Agent skill

Techdebt

by meleantonio in meleantonio/ChernyCode

Find and fix technical debt including duplicated code, dead code, outdated patterns, and code smells.

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Install Techdebt

skills CLI

$ npx skills add meleantonio/ChernyCode --skill techdebt -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install meleantonio/ChernyCode techdebt --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/meleantonio/ChernyCode.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/claude_personal_skills/techdebt .claude/skills/techdebt && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.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/

Paste into Claude Code

Install the "techdebt" agent skill from https://github.com/meleantonio/ChernyCode/tree/main/claude_personal_skills/techdebt into .claude/skills/techdebt/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "techdebt", 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

$skill-installer install https://github.com/meleantonio/ChernyCode/tree/main/claude_personal_skills/techdebt

Type 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.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add meleantonio/ChernyCode --skill techdebt -a codex

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install meleantonio/ChernyCode techdebt --agent codex

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/meleantonio/ChernyCode.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/claude_personal_skills/techdebt .agents/skills/techdebt && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.

Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/

Paste into Codex

Install the "techdebt" agent skill from https://github.com/meleantonio/ChernyCode/tree/main/claude_personal_skills/techdebt into .agents/skills/techdebt/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "techdebt", 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.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add meleantonio/ChernyCode --skill techdebt -a cursor

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install meleantonio/ChernyCode techdebt --agent cursor

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/meleantonio/ChernyCode.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/claude_personal_skills/techdebt .cursor/skills/techdebt && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.

Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/

Paste into Cursor

Install the "techdebt" agent skill from https://github.com/meleantonio/ChernyCode/tree/main/claude_personal_skills/techdebt into .cursor/skills/techdebt/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "techdebt", 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

$ gemini skills install https://github.com/meleantonio/ChernyCode.git --path claude_personal_skills/techdebt

--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add meleantonio/ChernyCode --skill techdebt -a gemini-cli

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install meleantonio/ChernyCode techdebt --agent gemini-cli

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/meleantonio/ChernyCode.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/claude_personal_skills/techdebt .gemini/skills/techdebt && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.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/

Paste into Gemini CLI

Install the "techdebt" agent skill from https://github.com/meleantonio/ChernyCode/tree/main/claude_personal_skills/techdebt into .gemini/skills/techdebt/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "techdebt", 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.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install meleantonio/ChernyCode techdebt

Installs 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).

skills CLI

$ npx skills add meleantonio/ChernyCode --skill techdebt -a github-copilot

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/meleantonio/ChernyCode.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/claude_personal_skills/techdebt .github/skills/techdebt && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.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/

Paste into GitHub Copilot

Install the "techdebt" agent skill from https://github.com/meleantonio/ChernyCode/tree/main/claude_personal_skills/techdebt into .github/skills/techdebt/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "techdebt", 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.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add meleantonio/ChernyCode --skill techdebt -a opencode

OpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install meleantonio/ChernyCode techdebt --agent opencode

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/meleantonio/ChernyCode.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/claude_personal_skills/techdebt .opencode/skills/techdebt && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.

OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into OpenCode

Install the "techdebt" agent skill from https://github.com/meleantonio/ChernyCode/tree/main/claude_personal_skills/techdebt into .opencode/skills/techdebt/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "techdebt", 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: techdebt
GitHub stars: 516
Used in: 1 other repo
Token cost: ~488 tokens
SKILL.md length: 230 words
Files: 1
Skills in repo: 7
Repo updated: Aug 23, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: None found

At a glance

Find and fix technical debt including duplicated code, dead code, outdated patterns, and code smells.

Works in 4 steps: Scan the Codebase → Report Findings → Fix Issues → …
Tasks that involve Technical debt
SKILL.md covers What to Look For, Workflow, Arguments and Output
Calls ruff

What it does

Techdebt is an agent skill from meleantonio/ChernyCode. Find and fix technical debt including duplicated code, dead code, outdated patterns, and code smells. Run at the end of sessions to clean up.

Its SKILL.md is about 490 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 and Refactoring.

When your agent uses it

Tasks that involve Technical debt
Tasks that involve Refactoring

Example prompts

“/techdebt”

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

Scan the Codebase
Report Findings
Fix Issues
Verify

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit d85373c. 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:
- ruff
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md.
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

Techdebt loads about 488 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 38 tokens; SKILL.md has 230 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~38
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~488

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

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 230 words (~488 tokens).

“Identify and fix technical debt in the codebase.”

— opening of SKILL.md by meleantonio

name: techdebt
disable-model-invocation: true

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

Just SKILL.md in claude_personal_skills/techdebt of meleantonio/ChernyCode.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit d85373c

Used in 2 other repositories

We found 3 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in meleantonio/ChernyCode, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

Compare with similar skills

Techdebt 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.

Techdebt compared with similar skills
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Techdebt this skillmeleantonio/ChernyCode	516	1 repos	~488	Automated safety check: Pass	None	1 mo ago
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Code Simplification for ego-litecitrolabs/ego-lite	17k	—	~1.2k	Automated safety check: Pass	MIT	15 days ago
Code Refactoring Workflowluongnv89/claude-howto	42k	—	~3.1k	Automated safety check: Pass	MIT	8 days ago
Tech Debt Analyzerailabs-393/ai-labs-claude-skills	454	2 repos	~3.9k	Automated safety check: Pass	MIT	11 mo ago
FIXME Resolvertailcallhq/forgecode	7.6k	—	~1.1k	Automated safety check: Pass	Apache-2.0	today

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Questions about Techdebt

What does Techdebt do?

Find and fix technical debt including duplicated code, dead code, outdated patterns, and code smells. Techdebt is an agent skill from meleantonio/ChernyCode. Find and fix technical debt including duplicated code, dead code, outdated patterns, and code smells.

When should I use Techdebt?

Techdebt fits situations like: tasks that involve Technical debt; tasks that involve Refactoring.

How do I install Techdebt in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add meleantonio/ChernyCode --skill techdebt -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (claude_personal_skills/techdebt in meleantonio/ChernyCode) into .claude/skills/techdebt in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Techdebt in Codex?

Run `npx skills add meleantonio/ChernyCode --skill techdebt -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (claude_personal_skills/techdebt in meleantonio/ChernyCode) into .agents/skills/techdebt in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Techdebt 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 meleantonio/ChernyCode --skill techdebt -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/techdebt, .gemini/skills/techdebt, .github/skills/techdebt and .opencode/skills/techdebt in your project.

What does Techdebt need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Techdebt needs the command-line tools its instructions call (ruff).

Does Techdebt access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Techdebt 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 Techdebt use?

No licence was found for Techdebt or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Techdebt use?

About 488 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 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 Techdebt?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Techdebt: 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 Tech Debt Analyzer (ailabs-393/ai-labs-claude-skills, 454 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Techdebt?

meleantonio (a GitHub user) maintains it in meleantonio/ChernyCode, which has 516 GitHub stars. The repository holds 7 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on August 23, 2026.

Source: meleantonio/ChernyCode on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.

Techdebt

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At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Workflow steps

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

Files

Used in 2 other repositories

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Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Workflow steps

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

Files

Used in 2 other repositories

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