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Scan codebase for known anti-patterns and technical debt

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/debt-scan — Technical Debt Scanner

Scan the codebase for all known anti-patterns from .claude/rules/anti-patterns*.md files. Produce a report with counts, locations, and trend comparison.

Scan Checklist

Run these Grep searches across src/ and report counts:

General Anti-Patterns

  1. as any — Grep for as any in *.ts,*.tsx (type safety violation)
  2. Record<string, unknown> — Grep for Record<string, unknown> (untyped payloads)
  3. db: any — Grep for db: any (untyped database)
  4. console.log — Grep for console.log in src/server/ (use logger)
  5. console.error — Grep for console.error in src/server/ (use logger)
  6. export * — Grep for export \* (breaks tree-shaking)
  7. await import( — Grep for await import\( in src/ (dynamic imports)

React/Next.js Anti-Patterns

  1. forwardRef — Grep for forwardRef (React 19 doesn't need it)
  2. getServerSideProps — Grep for getServerSideProps (App Router doesn't use it)
  3. useContext in tRPC — Grep for trpc.useContext() (deprecated, use useUtils)

tRPC/Drizzle Anti-Patterns

  1. queryClient.invalidate — Grep for queryClient.invalidate (use utils.x.invalidate)
  2. ctx.db without comment — Grep for ctx.db outside repositories (should use ctx.uow)
  3. Sequential await — Grep for patterns like await.*\n.*await that could be parallel

Security Anti-Patterns

  1. Missing ownerId scope — Grep for queries without ownerId filter
  2. dangerouslySetInnerHTML — Grep for dangerouslySetInnerHTML

Output Format

After running all scans, produce a summary table:

| # | Anti-Pattern | Count | Files |
|---|-------------|-------|-------|
| 1 | as any | 3 | router.ts, helper.ts, ... |

Save results to .claude/instincts/debt-scan.json:

{
  "date": "2026-02-26",
  "total_issues": 15,
  "by_pattern": { "as_any": 3, "console_log": 5, ... },
  "trend": "improving"  // compare against previous scan if exists
}

Trend Comparison

If a previous debt-scan.json exists, compare counts and report:

  • Patterns that improved (count decreased)
  • Patterns that regressed (count increased)
  • New patterns detected