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Frontend Debt Audit and Backlog Implementation Plan

For agentic workers: REQUIRED SUB-SKILL: Use superpowers:subagent-driven-development (recommended) or superpowers:executing-plans to implement this plan task-by-task. Steps use checkbox (- [ ]) syntax for tracking.

Goal: Audit the current frontend technical debt, classify what is closed vs open, and turn the open work into a prioritized backlog with roadmap/inbox sync.

Architecture: This is a docs-first workflow. First collect evidence from the codebase and existing docs, then synthesize the findings into a compact backlog, then update inbox.md and roadmap.md so the project docs match the current frontend state. No runtime code changes are part of this feature.

Tech Stack: Markdown docs, git, targeted source searches, repo conventions, existing frontend specs/plans.


Task 1: Collect audit evidence

Files:

  • Read: docs/inbox.md

  • Read: docs/roadmap.md

  • Read: docs/features/frontend-fsd-cleanup/spec.md

  • Read: docs/features/frontend-fsd-cleanup/plan.md

  • Read: docs/features/frontend-fsd-final/spec.md

  • Read: docs/features/frontend-fsd-final/plan.md

  • Read: docs/features/frontend-infrastructure-tooling/spec.md

  • Read: docs/features/frontend-infrastructure-tooling/plan.md

  • Read: apps/frontend/package.json

  • Search: apps/frontend/src/**/*

  • Step 1: Verify the current frontend debt signals

Run:

rg -n "TODO|FIXME|@ts-ignore|eslint-disable|\.\./" apps/frontend/src docs/features

Expected: either no matches in apps/frontend/src, or matches that are explicitly explainable as already planned work in docs/features/.

  • Step 2: Read the current frontend specs and roadmap entries

Run:

git grep -n "frontend" docs/features docs/inbox.md docs/roadmap.md

Expected: a compact list of the currently documented frontend workstreams and cleanup items.

Task 2: Synthesize the backlog

Files:

  • Modify: docs/features/frontend-debt-audit/spec.md

  • Modify: docs/features/frontend-debt-audit/plan.md

  • Create/Modify: docs/features/frontend-debt-audit/tasks.md

  • Step 1: Record the audit clusters in the feature docs

Capture the open-work clusters as separate follow-up candidates under the Frontend Debt Backlog epic, at minimum:

  • docs synchronization / stale specification cleanup;
  • frontend infrastructure hardening;
  • shared API and boundary cleanup.
  • frontend test hygiene.

Keep each cluster independent and do not merge implementation work into the audit feature itself.

  • Step 2: Write the audit tasks file

docs/features/frontend-debt-audit/tasks.md should contain a checkbox list with the following work items:

  1. reconcile current state against docs;
  2. classify open vs closed items;
  3. split the open items into follow-up features;
  4. update inbox and roadmap;
  5. verify the documentation diff is self-consistent.

Task 3: Sync inbox and roadmap

Files:

  • Modify: docs/inbox.md

  • Modify: docs/roadmap.md

  • Step 1: Add the audit note to inbox

Add a short inbox entry that captures the working hypothesis: frontend maintenance should now be handled as a small set of explicit follow-up features instead of one monolithic cleanup effort.

  • Step 2: Add or update the roadmap candidate entry

Add a roadmap item for frontend-debt-audit and, if needed, keep the existing infrastructure tooling entry as a follow-up candidate rather than a live implementation promise.

Task 4: Self-check the documentation set

Files:

  • Read: docs/features/frontend-debt-audit/spec.md

  • Read: docs/features/frontend-debt-audit/plan.md

  • Read: docs/features/frontend-debt-audit/tasks.md

  • Read: docs/inbox.md

  • Read: docs/roadmap.md

  • Step 1: Check for contradictions

Confirm that the spec only promises audit/backlog work and does not imply code changes.

  • Step 2: Check for missing follow-up clusters

Confirm that every open frontend debt item from the audit is mapped into one of the follow-up clusters or explicitly marked as deferred.

  • Step 3: Verify the diff is docs-only

Run:

git diff --name-only

Expected: only files under docs/ changed.