When should I use this skill?

Use it for important, high-impact, or hard-to-reverse decisions where multiple stakeholders are involved but ownership is unclear or fragmented.

What is the main benefit of using DACI over RACI?

DACI is specifically optimized for decision-making by ensuring there is exactly one Approver, which prevents the 'decision by committee' stalemate common in RACI.

Can one person hold multiple DACI roles?

While technically possible, it is an anti-pattern for the Driver to also be the Approver, as it can lead to bias; roles are best separated to ensure objective process shepherding.

How does this help with developer productivity?

It reduces meeting fatigue and eliminates 'veto power gridlock,' allowing developers to focus on implementation rather than navigating organizational ambiguity.

DACI Decision Framework

Name: DACI Decision Framework
Author: lev-os

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Collaboration Tools

Provides a structured framework for clarifying decision-making roles to eliminate organizational paralysis and accelerate team velocity.

The daci-framework skill empowers Claude to guide teams through the DACI (Driver, Approver, Contributors, Informed) methodology, a proven system for eliminating decision-making paralysis. By enforcing the constraint of a single Approver while clarifying who provides input and who stays informed, this skill helps resolve stakeholder conflicts, reduce meeting overhead, and ensure clear accountability for complex projects. It is particularly effective for high-stakes technical decisions, roadmap prioritization, and cross-functional initiatives where ownership is often ambiguous or shared among too many individuals.

Key Features

01Built-in anti-pattern detection to prevent common management pitfalls

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03Framework for documenting Decision Records (ADRs) with clear accountability

04Guidance on differentiating between 'voice' (input) and 'vote' (authority)

05Structured 7-step decision-making process from identification to iteration

06Role assignment for Drivers, Approvers, Contributors, and Informed stakeholders

Use Cases

01Resolving technical architecture deadlocks in engineering teams

02Standardizing cross-departmental decision protocols during rapid scaling

03Clarifying product roadmap priorities among competing stakeholders

What are Skills?·How to Install

Install with 🐟 Skill.Fish

npx skillfish add lev-os/agents daci-framework

For use in Claude.ai and ChatGPT

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