Tech Debt Register
Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios
Scans a codebase for debt indicators, sorts findings into six debt categories and maintains a prioritized register you can add to, re-rank and report on.
Audit the debt registry, rank survivors by churn × Fowler quadrant, surface a top-N list, then walk paydown on user follow-up.
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Install Review
$ npx skills add hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins --skill review -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins review --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/hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/bcanfield/agentic-tech-debt/skills/review .claude/skills/review && 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 "review" agent skill from https://github.com/hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins/tree/main/plugins/bcanfield/agentic-tech-debt/skills/review into .claude/skills/review/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "review", 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/hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins/tree/main/plugins/bcanfield/agentic-tech-debt/skills/reviewType 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 hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins --skill review -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins review --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/bcanfield/agentic-tech-debt/skills/review .agents/skills/review && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "review" agent skill from https://github.com/hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins/tree/main/plugins/bcanfield/agentic-tech-debt/skills/review into .agents/skills/review/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "review", 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 hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins --skill review -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins review --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/bcanfield/agentic-tech-debt/skills/review .cursor/skills/review && 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 "review" agent skill from https://github.com/hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins/tree/main/plugins/bcanfield/agentic-tech-debt/skills/review into .cursor/skills/review/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "review", 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/hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins.git --path plugins/bcanfield/agentic-tech-debt/skills/review--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 hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins --skill review -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins review --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/bcanfield/agentic-tech-debt/skills/review .gemini/skills/review && 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 "review" agent skill from https://github.com/hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins/tree/main/plugins/bcanfield/agentic-tech-debt/skills/review into .gemini/skills/review/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "review", 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 hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins reviewInstalls 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 hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins --skill review -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/bcanfield/agentic-tech-debt/skills/review .github/skills/review && 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 "review" agent skill from https://github.com/hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins/tree/main/plugins/bcanfield/agentic-tech-debt/skills/review into .github/skills/review/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "review", 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 hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins --skill review -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins review --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/plugins/bcanfield/agentic-tech-debt/skills/review .opencode/skills/review && 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 "review" agent skill from https://github.com/hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins/tree/main/plugins/bcanfield/agentic-tech-debt/skills/review into .opencode/skills/review/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "review", 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
review- GitHub stars
- 1.3k
- Token cost
- ~963 tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 535 words
- Files
- 2 (incl. scripts)
- Skills in repo
- 716
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
At a glance
Audit the debt registry, rank survivors by churn × Fowler quadrant, surface a top-N list, then walk paydown on user follow-up.
- The user asks to review debt
- SKILL.md covers First turn: print the audit, Paydown mode (only on user…, Speak plainly and Don't
- Runs Python scripts from its folder; calls python3
- See what to pay down
What it does
Review is an agent skill from hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins. Audit the debt registry, rank survivors by churn × Fowler quadrant, surface a top-N list, then walk paydown on user follow-up. Use when the user asks to review debt, see what to pay down, work through entries, or invokes $review. Stale entries drop with "drop A,B,C".
Its SKILL.md is about 960 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files, including scripts (for example `scripts/review.py`).
The repository describes itself as: A curated list of awesome OpenAI Codex / ChatGPT plugins, skills, and resources. The 1 Codex Marketplace. See live plugins at: https://hol.org/plugins/best-codex-plugins. The licence is Apache-2.0.
When your agent uses it
- The user asks to review debt
- See what to pay down
- Work through entries
- Invokes $review
Example prompts
- “drop A,B,C”
- “/review”
Requirements
- Python 3
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 3e1456a. 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
Ships 1 file in scripts/ (Python), which the agent can run.
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
python3
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
Review loads about 963 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 69 tokens; SKILL.md has 535 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); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.
SKILL.md
The full file from hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins at commit 3e1456a, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© hashgraph-online). 535 words, ~963 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/review/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 1 other file; get the full folder from GitHub.- name
- review
- description
- Audit the debt registry, rank survivors by churn × Fowler quadrant, surface a top-N list, then walk paydown on user follow-up. Use when the user asks to review debt, see what to pay down, work through entries, or invokes $review. Stale entries drop with "drop A,B,C".
review — audit + (on follow-up) walk paydown
Two modes. First turn: print the audit and stop. On a user follow-up ("fix the top one," "walk these," "do A," "pay some down"), apply the rubric below.
First turn: print the audit
Run the bundled review.py (it lives in this skill's scripts/ directory — reference it with the relative path; Codex resolves it against the skill root):
python3 scripts/review.pyOptional: --top N to surface more than the default 3 candidates.
Re-emit the helper's stdout verbatim in a fenced code block. Codex may collapse long bash outputs — if you don't print it yourself, the user might not see it. Copy exactly: no preamble, no summary, no "want me to fix the top one?" The fenced block preserves column alignment.
Then stop. The user picks the next move.
