- Search GitHub for files in auth paths and PRs mentioning 'auth refactor'.
- Search docs (Notion, Confluence) for design docs and RFCs on the topic.
- Search Slack channels for threads tagged auth or matching the project name.
- Pull every meeting transcript that mentions auth — re-read each for decision moments.
- Manually extract each decision: statement, rationale, who led it, when it was made.
- Identify reversals by re-reading subsequent threads for changes of direction.
- Compose the chronological timeline.
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