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+# ADR-006: Vertical Feature Packages
+
+**Status:** Accepted
+**Date:** 2026-05-04
+
+## Context
+
+The original template organized packages by architectural layer: `core` (all domains together), `api` (all routers), `ui` (all components). As features grow, shared code accumulates and cross-feature dependencies become implicit.
+
+## Decision
+
+Reorganize by business capability. Each feature owns a vertical slice from entities through UI. `core-*` packages host only non-business concerns (DI, shared types, UI primitives).
+
+**Result:** 5 feature packages (`auth`, `blog`, `media`, `marketing-pages`, `navigation`) + 5 core packages (`core-shared`, `core-cms`, `core-api`, `core-trpc`, `core-ui`).
+
+## Consequences
+
+- Features evolve independently without coordinating with shared code
+- Cross-feature coupling is visible at the package-graph level (ESLint enforces it)
+- Per-feature DI containers eliminate symbol collisions
+- New team members can understand a feature completely by reading one package
+
+## Alternatives Considered
+
+- Horizontal layers (kept): Simpler initially, but scales to implicit hidden dependencies
+- Monolithic single package: No modularity, impossible to reason about at scale
+- Feature shells + shared core: Hybrid approach tried by many teams; creates "dump" in core that nobody owns
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+# ADR-007: Drop the Dual-Mode CMS Client Wrapper
+
+**Status:** Accepted
+**Date:** 2026-05-04
+
+## Context
+
+ADR-004 introduced `@repo/cms-client` as a standalone wrapper supporting both Local API and HTTP modes. It was never used in production after Payload 3.x solidified its Local API as the primary pattern.
+
+## Decision
+
+Delete the wrapper. Feature payload-backed repositories call `getPayload({ config })` directly. The `config` is injected via constructor, avoiding hard coupling to `@repo/cms-core` at import time.
+
+**Example:**
+```typescript
+export class PayloadArticlesRepository implements IArticlesRepository {
+  constructor(private config: Config) {}
+
+  async getById(id: string) {
+    const payload = await getPayload({ config: this.config });
+    return payload.findByID({ collection: "articles", id });
+  }
+}
+```
+
+## Consequences
+
+- One fewer abstraction layer — repositories work directly with Payload's typed API
+- No "modes" — always use Local API from server code
+- Package graph stays acyclic: feature packages never import `@repo/cms-client`
+- `apps/cms` can directly boot Payload with the assembled config
+
+## Alternatives Considered
+
+- Keep the wrapper for "future-proofing": Payload 3.x is stable; wrapper was never activated in practice
+- Add HTTP mode later if needed: Simple to implement when actually required
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+# ADR-008: Per-Feature InversifyJS Containers
+
+**Status:** Accepted
+**Date:** 2026-05-04
+
+## Context
+
+The original template used a single shared InversifyJS Container in `packages/core/src/di/`. As the number of features grows, the container becomes a point of coordination: adding a symbol requires modifying shared code, and tests that mock one feature risk breaking others.
+
+## Decision
+
+Each feature owns its own `Container` and symbol table. No shared DI state. Tests rebind per feature in isolation. Apps boot by calling `bindProduction*()` for each feature independently.
+
+**Example:**
+```typescript
+// packages/blog/src/di/container.ts
+export const container = createContainer();
+
+// packages/blog/tests/feature.test.ts
+beforeEach(() => {
+  rebindRepository(new TestRepository());
+  // Only blog's container is affected
+});
+```
+
+## Consequences
+
+- Zero cross-feature DI coupling — each feature's test can mock its repos without coordination
+- Symbol collisions impossible — each feature has its own `ARTICLES_REPOSITORY` symbol
+- Shared services (if needed) are explicitly bound in each feature that uses them
+- Apps must boot each feature's container on startup
+
+## Alternatives Considered
+
+- Single shared container: Simpler upfront, becomes a bottleneck and test coordination point
+- Function injection (no DI): Avoids framework overhead, but loses the scaling benefits of DI
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+# ADR-009: Rename `adapters/` to `integrations/`
+
+**Status:** Accepted
+**Date:** 2026-05-04
+
+## Context
+
+The source spec (monorepo-architecture-spec-detailed-v5.md) uses `adapters/cms` and `adapters/api` for Payload and tRPC integration points. Clean Architecture also uses `adapters/` (or `interface-adapters/`) for transport-agnostic controller layer. The name collision is confusing.
+
+## Decision
+
+Use `integrations/` for role-based plug points (Payload and tRPC). Keep `interface-adapters/` for the Clean Architecture controller layer.
+
+**Result:**
+```
+packages/<feature>/src/
+  interface-adapters/controllers/  ← Clean Architecture layer (transport-agnostic)
+  integrations/
+    cms/                           ← Payload collections/globals
+    api/                           ← tRPC routers
+```
+
+## Consequences
+
+- No naming collision — intent is unambiguous
+- `integrations/` semantically captures "external system integration" better than `adapters/`
+- Minor deviation from source spec, documented here as deliberate choice
+- All new features follow this naming consistently
+
+## Alternatives Considered
+
+- Keep `adapters/`: Collision with Clean Architecture terminology is confusing
+- Use `external/`: Less specific; doesn't convey "Payload and tRPC"
+- Rename Clean Architecture layer to `controllers/`: Could work; less standard