Technical Debt

Technical debt audit and prioritization framework for PHP/Laravel (MySQL) and Node/TypeScript/React projects. Contains 42 rules across 10 categories covering code, security, design, dependency, test, performance, data, documentation, infrastructure, and process debt. Produces a ranked ledger (effort × impact) so teams know what to fix first, not just what's broken. Supports both coding reference and audit mode with PASS/FAIL/N/A output.

Metadata

• Version: 1.0.0
• Scope: PHP / Laravel (MySQL) + Node / TypeScript / React
• Rule Count: 42 rules across 10 categories
• License: MIT

How to Audit

When the user asks to "audit technical debt", "find tech debt", or "what should we refactor first" — run the checklist below against their codebase and produce a ranked debt ledger.

Audit Step 1: Determine Scope

• If arguments provided ($ARGUMENTS): audit only those paths or modules
• If no arguments: audit the entire repository starting from the root