madr-tools

Node.js CLI tools to help you create and manage Markdown Architectural Decision Records (MADR).
The famous ADR Tools have been taken as a role model for this Node.js port.

Installation

Within specific project (recommended):

npm i -D madr-tools

Globally:

npm i -g madr-tools

Usage

Run npx madr --help to get an overview and description for all available commands. Each command provides another, more detailed help. E.g. npx madr init --help.

Initialization

Run the following command within the root directory of your repository to initialize the MADR directory and config file.

npx madr init [optional path] [-i readme.md]

By default, the MADR directory will be created under docs/decisions. You can specify a custom directory by providing the relative path as the first positional argument.
Furthermore, the overview over all MADRs is written to a file called index.md by default as the official MADR Documentation suggests. However, when watching the directory within a web-based Git repo (e.g. GitHub or GitLab), it will automatically render the readme.md file within the directory. Therefore, it's possible to use readme.md instead of index.md as the file name by setting the -i readme.md option.

Creating a new MADR

Run the following command to create a new MADR-File.

npx madr new <title>

e.g.

npx madr new "A very important decision"

It will create a new MADR file within the configured directory based on the template.md file. Furthermore, it updates the MADR log.

Updating the MADR Log

When you change the filename or title of a MADR, it is possible to trigger an update of the log manually by running

npx madr index

Contribution

Every contribution to this project is more than welcome. Just follow these rules:

• The repo uses Conventional Commits to create semantic versions
• The codebase should automatically be reformatted using Prettier in a pre-commit hook. Therefore, it should be pretty hard to commit something which is not well formatted... 😅
• Create a PR once you have finished your feature

Local development

• Clone the repo
• Install the dependencies npm i
• Run the build npm run build
• Locally link the bin script npm link
• Afterwards, you should be able to run madr --help in your favorite console