", resolved: "#22c55e", superseded: "#aaa"};
const TYPE_CLASS    = {pending: "badge-pending", made: "badge-made"};

function fmtDate(iso) {
  return iso ? new Date(iso).toLocaleDateString(undefined, {day: "numeric", month: "short", year: "numeric"}) : null;
}
function isOverdue(iso) {
  return iso && new Date(iso) < new Date();
}

if (filtered.length === 0) {
  display(html`<p class="dim">No decisions match the current filter.</p>`);
} else {
  display(html`<div class="dec-list">${filtered.map(d => {
    const border  = STATUS_BORDER[d.status] ?? "#ccc";
    const snippet = (d.description || d.rationale || "").slice(0, 200);
    const due     = fmtDate(d.deadline);
    const decided = fmtDate(d.decided_at);
    const overdue = isOverdue(d.deadline);

    return html`<div class="dec-item" style="border-left-color:${border}">
      <div class="dec-item-header">
        <span class="dec-badge ${TYPE_CLASS[d.decision_type] ?? ''}">${d.decision_type}</span>
        <span class="dec-badge dec-badge-status dec-badge-${d.status}">
          ${d.status === "escalated" ? "⚠ " : ""}${d.status}
        </span>
        ${d.domain        ? html`<span class="dec-context">${d.domain}</span>` : ""}
        ${due ? html`<span class="dec-due ${overdue ? 'dec-overdue' : ''}">
          ${overdue ? "⚠ overdue" : "due"} ${due}
        </span>` : ""}
        <span class="dec-date">${fmtDate(d.created_at)}</span>
      </div>
      <div class="dec-title">${d.title}</div>
      ${snippet ? html`<div class="dec-snippet">${snippet}${snippet.length < (d.description || d.rationale || "").length ? "…" : ""}</div>` : ""}
      ${d.decided_by ? html`<div class="dec-resolved-by">✓ ${d.decided_by}${decided ? " · " + decided : ""}</div>` : ""}
      ${d.escalation_note ? html`<div class="dec-escalation-note">${d.escalation_note}</div>` : ""}
    </div>`;
  })}</div>`);
}
```

```js
if (escalated.length > 0) {
  display(html`<div class="escalation-box">
    <strong>⚠ ${escalated.length} escalated decision${escalated.length > 1 ? "s" : ""} require human approval before any action is taken (constitution §4).</strong>
    <ul>${escalated.map(d => html`<li><b>${d.title}</b>: ${d.escalation_note}</li>`)}</ul>
  </div>`);
}
```

## Resolution Velocity

```js
import * as Plot from "npm:@observablehq/plot";

const resolved = data.filter(d => d.decided_at);
const byMonth = Object.entries(
  resolved.reduce((acc, d) => {
    const m = d.decided_at.slice(0, 7);
    acc[m] = (acc[m] ?? 0) + 1;
    return acc;
  }, {})
).map(([month, count]) => ({month, count}));

display(byMonth.length === 0
  ? html`<p style="color:gray">No resolved decisions yet.</p>`
  : Plot.plot({
      title: "Decisions resolved per month",
      x: {label: "Month", tickRotate: -30},
      y: {label: "Count", grid: true},
      marks: [
        Plot.barY(byMonth, {x: "month", y: "count", fill: "steelblue", tip: true}),
        Plot.ruleY([0]),
      ],
      marginBottom: 60,
      width: 700,
    })
);
```

<style>
.live-bar { font-size: 0.8rem; color: gray; text-align: right; margin-bottom: 0.5rem; }
.dim { color: gray; font-style: italic; }
/* Filter bar */
.filter-bar { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 0.5rem; align-items: center; margin-bottom: 1rem; }
.filter-search { display: flex; align-items: center; }
.filter-search input { height: 30px; font-size: 0.85rem; padding: 0.25rem 0.5rem; border-radius: 6px; border: 1px solid var(--theme-foreground-faint, #ccc); background: var(--theme-background, #fff); font-family: inherit; color: inherit; }
/* Decision list */
.dec-list { display: flex; flex-direction: column; gap: 0.5rem; }
.dec-item { border-left: 3px solid #ccc; border-radius: 0 6px 6px 0; background: var(--theme-background-alt); padding: 0.65rem 0.9rem; }
.dec-item-header { display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; align-items: center; gap: 0.4rem; margin-bottom: 0.3rem; font-size: 0.75rem; }
.dec-badge { display: inline-block; padding: 0.1rem 0.45rem; border-radius: 10px; font-size: 0.7rem; font-weight: 600; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.04em; }
.badge-pending { background: #fef3c7; color: #92400e; }
.badge-made    { background: #e0e7ff; color: #3730a3; }
.dec-badge-status { font-weight: 500; text-transform: capitalize; }
.dec-badge-open       { background: #dbeafe; color: #1e40af; }
.dec-badge-escalated  { background: #fef3c7; color: #92400e; }
.dec-badge-resolved   { background: #dcfce7; color: #166534; }
.dec-badge-superseded { background: #f3f4f6; color: #6b7280; }
.dec-context { color: var(--theme-foreground-muted); }
.dec-due  { color: steelblue; }
.dec-overdue { color: #dc2626; font-weight: 600; }
.dec-date { color: var(--theme-foreground-faint); margin-left: auto; }
.dec-title { font-weight: 600; font-size: 0.95rem; margin-bottom: 0.2rem; }
.dec-snippet { font-size: 0.82rem; color: var(--theme-foreground-muted); line-height: 1.45; white-space: pre-wrap; }
.dec-resolved-by { font-size: 0.78rem; color: #22c55e; margin-top: 0.3rem; }
.dec-escalation-note { font-size: 0.78rem; color: #b45309; margin-top: 0.3rem; background: #fef3c7; border-radius: 4px; padding: 0.25rem 0.5rem; }
/* Escalation warning */
.escalation-box { background: #fff3cd; border: 2px solid orange; border-radius: 8px; padding: 1rem; margin-top: 1rem; }
</style>