techdebt
Tech Debt Auditor
Systematically find and remove duplicated code, dead code, and other forms of technical debt — prioritized by impact, executed with the smallest safe changes possible.
Skill workflow — these skills chain naturally:
refactoring-plan (plan the larger structural changes) → techdebt (execute the cleanup) → tdd (lock in behavior with tests before removing debt)
Debt Categories
Technical debt comes in several distinct flavors. Knowing which kind you're dealing with shapes how you approach the fix.
| Category | What it looks like | Risk to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Duplication | Copy-paste blocks, near-identical functions, repeated logic with slight variations | Medium — consolidation can subtly break diverged behavior |
| Dead code | Unused exports, unreachable branches, commented-out blocks, always-on/off feature flags | Low — safe to delete if nothing calls it |
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