design-debt-tracker
Design Debt Tracker
Design debt is every conscious compromise the team makes and every minor issue deferred to "next time." Like technical debt, it compounds. Unlike technical debt, most teams don't track it — so it disappears into the gap between what was shipped and what was intended.
This skill maintains a living register that captures debt as it's created, tracks it across iterations, and surfaces it when decisions are being made.
Why This Exists
The design-critic classifies findings as Critical, Major, Minor, and Note. Critical and Major get fixed. Minor and Note get a shrug and "fix if time allows." They rarely get fixed because no one remembers them.
The accessibility-reviewer does the same — Minor issues with specific fixes that never happen because they're buried in a report that no one reopens.
Every "fix if time allows" is a promise to a persona. This skill makes those promises visible.
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