# Child `agent-docs/` Template Chooser

Use this reference when you know you are editing a Markdown file inside `agent-docs/`, but you still need to decide which child template fits.

## Choose The Smallest Matching Template

- Use `rule-doc-template.md` for instructions, constraints, policy, decision criteria, or workflow guidance.
- Use `inventory-doc-template.md` for maintained lists, media plans, registries, page-by-page backlogs, or cleanup queues.
- Split the document if one file tries to serve both purposes and the split would reduce ambiguity.

## Quick Tests

- If the document mainly tells maintainers what to do and what to avoid, use the rule template.
- If the document mainly tracks entries that need to be updated over time, use the inventory template.
- If the document has a long list of repeated entries under one governing policy, keep the policy brief and let the inventory structure carry the list.

## Compatibility Note

Older repositories may still refer to `references/child-doc-template.md` as the default child template. Keep this file as the entrypoint, but route new work to the specific template that matches the document's job.