| name | sweep-debt |
| description | Harvest every `shortcut:` comment in the codebase into a debt ledger, so the deliberate shortcuts and deferrals sweep leaves behind get tracked instead of rotting into "later means never". Use when the user says "sweep debt", "/sweep-debt", "what did sweep defer", "list the shortcuts", "sweep ledger", or "what did we mark to do later". One-shot report, changes nothing.
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Every deliberate sweep shortcut is marked with a shortcut: comment naming
its ceiling and upgrade path. This collects them into one ledger so a deferral
can't quietly become permanent.
Scan
Grep the repo for comment markers, skipping node_modules, .git, and build
output:
grep -rnE '(#|//) ?shortcut:' . (add other comment prefixes if your stack uses them)
Each hit is one ledger row. The comment prefix keeps prose that merely mentions
the convention out of the ledger.
Output
Lead with the rot risk. Any shortcut: comment that names no upgrade path
or trigger is the one that silently becomes permanent — surface those rows
first. Then list every marker, grouped by file:
<file>:<line>, <what was simplified>. ceiling: <the limit named>. upgrade: <the trigger to revisit>.
The convention is shortcut: <ceiling>, <upgrade path>, so pull the ceiling
and the trigger straight from the comment. Want an owner per row too? add
git blame -L<line>,<line>.
End with <N> markers, <M> with no trigger. Nothing found: No shortcut debt. Clean ledger.
Boundaries
Reads and reports only, changes nothing. To persist it, ask and it writes the
ledger to a file (e.g. SWEEP-DEBT.md). One-shot. "stop sweep-debt" or
"normal mode" to revert.
