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codebase-cleanup-tech-debt

You are a technical debt expert specializing in identifying, quantifying, and prioritizing technical debt in software projects. Analyze the codebase to uncover debt, assess its impact, and create acti

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npx tessl i github:sickn33/antigravity-awesome-skills --skill codebase-cleanup-tech-debt
What are skills?

50

1.66x

Quality

30%

Does it follow best practices?

Impact

80%

1.66x

Average score across 3 eval scenarios

Optimize this skill with Tessl

npx tessl skill review --optimize ./skills/codebase-cleanup-tech-debt/SKILL.md
SKILL.md
Review
Evals

Evaluation results

83%

33%

Legacy E-Commerce Backend: Technical Debt Assessment

Debt inventory with quantified metrics

Criteria
Without context
With context

Cyclomatic complexity threshold

50%

100%

Nesting depth threshold

0%

0%

Long method threshold

100%

100%

God class criteria

14%

42%

Duplication quantification

100%

100%

Coupling/structure issues

100%

100%

Risk level assignment

100%

100%

Cost calculation present

0%

100%

YAML metrics dashboard

22%

77%

Test coverage metrics

0%

100%

Dependency health section

0%

42%

All debt categories covered

50%

100%

Hotspot identification

100%

100%

Without context: $0.6339 · 3m 41s · 12 turns · 61 in / 13,131 out tokens

With context: $0.6156 · 3m · 15 turns · 15 in / 9,942 out tokens

95%

28%

SaaS Platform: Technical Debt Remediation Roadmap

Prioritized remediation roadmap with ROI

Criteria
Without context
With context

Three-tier categorization

100%

100%

Effort estimates present

100%

100%

Savings calculations

100%

100%

ROI percentages

11%

44%

Dollar cost figures

100%

100%

Incremental refactoring

100%

100%

Sprint capacity allocation

0%

100%

Team role definition

28%

100%

Risk levels assigned

12%

100%

Quick Wins identified

57%

100%

Output format completeness

100%

100%

ROI Projections section

88%

100%

Without context: $0.3014 · 2m · 10 turns · 59 in / 6,031 out tokens

With context: $0.7141 · 4m 3s · 20 turns · 282 in / 12,290 out tokens

63%

35%

Preventing Debt Accumulation: Quality Gates and Stakeholder Reporting

Prevention strategy and stakeholder communication

Criteria
Without context
With context

Pre-commit complexity gate

100%

100%

Pre-commit duplication gate

0%

0%

Pre-commit coverage gate

0%

100%

CI dependency audit gate

100%

100%

CI performance gate

0%

100%

Code review requirements

57%

100%

Monthly debt budget increase

0%

0%

Quarterly reduction mandate

0%

100%

Tracking tool trio

37%

100%

Executive report components

25%

37%

Code standards document

33%

55%

Monthly KPI targets

0%

0%

Without context: $0.6304 · 3m 52s · 16 turns · 65 in / 13,466 out tokens

With context: $0.7870 · 3m 44s · 26 turns · 337 in / 12,796 out tokens

Evaluated
Agent
Claude Code
Model
Claude Sonnet 4.6

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