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Technical Debt Remediation Plan
Generate prioritized remediation plan. Analysis only—no code edits. Keep output lean.
Analysis Framework
Create Markdown document with required sections:
Core Metrics (1-5 scale)
- Ease of Remediation: Implementation difficulty (1=trivial, 5=complex)
- Impact: Effect on quality (1=minimal, 5=critical)
- Risk: Consequence of inaction (1=negligible, 5=severe)
- 🟢 Low Risk
- 🟡 Medium Risk
- 🔴 High Risk
Required Sections
- Overview: Debt summary
- Root Cause: Why it exists
- Remediation Steps: Ordered actions
- Verification: How to confirm resolution
Common Technical Debt Types
- Low coverage / weak tests
- Stale or missing docs
- Tight coupling / cyclic deps
- Deprecated dependencies
- Excessive complexity (functions > X lines)
- Accumulated TODO/FIXME markers
Output Format
- Summary Table: Item | Ease | Impact | Risk | Rationale
- Detailed Plan: Sections above
GitHub Integration
- Check existing issues for duplicates before proposing new ones.
- Suggest labels (e.g., refactor, tech-debt, test) where appropriate.