Paydown mode (only on user follow-up)
Work through requested entries one at a time. Confirm before each fix. Never auto-batch. Never auto-commit.
For each entry, read the registry file, the hotspot, and adjacent tests. Apply this rubric:
- Already fixed? If the marker/symptom the entry describes no longer appears in the hotspot file, say so and add the entry's letter to the drop list. Don't re-fix.
- Cold area? Churn=0 since
created:and age >90d → propose deferring. ~20% of files generate ~80% of debt-related rework; don't pay down vanity refactors. - Prudent-deliberate with payoff_trigger not met? Honor the trigger. Skip with a one-line "trigger not met:
<quote>." - Fix candidate? Propose the smallest change that resolves the entry. Improvement, not perfection — don't refactor surrounding code.
When you fix
- Read the repo first. Check the test framework, adjacent tests, the cached feedback commands. Adapt to what exists; don't impose a new style.
- TDD where tests exist. Write a failing test that pins the deferral, then make it pass. Don't weaken or delete existing tests to make a fix pass.
- No tests in this area? Surface that and ask: write one, or fix without?
- Explain why this resolves the entry. Cite the entry's
payoff_triggeror body — don't commit code you can't explain. - Risky fix? Auth, payments, migrations, public APIs, or
ai_authored: true→ run a fresh-context review of the diff before suggesting commit. Fresh-context review catches what the writer's motivated reasoning misses. - Don't commit. Show the diff. The user runs the gates, drops the entry with
drop A, and commits.
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Pacing
Aim for 3–10 entries per session — continuous paydown outperforms stop-the-world batches. If the user says "do them all," push back once: unsupervised AI cleanup measurably increases duplicate blocks and short-term churn. If they insist, still one-at-a-time with diffs surfaced.
Speak plainly
The frontmatter uses a research taxonomy (quadrant, category) for ranking and grounding — it is not user-facing vocabulary. When you talk about an entry, describe it in plain words; never say "prudent-inadvertent", "reckless-deliberate", "code_rot", etc. to the user. Use the entry's body and a plain phrase (e.g. "a planned tradeoff", "a shortcut you knew about", "came up later") instead. The review.py output is already translated — match its tone.
Don't
- Don't ask the user to confirm before running
review.py. - Don't paraphrase the helper's stdout. Copy it verbatim into the fenced code block.
- Don't enter paydown mode on the first turn. Stop after the report. Wait for the user's intent.
- Don't auto-commit. Ever.
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Files
SKILL.md and 1 other file (scripts) in plugins/bcanfield/agentic-tech-debt/skills/review of hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins.
- SKILL.md
- scripts/review.py
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 3e1456a
Compare with similar skills
Review 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Review this skillhashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins | 1.3k | — | ~963 | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Tech Debt RegisterDonchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios | 26k | — | ~2.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Ponytail Debt LedgerDietrichGebert/ponytail | 160k | — | ~453 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Brooks Debtsickn33/agentic-awesome-skills | 47k | 1 repos | ~542 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Tech Debt Auditcode-yeongyu/oh-my-openagent | 70k | — | ~2.4k | Automated safety check: Notes | Custom licence | |
| Code Refactoring Tech Debtsickn33/agentic-awesome-skills | 47k | 1 repos | ~2.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about Review
What does Review do?
Audit the debt registry, rank survivors by churn × Fowler quadrant, surface a top-N list, then walk paydown on user follow-up. Review is an agent skill from hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins. Audit the debt registry, rank survivors by churn × Fowler quadrant, surface a top-N list, then walk paydown on user follow-up.
When should I use Review?
Review fits situations like: the user asks to review debt; see what to pay down; work through entries; invokes $review.
How do I install Review in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins --skill review -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/bcanfield/agentic-tech-debt/skills/review in hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins) into .claude/skills/review in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Review in Codex?
Run `npx skills add hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins --skill review -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (plugins/bcanfield/agentic-tech-debt/skills/review in hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins) into .agents/skills/review in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Review 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 hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins --skill review -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/review, .gemini/skills/review, .github/skills/review and .opencode/skills/review in your project.
What does Review need to run?
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Review needs Python for the scripts in its folder and the command-line tools its instructions call (python3). Our summary lists: Python 3.
Does Review 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 Review 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. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.
What licence does Review use?
Review is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
How many tokens does Review use?
About 963 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.9k 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 Review?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Review: Tech Debt Register (Donchitos/Claude-Code-Game-Studios, 26k stars), Ponytail Debt Ledger (DietrichGebert/ponytail, 160k stars), Brooks Debt (sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, 47k stars) and Tech Debt Audit (code-yeongyu/oh-my-openagent, 70k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Review?
hashgraph-online (a GitHub organization) maintains it in hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins, which has 1,267 GitHub stars. The repository holds 716 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 10, 2026.
Source: hashgraph-online/awesome-codex-plugins on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.