Templatefoundational30 min
Action Intake
A one-page intake brief that establishes what a governance action actually asks DReps to decide, before any analysis begins.
- Workflow
- Understand a Governance Action
- Formats
- Markdown
Resource library
Governance tools for real decisions
Practical templates, checklists, workbooks and decision tools designed to help independent DReps research proposals, test claims, document reasoning and communicate decisions.
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DRep Decision Report Standard
A shared format for explaining DRep decisions clearly and consistently. Standardize the explanation, not the vote.
Write a Quick Report in minutes, or expand it into a Full Report without starting over. Copy or export either one as Markdown or plain text.
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What are you trying to do?
Every tool sits in the stage of governance work it belongs to. Pick the task in front of you rather than the file format you expect.
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One governance action, start to finish
A repeatable path for a new DRep. Each step names the tools that carry the work forward.
WorksheetIntermediate60 min
Claim & Evidence Map
A row-per-claim map that separates what a proposal asserts from the evidence actually supplied for it, with a citation log you can publish.
- Workflow
- Verify Claims & Evidence
- Formats
- Markdown
Worksheetfoundational30 min
Conflict Handling & Recusal Decision Tree
A structured walk through financial, professional, and personal interests that helps you reach a documented, defensible position on disclosure or recusal.
- Workflow
- Decide, Disclose & Publish
- Formats
- Worksheet
TemplateIntermediate45 min
Decision Record
A complete, publishable record of how you reached a decision, with an optional standardised public summary and a permanent correction log.
- Workflow
- Decide, Disclose & Publish
- Formats
- Markdown
TemplateFoundation30 min
DRep Decision Report Standard
A shared format for explaining DRep decisions clearly and consistently. Standardize the explanation, not the vote.
- Workflow
- Decide, Disclose & Publish
- Formats
- Markdown, plain text
ChecklistIntermediate45 min
DRep Key & Account Security Runbook
An operational security runbook for the specific responsibilities a DRep carries: key custody, backups, recovery planning, device hygiene, and incident documentation.
- Workflow
- Prepare to Become a DRep
- Formats
- Markdown
Secure your keys and accounts before you hold any voting power.
Run the ten-minute scan first, then go deeper only where the scan raises a flag.
Check every load-bearing claim against a source you can cite.
Rebuild the budget from the bottom up and probe the rates behind it.
Judge whether the team can ship what it promised, and at what technical cost.
Handle conflicts, then write down why the evidence points where it does.
Follow delivery after the vote and correct the record when facts change.
Catalogue
Understand a Governance Action
Break an action down into what it changes, who it affects, and what it costs.
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Time required
3 of 15 resources
Templatefoundational30 min
Action Intake
A one-page intake brief that establishes what a governance action actually asks DReps to decide, before any analysis begins.
- Workflow
- Understand a Governance Action
- Formats
- Markdown
Checklistfoundational10 min
Red Flag Scan
Twelve binary checks you can run on any governance action in ten minutes, ending in a verdict and a publishable three-line summary.
- Workflow
- Understand a Governance Action
- Formats
- Markdown
ReferenceIntermediate25 min
Requirements Matrix
A maintained reference to the procedural requirements attached to each governance action type, with every changeable value held in a versioned dataset rather than in prose.
- Workflow
- Understand a Governance Action
- Formats
- Markdown
Governance glossary
Plain-language paraphrases. Canonical sources are linked where they exist.
Governance Brief
A monthly briefing on governance practice
Standards updates, new research, and training releases. No voting recommendations - ever.