Tech Debt Prioritizer
This tool analyzes codebase complexity and impact to prioritize tech debt remediation, boosting development efficiency and reducing long-term risks.
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Run in terminal (recommended)
claude mcp add tech-debt-prioritizer npx -- -y @trustedskills/tech-debt-prioritizer
Or manually add to ~/.claude/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"tech-debt-prioritizer": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@trustedskills/tech-debt-prioritizer"
]
}
}
}Requires Claude Code (claude CLI). Run claude --version to verify your install.
About This Skill
What it does
The tech-debt-prioritizer skill analyzes a list of technical debt items and provides prioritized recommendations for addressing them. It assesses each item based on factors like estimated effort, potential impact (business risk, developer frustration), and dependencies. The output is a ranked list with justifications to guide remediation efforts.
When to use it
- Refactoring Backlog: Prioritize items in a large technical debt backlog to focus engineering efforts effectively.
- Sprint Planning: Select the most impactful technical debt tasks for inclusion in upcoming sprints.
- Architecture Review: Inform architectural decisions by highlighting areas of code that are causing significant technical burden.
- Release Preparation: Identify and address critical technical debt before a major release to minimize potential issues.
Key capabilities
- Analyzes lists of technical debt items.
- Estimates effort required for each item.
- Assesses the impact (business risk, developer frustration) of each item.
- Identifies dependencies between technical debt items.
- Provides a prioritized list with justifications.
Example prompts
- "Prioritize this list of tech debt: [paste list here]"
- "Rank these technical debt items by business impact and effort: [paste list here]"
- "I have these technical debt tasks, can you suggest which to tackle first? [paste list here]"
Tips & gotchas
The quality of the prioritization depends heavily on the accuracy and completeness of the provided technical debt descriptions. Providing more context about each item will lead to better results.
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