Skill tech debt

Skill saitarrun/sdlc-ai-workflow/skills/skill-tech-debt

A comprehensive Claude Code plugin that automates the complete Software Development Lifecycle with 20 role-specific agents, 12 knowledge skills, and 8 commands, all guided by principles.

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Tech debt inventory, paydown strategy, prioritization (Critical/High/Medium/Low), deprecation planning, communicating to stakeholders, refactoring initiatives. Use when managing technical debt, planning paydown, or assessing refactoring ROI.

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Skill: Tech Debt Management

Track, prioritize, and pay down tech debt systematically. Don't let it spiral.

Tech Debt Scoring

Impact × Effort Matrix:

         LOW EFFORT → HIGH EFFORT
HIGH   |  Quick wins  | Strategic |
IMPACT |              |           |
LOW    | Skip (low ROI)| Avoid    |

Quick wins: High impact, low effort → Do first
Strategic: High impact, high effort → Plan next quarter
Skip: Low impact, any effort → Only if free time

Inventory Template

## Tech Debt Inventory: [Service]

### CRITICAL (Ship next sprint)
- [ ] Remove Python 2 support (ends 2025, blockers future deps)
  - Effort: 2 weeks
  - Impact: Unblocks 5 dependencies
  - Owner: Backend lead

### HIGH (Backlog, 10% capacity/sprint)
- [ ] Refactor auth middleware (5 places copy-pasted)
  - Effort: 1 week
  - Impact: Reduces bugs, improves maintainability
  - Owner: TBD

### MEDIUM (Nice to have)
- [ ] Extract common utils from 3 services
  - Effort: 3 weeks (spans services)
  - Impact: Code reuse

### LOW (Skip unless free time)
- [ ] Rename internal variable
  - Effort: 1 hour
  - Impact: Readability (minimal)

Paydown Strategy

Allocate 10% of sprint to tech debt:

80% features (business value)
10% tech debt (internal quality)
10% bugs (production stability)

Communicate ROI:

Tech debt paydown: Remove Python 2 support
- Effort: 2 weeks (1 engineer)
- Unblocks: 5 dependencies (new features)
- Prevents: 3+ security issues (old Python 2 libs)
- ROI: High (enables future work)

Deprecation Planning

v1.0: Old API endpoint alive
v1.5: Announce deprecation (email, docs)
v2.0: Mark endpoints as "deprecated" (header warning)
v2.5: Remove endpoint (6 months later)

Status: Ready for tech debt management
Best for: Debt prioritization, paydown planning, refactoring