# PBS Agendas

This directory contains active PBS discussion agendas.

Closed agendas are moved to `docs/pbs/agendas/archive`.

## Active Agendas

1. `18.0. Backend VM Pipeline - Orchestration Agenda.md`
2. `18.1. Backend Workshop 1 - IRBackend Input Contract.md`
3. `18.2. Backend Workshop 2 - LowerToVM and IRVM Contract.md`
4. `18.3. Backend Workshop 3 - Bytecode Marshaling and Runtime Conformance.md`

## Purpose

An agenda exists to drive a decision, not to serve as final normative text.

Use an agenda when:

- the topic is still open,
- multiple options or tradeoffs must be evaluated,
- the scope and non-goals need to be made explicit,
- the order of discussion matters.

Move an agenda to `docs/pbs/agendas/archive` once the topic is no longer active.

## Expected Format

An agenda should usually include:

1. Title
2. Status
3. Purpose
4. Context
5. Decisions to Produce
6. Core Questions
7. Expected Spec Material
8. Non-Goals
9. Inputs

## Writing Rules

- Keep the document oriented around unresolved questions.
- Separate open questions from assumptions already fixed elsewhere.
- Name the concrete decisions the discussion must produce.
- Avoid drafting large blocks of final normative spec text here.
- Prefer explicit non-goals to prevent scope drift.

## Exit Rule

An agenda should move out of the active set when:

- the key questions have been answered,
- the architectural direction is clear enough to record,
- and the topic is ready to become a decision record and then a spec update.