Brooks-Lint — Tech Debt Assessment

Setup

1. Read

   ../_shared/common.md

   for the Iron Law, Project Config, Report Template, and Health Score rules
2. Read

   ../_shared/source-coverage.md

   for book-level coverage, exceptions, and tradeoffs
3. Read

   ../_shared/decay-risks.md

   for symptom definitions and source attributions
4. Read

   debt-guide.md

   in this directory for the debt classification framework

Process

If the user has not described the codebase or pointed to specific areas: apply Auto Scope Detection from

../_shared/common.md

to determine the assessment scope before proceeding.

1. Scan for all six decay risks (Step 1 of the guide); list every finding before scoring
2. Apply the Pain × Spread priority formula and classify debt intent (Steps 2–3 of the guide)
3. Group findings by decay risk (Step 4 of the guide)
4. Output using the Report Template from common.md, plus the Debt Summary Table

Mode line in report:

Tech Debt Assessment