technical-debt-quantifier
Measure, categorize, and prioritize technical debt for migration planning and remediation
npx skills add a5c-ai/babysitter --skill technical-debt-quantifier --agent claude-code
Same command for any agent — swap --agent for codex, cursor, copilot.
Weekly change comes from our own snapshots, not the repository page — it measures attention, not adoption.
# Technical Debt Quantifier Skill Measures, categorizes, and prioritizes technical debt to support informed decision-making for migration planning and debt remediation strategies. ## Purpose Enable technical debt management for: - Debt categorization and inventory - Remediation effort estimation - Interest calculation (ongoing cost) - Priority scoring - Trend tracking ## Capabilities ### 1. Debt Categorization - Code debt (smells, complexity) - Architecture debt (coupling, cohesion) - Test debt (coverage gaps) - Documentation debt - Infrastructure debt ### 2. Remediation Effort Estimation - Estimate fix time per item - Calculate total remediation cost - Identify quick wins - Plan sprint allocation ### 3. Interest Calculation - Calculate ongoing maintenance cost - Estimate productivity impact - Project future debt growth - Model compound interest ### 4. Priority Scoring - Score by business impact - Weight by risk level - Factor in remediation cost - Calculate ROI of fixes ### 5. Debt-to-Value Ratio - Compare debt to feature velocity - Benchmark against industry - Track debt percentage - Set organizational targets ### 6. Trend Tracking - Monitor debt over time - Track remediation pro
- Purpose
- Capabilities
- 1. Debt Categorization
- 2. Remediation Effort Estimation
- 3. Interest Calculation
- 4. Priority Scoring
- 5. Debt-to-Value Ratio
- 6. Trend Tracking
- Tool Integrations
- Output Schema
- Integration with Migration Processes
- Related Skills
- Related Agents
What does the technical-debt-quantifier skill do?
Measure, categorize, and prioritize technical debt for migration planning and remediation
How do I install it?
Run `npx skills add a5c-ai/babysitter --skill technical-debt-quantifier --agent claude-code` — it drops the skill into your project so the agent can pick it up. Swap the --agent value for codex, cursor or copilot if you use one of those.
Where does this skill come from?
From a5c-ai/babysitter, a repository with 1,642 stars. We read it straight from the repository tree rather than a submitted listing, so what you see here is what is actually published.
Is a popular skill a good skill?
Not necessarily. Stars measure attention, not adoption — a repository can trend for a week and be abandoned. That is why we show the weekly change from our own snapshots next to the total, instead of a single flattering number.