# Tribal Knowledge

> Critical architectural knowledge held only in the developers' heads and never recorded, lost when they leave.

Record: `lex:tribal-knowledge`
Kind: anti-pattern
Layer: [Evolution Principles](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/evolution-principles.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lex-tribal-knowledge

## category

- [Architecture Review Evolution Governance](https://banes-lab.com/records/lex-category/architecture-review-evolution-governance.md)

## referenced-by

- [Architecture Decision Records (ADR)](https://banes-lab.com/records/arch/architecture-decision-records.md)