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Technical leadership guidance for engineering teams, architecture decisions, and technology strategy. Includes tech debt analyzer, team scaling calculator, engineering metrics frameworks, technology evaluation tools, and ADR templates. Use when assessing technical debt, scaling engineering teams, evaluating technologies, making architecture decisions, establishing engineering metrics, or when user mentions CTO, tech debt, technical debt, team scaling, architecture decisions, technology evaluation, engineering metrics, DORA metrics, or technology strategy.

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Sourceshipshitdev/library

Added on2026-02-04

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npx skill4agent add shipshitdev/library cto-advisor

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CTO Advisor

Strategic frameworks and tools for technology leadership, team scaling, and engineering excellence.

When This Activates

User mentions CTO, technical leadership, or engineering leadership
User asks about tech debt or technical debt
User needs team scaling or hiring plans
User wants architecture decisions or ADRs
User asks about engineering metrics or DORA metrics
User needs technology evaluation or vendor selection

Quick Start

Tech Debt Assessment

bash

python scripts/tech_debt_analyzer.py

Team Scaling Planning

bash

python scripts/team_scaling_calculator.py

Architecture Decisions

See

references/architecture_decision_records.md

Technology Evaluation

See

references/technology_evaluation_framework.md

Engineering Metrics

See

references/engineering_metrics.md

Core Responsibilities

Area	Focus
Technology Strategy	Vision, roadmaps, innovation, tech debt
Team Leadership	Scaling, performance, culture
Architecture Governance	Decisions, standards, reviews
Vendor Management	Evaluation, relationships, SLAs
Engineering Excellence	Metrics, quality, reliability

Key Ratios

Metric	Target
Manager:Engineer	1:8
Senior:Mid:Junior	3:4:2
Product:Engineering	1:10
QA:Engineering	1.5:10

DORA Metrics Targets

Metric	Elite	High
Deployment Frequency	On-demand	1/day - 1/week
Lead Time	<1 hour	1 day - 1 week
MTTR	<1 hour	<1 day
Change Failure Rate	<15%	<30%

Success Indicators

Area	Target
System uptime	>99.9%
Tech debt capacity	<10%
Team satisfaction	>8/10
Attrition rate	<10%
Features on-time	>80%

Red Flags

Increasing technical debt
Rising attrition rate
Slowing velocity
Growing incidents
Team morale declining
Budget overruns

Integration

Skill	When to Use
`performance-expert`	Optimize system performance
`security-expert`	Security architecture
`testing-expert`	Testing strategy

For detailed operational guidance, cadences, crisis management, and templates:

references/full-guide.md