From engineering
Identify, categorize, and prioritize technical debt. Trigger with "tech debt", "technical debt audit", "what should we refactor", "code health", or when the user asks about code quality, refactoring priorities, or maintenance backlog.
npx claudepluginhub foundationforge/cowork-plugins --plugin engineeringThis skill uses the workspace's default tool permissions.
Systematically identify, categorize, and prioritize technical debt.
Dispatches parallel agents to independently tackle 2+ tasks like separate test failures or subsystems without shared state or dependencies.
Executes pre-written implementation plans: critically reviews, follows bite-sized steps exactly, runs verifications, tracks progress with checkpoints, uses git worktrees, stops on blockers.
Guides idea refinement into designs: explores context, asks questions one-by-one, proposes approaches, presents sections for approval, writes/review specs before coding.
Systematically identify, categorize, and prioritize technical debt.
| Type | Examples | Risk |
|---|---|---|
| Code debt | Duplicated logic, poor abstractions, magic numbers | Bugs, slow development |
| Architecture debt | Monolith that should be split, wrong data store | Scaling limits |
| Test debt | Low coverage, flaky tests, missing integration tests | Regressions ship |
| Dependency debt | Outdated libraries, unmaintained dependencies | Security vulns |
| Documentation debt | Missing runbooks, outdated READMEs, tribal knowledge | Onboarding pain |
| Infrastructure debt | Manual deploys, no monitoring, no IaC | Incidents, slow recovery |
Score each item on:
Priority = (Impact + Risk) x (6 - Effort)
Produce a prioritized list with estimated effort, business justification for each item, and a phased remediation plan that can be done alongside feature work.
After completing the tech debt audit, offer a visual project health snapshot:
"Want a visual health report? Run
/visual-explainer:project-recapfor an interactive HTML dashboard showing recent activity, architecture, cognitive debt hotspots, and next steps — useful for team syncs or planning sessions."
Trigger automatically when the audit covers multiple categories or the user says "share", "report", or "present".