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Agent skill

Absolute Debt

by maddhruv in maddhruv/absolute

Lint and typecheck debt paydown: clear pre-existing repo-wide lint/type violations and suppressions (@ts-ignore, type: ignore) one rule per wave, fixing causes not symptoms.

MITAuto-check passedDevelopment

Install Absolute Debt

skills CLI
$ npx skills add maddhruv/absolute --skill absolute-debt -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install maddhruv/absolute absolute-debt --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/maddhruv/absolute.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/absolute-debt .claude/skills/absolute-debt && 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/

Facts

Skill name
absolute-debt
GitHub stars
218
Used in
1 other repo
Token cost
~1.1k tokens
SKILL.md length
497 words
Files
3 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
10
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
MIT

At a glance

Lint and typecheck debt paydown: clear pre-existing repo-wide lint/type violations and suppressions (@ts-ignore, type: ignore) one rule per wave, fixing causes not symptoms.

  • Works in 5 steps: Fixing by suppressing. @ts-ignore to… → any / cast to win. Silences the checker,… → One-file-all-rules waves. Mixes… → …
  • Fix our lint warnings
  • SKILL.md covers Absolute Debt, When to use, What it scans and Risk ranking (TRIAGE), plus 3 more sections
  • Calls eslint, ruff and tsc

What it does

Absolute Debt is an agent skill from maddhruv/absolute. Lint and typecheck debt paydown: clear pre-existing repo-wide lint/type violations and suppressions (@ts-ignore, type: ignore) one rule per wave, fixing causes not symptoms. Runs on green main. For diff-scoped quality use absolute-simplify. Triggers on "absolute debt", "fix our lint warnings", "clear the type errors", "get to strict mode", "burn down suppressions".

Its SKILL.md is about 1.1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 3 other files, including reference files (for example `README.md` and `references/health-engine.md`).

It sits in Development, covering Linting and formatting. It works with ESLint. The repository describes itself as: Absolute Skills to 10x your Development Lifecycle. The licence is MIT.

When your agent uses it

  • Fix our lint warnings
  • Clear the type errors
  • Get to strict mode
  • Burn down suppressions

Example prompts

  • “absolute debt”
  • “fix our lint warnings”
  • “clear the type errors”
  • “/absolute-debt”

Requirements

  • Python 3

Workflow steps

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

  1. Fixing by suppressing. @ts-ignore to clear a type error adds debt. Forbidden here.
  2. any / cast to win. Silences the checker, keeps the bug. Fix the real type.
  3. One-file-all-rules waves. Mixes concerns, unreviewable. Go one-rule-all-files.
  4. Autofix without review. --fix can change behavior (e.g. prefer-const on a
  5. Disabling the rule instead of fixing. Loosening config to hit zero is debt laundering,

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 2166274. 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:

    • eslint
    • ruff
    • tsc
    • go

    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

Absolute Debt loads about 1.1k tokens when it runs, and up to ~2.4k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 96 tokens; SKILL.md has 497 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~96
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.1k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~2.4k

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

The full file from maddhruv/absolute at commit 2166274, republished under its MIT licence (© maddhruv). 497 words, ~1,073 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/absolute-debt/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 2 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.
name
absolute-debt
description
Lint and typecheck debt paydown: clear pre-existing repo-wide lint/type violations and suppressions (@ts-ignore, # type: ignore) one rule per wave, fixing causes not symptoms. Runs on green main. For diff-scoped quality use absolute-simplify. Triggers on "absolute debt", "fix our lint warnings", "clear the type errors", "get to strict mode", "burn down suppressions".
version
0.5.0
category
workflow
tags
workflow, maintenance, linting, typescript, debt
platforms
claude-code, gemini-cli, openai-codex, mcp
user-invocable
true
argument-hint
[target]
license
MIT

Start your first response with the 🧾 emoji.

Absolute Debt

Pay down accumulated lint and type-checker debt across the repo — existing warnings, errors, and suppressions that built up over time — in safe waves, by rule, with tests green after each. The goal is a genuinely clean lint + typecheck, not a quieter one.

Runs the shared engine in references/health-engine.md — read it for the DETECT → SCAN → TRIAGE → FIX → VERIFY → REPORT loop and the safety contract. This file covers only what's specific to lint/type debt.

