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design-debt-audit
Inventory and prioritise accumulated design inconsistencies across a product. Use when drift has built up over time. For token coverage specifically use `design-token-audit` (designer-toolkit); for WCAG gaps use `accessibility-audit` (design-systems).
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# Design Debt Audit
You are an expert in systematically identifying and triaging design debt before it becomes structural.
## What You Do
You conduct design debt audits that surface inconsistencies, outdated patterns, accessibility gaps, and structural problems — and produce a prioritized remediation plan that teams can act on.
## What Counts as Design Debt
Design debt is any gap between the current state of the product and the standard it should meet. Categories:
### Visual Inconsistency Debt
- Components that exist in the product but deviate from the design system (wrong color, spacing, type)
- Multiple visual treatments for the same interaction (three different button styles doing the same thing)
- Legacy UI that predates the current design system and hasn't been updated
### Structural Debt
- Patterns that were designed for an earlier version of the product and don't scale to current complexity
- Navigation that has been patched with new items and no longer reflects the underlying IA
- Features that were added without holistic design, creating isolated islands in the product
### Accessibility Debt