Stale todo finder

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Stale TODO Finder

Find forgotten TODO/FIXME/HACK comments and track their age using git blame.

Quick Start

Copy this checklist:

Stale TODO Analysis:
- [ ] Step 1: Scan for TODO comments
- [ ] Step 2: Analyze staleness with git blame
- [ ] Step 3: Categorize by age
- [ ] Step 4: Generate actionable report

Workflow

Step 1: Scan for TODO Comments

Find all TODO-style comments in the codebase:

python scripts/find_todos.py <directory> --format json

Patterns detected:

TODO, FIXME, HACK, XXX, BUG, OPTIMIZE
Works across Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Go, Java, C/C++, Ruby, Rust

Step 2: Analyze Staleness

Correlate TODOs with git history:

python scripts/analyze_staleness.py <directory> --min-age 90

Output includes:

Commit date when TODO was added
Age in days
Original author
File and line number

Step 3: Categorize by Age

TODOs are grouped into staleness buckets:

Category	Age	Priority
🔴 Ancient	>1 year	High - likely forgotten
🟠 Stale	6-12 months	Medium - needs review
🟡 Aging	3-6 months	Low - monitor
🟢 Recent	<3 months	OK - still relevant

Step 4: Generate Report

Create actionable markdown report:

python scripts/generate_report.py <directory> --output stale_todos.md

Report includes:

Summary statistics
TODOs sorted by age (oldest first)
Grouped by category
Author attribution

Utility Scripts

Script	Purpose
`find_todos.py`	Find all TODO comments
`analyze_staleness.py`	Git blame analysis
`generate_report.py`	Generate markdown report
`generate_html_report.py`	Generate interactive HTML report

Example

User: "Find forgotten TODOs in this project"

Run find_todos.py . → Finds 47 TODOs
Run analyze_staleness.py . → 12 are older than 1 year
Run generate_report.py . → Creates report with:
- 12 ancient TODOs (>1 year)
- 8 stale TODOs (6-12 months)
- 27 recent TODOs (<6 months)

Sample output:

## 🔴 Ancient TODOs (>1 year) - 12 found

| File         | Line | Age      | Author | Content                  |
| ------------ | ---- | -------- | ------ | ------------------------ |
| src/utils.py | 42   | 847 days | @alice | TODO: optimize this loop |
| lib/auth.js  | 156  | 623 days | @bob   | FIXME: handle edge case  |

Configuration

Filter by patterns or paths:

# Only FIXME and BUG
python scripts/find_todos.py . --patterns FIXME,BUG

# Exclude vendor directories
python scripts/find_todos.py . --exclude "vendor/*,node_modules/*"

# Only show TODOs older than 6 months
python scripts/analyze_staleness.py . --min-age 180

Related Skills

codebase-onboarding — Understand codebase before cleanup
incident-response-helper — Some TODOs may be related to incidents