# Doncheli Tech Debt

> Identify, quantify, and prioritize technical debt in the codebase. Activate when user mentions "tech debt", "code quality", "technical debt", "code smells", "refactor candidates", "what to clean up".

- **Type:** Skill
- **Install:** `agentstack add skill-doncheli-don-cheli-sdd-doncheli-tech-debt`
- **Verified:** Yes — security-reviewed for prompt injection and unsafe behavior
- **Seller:** [doncheli](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/doncheli)
- **Installs:** 0
- **Category:** [AI & ML](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/ai-and-ml)
- **Latest version:** 0.1.0
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Upstream author:** [doncheli](https://github.com/doncheli)
- **Source:** https://github.com/doncheli/don-cheli-sdd/tree/main/.agent/skills/doncheli-tech-debt
- **Website:** https://doncheli.tv

## Install

```sh
agentstack add skill-doncheli-don-cheli-sdd-doncheli-tech-debt
```

Requires the [AgentStack CLI](https://agentstack.voostack.com/docs/cli). Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent.

## About

# Don Cheli: Tech Debt Scanner

## Instructions

1. Scan the codebase for tech debt signals:
   - TODO/FIXME/HACK/XXX comments with file and line
   - Functions exceeding cyclomatic complexity of 10
   - Files exceeding 300 lines (configurable)
   - Duplicated code blocks (> 10 lines repeated 3+ times)
   - Deprecated dependencies or APIs in use
   - Missing error handling (uncaught exceptions, empty catch blocks)
   - Test files that exist but have 0 assertions
2. Score each item by impact (high/medium/low) and effort (hours estimate)
3. Compute a Tech Debt Ratio: debt items / total files
4. Prioritize using the impact/effort matrix: Quick Wins first, then High Impact
5. Recommend a remediation plan with a suggested order
6. Never auto-refactor — produce the plan and wait for approval
7. Save the report to `.dc/tech-debt-.md`

## Output Format

```
## Tech Debt Report — 2026-03-28

### Summary
- Total debt items: 18
- Tech Debt Ratio: 18/94 files = 19% (target: <10%)
- Estimated remediation effort: ~14h

### Quick Wins (high impact, low effort)
1. src/utils/format.ts — 3 duplicate date-format blocks — 1h — extract to shared util
2. src/auth/token.ts:88 — empty catch block silently swallows JWT errors — 30m fix

### High Impact (high impact, higher effort)
1. src/payments/processor.ts — cyclomatic complexity 18 — 4h refactor

### Low Priority
1. 7 TODO comments in src/legacy/ — document or schedule removal

### Remediation Plan
Sprint 1 (8h): Quick wins + empty catch blocks
Sprint 2 (6h): payments/processor.ts refactor
Backlog: legacy TODOs
```

## Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

- **Author:** [doncheli](https://github.com/doncheli)
- **Source:** [doncheli/don-cheli-sdd](https://github.com/doncheli/don-cheli-sdd)
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Homepage:** https://doncheli.tv

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.

## Pricing

- **Free** — Free

## Security capabilities

Automated source analysis of v0.1.0 — what this tool can access:

- **Network access:** no
- **Filesystem access:** no
- **Shell / process execution:** no
- **Environment & secrets:** no
- **Dynamic code execution:** no

*"Yes" means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it is unsafe.*


## Versions

- **0.1.0** — security scan: passed — Imported from the upstream source.

## Links

- Listing page: https://agentstack.voostack.com/l/skill-doncheli-don-cheli-sdd-doncheli-tech-debt
- Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/doncheli
- Browse the marketplace: https://agentstack.voostack.com/browse

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