Systematic Code Refactoring
luongnv89/claude-howto
Guides refactoring in phases based on Martin Fowler's method: research, test coverage check, planning and small tested steps, with your approval at each phase.
Scan pyx12 for tech debt and produce a prioritized report. An agent skill from azoner/pyx12.
Install Tech Debt
$ npx skills add azoner/pyx12 --skill tech-debt -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install azoner/pyx12 tech-debt --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/azoner/pyx12.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/tech-debt .claude/skills/tech-debt && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.
Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/
Install the "tech-debt" agent skill from https://github.com/azoner/pyx12/tree/master/.claude/skills/tech-debt into .claude/skills/tech-debt/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "tech-debt", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/azoner/pyx12/tree/master/.claude/skills/tech-debtType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add azoner/pyx12 --skill tech-debt -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install azoner/pyx12 tech-debt --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/azoner/pyx12.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/tech-debt .agents/skills/tech-debt && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "tech-debt" agent skill from https://github.com/azoner/pyx12/tree/master/.claude/skills/tech-debt into .agents/skills/tech-debt/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "tech-debt", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add azoner/pyx12 --skill tech-debt -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install azoner/pyx12 tech-debt --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/azoner/pyx12.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/tech-debt .cursor/skills/tech-debt && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "tech-debt" agent skill from https://github.com/azoner/pyx12/tree/master/.claude/skills/tech-debt into .cursor/skills/tech-debt/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "tech-debt", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/azoner/pyx12.git --path .claude/skills/tech-debt--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add azoner/pyx12 --skill tech-debt -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install azoner/pyx12 tech-debt --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/azoner/pyx12.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/tech-debt .gemini/skills/tech-debt && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "tech-debt" agent skill from https://github.com/azoner/pyx12/tree/master/.claude/skills/tech-debt into .gemini/skills/tech-debt/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "tech-debt", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install azoner/pyx12 tech-debtInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add azoner/pyx12 --skill tech-debt -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/azoner/pyx12.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/tech-debt .github/skills/tech-debt && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "tech-debt" agent skill from https://github.com/azoner/pyx12/tree/master/.claude/skills/tech-debt into .github/skills/tech-debt/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "tech-debt", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add azoner/pyx12 --skill tech-debt -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install azoner/pyx12 tech-debt --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/azoner/pyx12.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/tech-debt .opencode/skills/tech-debt && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "tech-debt" agent skill from https://github.com/azoner/pyx12/tree/master/.claude/skills/tech-debt into .opencode/skills/tech-debt/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "tech-debt", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
tech-debt- GitHub stars
- 190
- Token cost
- ~1.3k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 503 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 2
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- Custom licence
At a glance
Scan pyx12 for tech debt and produce a prioritized report. An agent skill from azoner/pyx12.
- Works in 5 steps: Determine scope → Run the scans → Sanity-check categories before reporting → …
- Tasks that involve Technical debt
- SKILL.md covers Steps and Notes
- Calls git
What it does
Tech Debt is an agent skill from azoner/pyx12. Scan pyx12 for tech debt and produce a prioritized report
Its SKILL.md is about 1.3k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.
It sits in Development, covering Technical debt. The repository describes itself as: HIPAA X12 document parser, validator and converter.
When your agent uses it
- Tasks that involve Technical debt
Example prompts
- “/tech-debt”
Requirements
- Python 3
Workflow steps
5 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.
- Determine scope
- Run the scans
- Sanity-check categories before reporting
- Write the report
- Top 5 selection criteria
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit d6517b9. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
git
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use git, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Context cost
Tech Debt loads about 1.3k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 17 tokens; SKILL.md has 503 words of instructions outside code blocks.
Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.
Safety
Auto-check passed
The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.
Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.
SKILL.md
Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 503 words (~1,309 tokens).
“Produce a prioritized report of tech debt in the codebase. Accepts an optional argument to scope the scan: a file path, a directory, or a category name (type-ignores, todos, legacy-typing, bare-except, any). No argument runs every category over pyx12/.”
- name
- tech-debt
- argument-hint
- [path | category]
- context
- fork
- agent
- Explore
Files
Just SKILL.md in .claude/skills/tech-debt of azoner/pyx12.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit d6517b9
Compare with similar skills
Tech Debt next to the 5 skills that share the most tags, products or categories with it. Stars are the repository's; “used in” counts other GitHub owners with a copy.
| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tech Debt this skillazoner/pyx12 | 190 | — | ~1.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Systematic Code Refactoringluongnv89/claude-howto | 42k | — | ~3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Code Simplification for ego-litecitrolabs/ego-lite | 17k | — | ~1.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Code Refactoring Workflowluongnv89/claude-howto | 42k | — | ~3.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Cto AdvisorIbrahim-3d/orchestrator-supaconductor | 380 | 4 repos | ~2.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Tech Debt Analyzerailabs-393/ai-labs-claude-skills | 454 | 2 repos | ~3.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about Tech Debt
What does Tech Debt do?
Scan pyx12 for tech debt and produce a prioritized report. An agent skill from azoner/pyx12. Tech Debt is an agent skill from azoner/pyx12.
When should I use Tech Debt?
Tech Debt fits situations like: tasks that involve Technical debt.
How do I install Tech Debt in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add azoner/pyx12 --skill tech-debt -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/tech-debt in azoner/pyx12) into .claude/skills/tech-debt in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Tech Debt in Codex?
Run `npx skills add azoner/pyx12 --skill tech-debt -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/tech-debt in azoner/pyx12) into .agents/skills/tech-debt in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Tech Debt in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add azoner/pyx12 --skill tech-debt -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/tech-debt, .gemini/skills/tech-debt, .github/skills/tech-debt and .opencode/skills/tech-debt in your project.
What does Tech Debt need to run?
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Tech Debt needs the command-line tools its instructions call (git). Our summary lists: Python 3.
Does Tech Debt access the network?
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use git, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Tech Debt safe to install?
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.
What licence does Tech Debt use?
Tech Debt has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.
How many tokens does Tech Debt use?
About 1.3k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.2k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.
What are the alternatives to Tech Debt?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Tech Debt: Systematic Code Refactoring (luongnv89/claude-howto, 42k stars), Code Simplification for ego-lite (citrolabs/ego-lite, 17k stars), Code Refactoring Workflow (luongnv89/claude-howto, 42k stars) and Cto Advisor (Ibrahim-3d/orchestrator-supaconductor, 380 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Tech Debt?
azoner (a GitHub user) maintains it in azoner/pyx12, which has 190 GitHub stars. The repository holds 2 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on May 6, 2026.
Source: azoner/pyx12 on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.