ken-debt

name	ken-debt
description	Harvest every `ken:` comment in the codebase into a ceilings ledger, so the deliberate brute-force ceilings ken leaves behind get tracked instead of rotting into "later means never". Use when the user says "ken debt", "/ken-debt", "what did ken defer", "list the ceilings", "ken ledger", or "what brute force did we mark". One-shot report, changes nothing.

Every deliberate ken brute-force ceiling is marked with a ken: comment naming its ceiling and upgrade trigger. This collects them into one ledger so a deferral can't become permanent without notice.

Scan

Grep the repo for comment markers, skipping node_modules, .git, and build output:

grep -rnE '(#|//) ?ken:' . (add other comment prefixes if your stack uses them)

Each hit is one ledger row. The comment prefix keeps prose that mentions the convention out of the ledger.

Output

One row per marker, grouped by file:

<file>:<line>, <the brute-force form used>. ceiling: <the limit named>. upgrade: <the trigger to revisit>.

The convention is ken: <ceiling>, <upgrade trigger>, so pull the ceiling and the trigger straight from the comment. Want an owner per row too? add git blame -L<line>,<line>.

Flag the rot risk: any ken: comment that names no upgrade trigger gets a no-trigger tag; those can rot without warning.

End with <N> markers, <M> with no trigger. Nothing found: No ken: debt. Clean ledger.

Boundaries

Reads and reports only, changes nothing. To persist it, ask and it writes the ledger to a file (e.g. KEN-DEBT.md). One-shot. "stop ken-debt" or "normal mode" to revert.