When to use

  • "Fix our lint warnings", "clean up the type errors", "get the codebase to strict mode".
  • Tightening config (enable a rule, raise tsconfig strictness) and clearing the fallout.
  • Burning down accumulated eslint-disable / @ts-ignore / # type: ignore suppressions.

debt vs simplify: simplify improves your working diff's quality. debt clears pre-existing repo-wide lint/type violations on green main. Use debt for standing cleanup, not for changes you're actively making.

What it scans

EcosystemLint debtType debt
JS/TSeslint . (full report, by rule)tsc --noEmit
Pythonruff check / flake8mypy / pyright
Gogolangci-lint rungo vet ./..., staticcheck

Also inventory suppressions as debt in their own right: eslint-disable*, @ts-ignore/@ts-expect-error, # type: ignore, # noqa, //nolint. Each is a hidden violation. Count violations grouped by rule (not by file) — that's how you wave them.

Risk ranking (TRIAGE)

WaveClassDefault
1autofixable lint (eslint --fix, ruff --fix, gofmt)fix now — mechanical, safe
2manual lint by rule, low behavioral risk (unused, style, imports)fix this pass, one rule at a time
3type errors, and lint rules that can change behavior if "fixed" wronggated — review each, may need real logic
4removing suppressions (@ts-ignore etc.)gated — each may surface a real bug

Fix one rule across the repo per wave, not one file across all rules — keeps diffs reviewable and regressions bisectable. Config tightening (enable rule / raise strictness) is itself a finding: propose it, then clear what it surfaces.

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Fix & verify

  • Run the autofixers first (wave 1), commit-ready, then re-scan to see what's truly manual.
  • Manual fixes: address the cause, not the symptom. A type error means the types are wrong somewhere — fix the type, don't cast to any/add # type: ignore.
  • Never clear a violation by suppressing it. Removing suppressions is the goal, not a tool.
  • After each wave: full test + lint + typecheck + build. The violation count must drop and nothing regress.

Gotchas

  1. Fixing by suppressing. @ts-ignore to clear a type error adds debt. Forbidden here.
  2. any / cast to win. Silences the checker, keeps the bug. Fix the real type.
  3. One-file-all-rules waves. Mixes concerns, unreviewable. Go one-rule-all-files.
  4. Autofix without review. --fix can change behavior (e.g. prefer-const on a reassigned var via a bug). Run tests after autofix too.
  5. Disabling the rule instead of fixing. Loosening config to hit zero is debt laundering, not paydown.

Companion commands

  • /absolute simplify — quality of code you're currently changing.
  • /absolute prune — many unused-var/import warnings vanish once dead code is pruned.
  • /absolute work — if clearing the debt needs real refactoring, hand off.

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Files

SKILL.md and 2 other files (references) in skills/absolute-debt of maddhruv/absolute.

  • SKILL.md
  • README.md
  • references/health-engine.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 2166274

Used in 1 other repository

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

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Questions about Absolute Debt

What does Absolute Debt do?

Lint and typecheck debt paydown: clear pre-existing repo-wide lint/type violations and suppressions (@ts-ignore, type: ignore) one rule per wave, fixing causes not symptoms. Absolute Debt is an agent skill from maddhruv/absolute. Lint and typecheck debt paydown: clear pre-existing repo-wide lint/type violations and suppressions (@ts-ignore, type: ignore) one rule per wave, fixing causes not symptoms.

When should I use Absolute Debt?

Absolute Debt fits situations like: fix our lint warnings; clear the type errors; get to strict mode; burn down suppressions.

How do I install Absolute Debt in Claude Code?

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

How do I install Absolute Debt in Codex?

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

Can I use Absolute 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 maddhruv/absolute --skill absolute-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/absolute-debt, .gemini/skills/absolute-debt, .github/skills/absolute-debt and .opencode/skills/absolute-debt in your project.

What does Absolute Debt need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Absolute Debt needs the command-line tools its instructions call (eslint, ruff, tsc and go). Our summary lists: Python 3.

Does Absolute Debt 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 Absolute 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 Absolute Debt use?

Absolute Debt is published under the MIT licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Absolute Debt use?

About 1.1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.3k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 1.4k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

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Who maintains Absolute Debt?

maddhruv (a GitHub user) maintains it in maddhruv/absolute, which has 218 GitHub stars. The repository holds 10 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on July 6, 2026.

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