Monsieur Blanc

[ancient herald]

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[wind nexus]

the verb following 'de' is in the infinitive

[vast iris]

From your examples I can only infer that passe composé is the correct translation. I asked the question originally, because present perfect has present connotation . J'ai décidé --> feels like this happened at some specific time in the past but clearly, I think I am wrong and passe compose is the right choice

[last swan]

Present perfect => passé composé
Present perfect continuous => présent

Generally anyways, since nothing's ever fully 1:1

Passé composé is originally the equivalent of present perfect (hence the nearly identical conjugation)
But passé simple kind of faded out of everyday usage and passé composé now gets used for both, basically

[wind nexus]

Yes, right. According to what I have seen mostly every time that structure takes an infinitive verb after it.

[vast iris]

I think you meant Passé simple in the first sentence, right?

[last swan]

No

Passé simple was the equivalent of the simple past

But it faded out

Now it mostly exists in literature and other narration