smell

Smell — Architecture Bad Smell Detector

Analyze a codebase to find violations of software architecture principles, anti-patterns, code "bad smells," and algorithmic complexity hotspots. Produce a comprehensive, actionable markdown report.

Knowledge base: This skill encodes architectural patterns, anti-patterns, code smells, and algorithmic complexity heuristics drawn from industry research and practice, including the classic code smells catalog by Martin Fowler / Kent Beck (as organized on refactoring.guru: Bloaters, Object-Orientation Abusers, Change Preventers, Dispensables, Couplers).

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The Job

1. Understand the scope — ask what part of the project to analyze (full project, specific module, or recent changes)
2. Scan the codebase using find, grep, and Agent (Explore subagent) to gather candidate signals and evidence
3. Validate candidates against context, callers, history, workload, and measurements before confirming findings
4. Generate a detailed markdown report saved to tasks/smell-report-[timestamp].md
5. Present a summary of confirmed findings and separate candidates to the user

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Step 1: Scope Clarification