Tech Debt

Identify, categorize and prioritize technical debt. Audit code health and build a refactoring backlog.

refactoring code-quality maintenance architecture

When to use

Trigger with 'tech debt', 'technical debt audit', 'what should we refactor', 'code health', or when asking about code quality, refactoring priorities, or maintenance backlog. Categorizes debt by type and impact, producing a prioritized action plan.

Examples

Audit a module

Identify tech debt in a specific part of the codebase

Audit our authentication module for technical debt. What should we prioritize refactoring first?

Build a refactoring backlog

Create a prioritized list of improvements

Help me build a tech debt backlog for our Node.js API. We have 3 engineers and want to tackle this over the next quarter.

Categorize existing issues

Classify known problems by type and severity

We have these known issues: duplicate DB calls, no error boundaries, mixed async patterns, outdated dependencies. Categorize and prioritize them.