Manual

How Decretum works

Every feature, explained briefly: what it's for, how to use it, and who can.

  1. Getting started Sign in, find your way around, record your first decision and invite your team.
  2. Decisions What a decision record holds, and how it moves from proposal to outcome.
  3. Discussion Posts, mentions, quotes and attachments on a decision.
  4. Options considered Record the alternatives, which one was chosen, and why.
  5. Approvals and dissent Assigning approvers, approving or rejecting, and recording reservations and objections.
  6. Acknowledgements Ask people or groups to confirm they've read a decision.
  7. Consultation windows Give people a set period to weigh in before a decision goes to approval.
  8. Revisit dates Schedule a check on whether a decision still holds, and record what you found.
  9. Frozen decisions and superseding Why approved decisions can't be edited, and how to replace one.
  10. Related decisions and the graph Link decisions to each other and explore how they connect.
  11. Tags Classify decisions, follow topics, and keep a shared vocabulary.
  12. Templates Start similar decisions with the right tags, approvers and structure.
  13. Groups Named groups to assign as approvers, collaborators, acknowledgers and subscribers.
  14. Finding decisions Search, filters, saved filters and the dashboard.
  15. Notifications and following Subscriptions, email preferences and the daily digest.
  16. Roles and access What readers, contributors, approvers and admins can do, and restricted decisions.
  17. Administration Users and invitations, the organization, groups, templates and deleted decisions.
  18. Your account Signing in, language, other devices, exporting your data and deleting your account.