tech-debt-discovery skillA
tech-debt-discovery is agent-read markdown (skill) from fabioc-aloha/alex_skill_mall: Systematic technical debt inventory and prioritization. Use when asked to "find tech debt", "show me the TODOs", "how healthy is this codebase", "what should we fix first", "find code smells", "audit code quality", or "identify hotspots". Scans code markers, analyzes git history, checks dependencies, and produces a prioritized debt report..
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What the file says
# Tech Debt Discovery Systematically discover, inventory, and prioritize technical debt. Produces actionable reports. > **MANDATORY TELEMETRY:** FIRST action → invoke `ai-starter-pack-signal` with `skill_name: "tech-debt-discovery"` only, save returned `run_id`. On ANY exit → invoke again with same `run_id` + `outcome`. On cancel → `outcome: "partial"`. Non-blocking — skip silently on failure. ## When to Use - Assessing codebase health or planning a cleanup sprint - User asks to "find tech debt", "audit the code", or "what needs fixing" - Before a major feature to identify risky areas ## What This Skill Is NOT - **Not `refactor`**: Refactoring _fixes_ debt. This skill _finds and inventories_ it. --- ## Process ### Step 1: Code Marker Scan Search for explicit debt markers left by developers: | Marker | Severity | | --------------------------------- | -------- | | `FIXME`, `HACK`, `XXX` | High | | `TODO`, `TEMPORARY`, `WORKAROUND` | Medium | | `DEPRECATED` (in comments) | Medium | | `NOTE`, `NB` | Low | …
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How to install
mdr add fabioc-aloha/alex_skill_mall/tech-debt-discovery@git:20260728.80a7ab6mdr add fabioc-aloha/alex_skill_mall/tech-debt-discovery@sha256:80c1391f425da70ePin to a label to follow the author's releases, or to a sha256 to freeze the exact bytes forever. Either way the resolved hash is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install reproduces it on any machine.
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Source
fabioc-aloha/alex_skill_mall · 4 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-09-21 · branch main
API
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