# Complete one entry from the tech debt list

One item from the list, done exactly as the person who understood it wrote it down.

Category: Tech debt and deprecations
Source: https://letsship.ai/use-cases/burn-down-a-debt-register-entry
Published: 2026-08-25

## Goal

Resolve one debt-register entry as written.

## Acceptance criteria

- The work matches what the entry describes
- The register entry is closed and links to the pull request
- Scope changes from the original entry are stated rather than absorbed
- Anything discovered along the way is filed as a new entry

## What lands as proof

A closed register entry linked to the change that closed it, so the register stays a live document.

## Prompt

Copy this to an agent to open the ticket:

```text
Create a Linear issue in my team and assign it to the SHIP agent.

Title: Resolve debt register entry {entry}

Description: Resolve one debt-register entry as written.

Acceptance criteria:
- The work matches what the entry describes
- The register entry is closed and links to the pull request
- Scope changes from the original entry are stated rather than absorbed
- Anything discovered along the way is filed as a new entry

Before you create the issue, open this repository's debt register, pick the oldest entry that is still valid, and replace {entry}.
```

## Questions

### What does the agent actually change?

The ticket is scoped to one outcome: resolve one debt-register entry as written. Work that serves that outcome is in scope, and anything outside it is left for a separate ticket, so the pull request stays reviewable.

### How do I know the work is done?

The pull request carries the evidence, not only the diff. Here that means the register entry is closed by the pull request that did it, so a reviewer can confirm the result without reproducing the work locally.

### How much oversight does this need?

None is required before the run starts. Every claim this ticket makes can be checked by machine, so the agent works straight through and a person reviews the finished pull request like any other.