How do I install the Technical Debt Claude Code skill?

Install via the ClaudSkills desktop app (one click) or copy SKILL.md from the source repository to ~/.claude/skills/technical-debt/SKILL.md and restart Claude Code. Both flows are detailed at https://claudskills.com/install/.

Is this skill free to install?

Yes. ClaudSkills is an open registry — every skill keeps its source repository's license, and manual install via copy is free. ClaudSkills Pro ($9/mo, $79/yr, or $149 one-time) adds one-click install via the desktop app and a multi-signal Quality Score.

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Technical Debt

Category: Product · Sub-category: product-misc · Last updated: 2026-05-21

Technical debt management: Ward Cunningham's quadrant (Reckless/Prudent × Deliberate/Inadvertent), Martin Fowler taxonomy, quantification with SonarQube/SQALE/radon, Churn×Complexity hotspot matrix (Code Maat), Interest Rate concept, debt ticket format, Buy-vs-Pay-Down decision framework, communicating debt to non-technical stakeholders.

From the source SKILL.md

Technical debt is not a bug, it's a financial metaphor. Like financial debt, some debt is strategic ("ship now, refactor later") and some is accidental ("we didn't know better"). Both accumulate interest — slowing down future development. This skill covers measuring, prioritizing, and paying down debt systematically.

What this skill does

Technical Debt is a community-contributed Claude Code skill in the product-misc sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/technical-debt/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

Who uses this skill

The Technical Debt Claude Code skill is built for product managers, product designers, and cross-functional teams planning, shipping, and measuring product features. It's part of ClaudSkills (also referred to as Claude Skills or Claude Code Skills) — the open community-curated registry of 69,000+ SKILL.md files for Anthropic's Claude Code agent and the wider Claude ecosystem (Claude API, Claude Agent SDK).

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/technical-debt
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/technical-debt/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/technical-debt/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/technical-debt/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/technical-debt/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\technical-debt\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

Pro

One-click install via the desktop app

The ClaudSkills desktop app installs any skill directly into ~/.claude/skills/ with one click — no terminal required. Pro starts at $9/mo or $149 lifetime.

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Attribution & license

Source: https://github.com/marvinrichter/clarc/blob/HEAD/skills/technical-debt/SKILL.md
License: MIT
Author: marvinrichter
Website: https://marvinrichter.github.io/clarc

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Technical Debt

From the source SKILL.md

What this skill does

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How to install

Manual install (2 steps)

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