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debt

Skill1 starsChanged 9 days agoMITView on GitHub

Use when the user types /debt to list the deliberate shortcuts in the code. Collects every shortcut comment into one ledger and changes nothing.

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The file

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5 rules. 0 are common, 1 is distinctive, and 4 are very specific to this project.

  • 0

    Common

    Most of the 4 edited versions we read keep these.

  • 1

    Distinctive

    This author's own choices. Worth a look.

  • 4

    Very specific

    Tied to their project's names, files or tools. Probably skip.

  • Common
  • Distinctive
  • Very specific
  1. Very specific:

    Search the project with the Grep tool, with line numbers, for this pattern: (#|//|/\*|--|;)\s*shortcut:.

    line 13
  2. Very specific:

    Write one line per hit, grouped by file: <file>:<line> <what is simplified>.

    line 14
  3. Very specific:

    Add no-trigger to a line when its comment names no upgrade trigger.

    line 15
  4. Distinctive:

    Read only. Change no file.

    line 20
  5. Very specific:

    If the user names another marker, such as /debt TODO, search for that word instead.

    line 22

“Common” is measured: kept by at least 6 in 10 of the 4 edited versions of this file we could read. “Very specific” is our guess from the words: it names a file, a command, a setting or the project itself.

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SKILL.md

Debt

A deliberate shortcut carries a comment like shortcut: <limit>, upgrade when <trigger>, for example # shortcut: loads every row into memory, upgrade when a file passes 100 MB. This skill collects those comments, so that no shortcut stays forever by accident.

Steps

  1. Search the project with the Grep tool, with line numbers, for this pattern: (#|//|/\*|--|;)\s*shortcut:. The Grep tool skips the files that git ignores.
  2. Write one line per hit, grouped by file: <file>:<line> <what is simplified>. Limit: <the limit>. Upgrade: <trigger>.
  3. Add no-trigger to a line when its comment names no upgrade trigger.
  4. End with <N> shortcuts, <M> with no trigger. When there are no hits, say No shortcuts found.

Rules

  • Read only. Change no file. Write the ledger to a file only when the user asks.
  • Skip a hit that is not a deferral, such as text about a keyboard shortcut.
  • If the user names another marker, such as /debt TODO, search for that word instead.

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