# feature-flags-architect

Manages feature flags across their lifecycle: stale debt detection, phased rollout planning, kill-switch audits, and a quarterly cleanup command.

- plugin · `type=plugin` · Claude Code · ★ 28733
- Author: Alireza Rezvani
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills/tree/HEAD/engineering/feature-flags-architect
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/plugins/feature-flags-architect

## What it does

The plugin provides three Python standard library scripts. `flag_debt_scanner.py` spots stale flags older than a set threshold, such as 90 days. `rollout_planner.py` generates schedules using ring, linear, log, or cohort strategies, while `kill_switch_audit.py` checks that every flag maps to documented owners and emergency procedures.

Four reference guides cover taxonomy across four flag types (Release, Experiment, Operational, Permission), comparisons for platforms like LaunchDarkly, GrowthBook, Statsig, Unleash, and Flipt, plus phased delivery workflows. The `/flag-cleanup` slash command automates the quarterly retirement routine.

The audit script requires maintaining a flag documentation file with an owner, trigger, and dashboard link: without those records, `kill_switch_audit.py` fails repository validation.

## Requirements
- Works with: Linear

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

**Plugin marketplace**
In the agent chat (not a shell):
```text
/plugin marketplace add alirezarezvani/claude-skills
```
In the agent chat (not a shell):
```text
/plugin install feature-flags-architect@claude-code-skills
```

## When to use it
- scan codebases for stale feature flags
- generate phased rollout schedules for risky releases
- verify that every flag has a documented kill switch
- run quarterly flag deprecation workflows using `/flag-cleanup`

## Example prompts
- Scan the repository for stale feature flags older than 90 days.
- Generate a 14-day ring rollout plan for 100000 users using the rollout planner script.
- /flag-cleanup

## Source text · feature-flags-architect · MIT

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# Feature Flags Architect

End-to-end discipline for feature flags: classify, ship, ramp, retire.

Most teams treat flags as throwaway `if`-statements. This skill treats them as a controlled lifecycle with measurable debt — and ships the tools to enforce it.

## What's inside

- **3 stdlib Python tools** — flag debt scanner, rollout planner, kill-switch auditor
- **4 reference docs** — taxonomy, provider comparison, rollout strategies, lifecycle
- **/flag-cleanup slash command** — runs the full quarterly cleanup workflow
- **Asset template** — feature flag request form

## Install

### Claude Code

```bash
# Via Claude Code marketplace
/plugin install feature-flags-architect

# Or clone the repo
git clone https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills.git
cd claude-skills/engineering/feature-flags-architect
```

### Other tools (Codex CLI, Cursor, Antigravity, OpenCode, Gemini CLI)

The skill ships with a `context: fork` SKILL.md, so it loads via the standard skill mechanism each tool supports. See cross-tool compatibility in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

## Quick start

```bash
SKILL=engineering/feature-flags-architect/skills/feature-flags-architect

# Audit your repo for stale flags
python "$SKILL/scripts/flag_debt_scanner.py" --repo . --max-age-days 90

# Plan a phased rollout
python "$SKILL/scripts/rollout_planner.py" --population 100000 --target-percent 100 --duration-days 14 --strategy ring

# Verify every flag has a kill switch
python "$SKILL/scripts/kill_switch_audit.py" --repo . --flag-doc docs/feature-flags.md
```

## When to use

- Adding a new flag and need a rollout plan
- Auditing a codebase for orphaned or stale flags
- Choosing a flag provider (LaunchDarkly vs GrowthBook vs Statsig vs Unleash vs Flipt vs DIY)
- Designing a kill-switch path for a risky launch
- Cleaning up flag debt before a release freeze

## Key principles

1. **Flags are a lifecycle**, not an `if`-statement: `request → design → ship → ramp → cleanup → archive`
2. **4 flag types** with different lifespans: Release / Experiment / Operational / Permission
3. **Every flag has a documented kill switch** — owner, type, trigger, dashboard
4. **Rollout strategy by risk**, not preference (ring for risky, linear for medium, log for low)
5. **Quarterly cleanup is non-negotiable** — debt compounds

## Skill structure

```
feature-flags-architect/
├── README.md                              # this file
├── .claude-plugin/plugin.json             # 8-field plugin manifest
└── skills/feature-flags-architect/
    ├── SKILL.md                           # main skill spec
    ├── scripts/
    │   ├── flag_debt_scanner.py           # find stale flags
    │   ├── rollout_planner.py             # generate phased schedule
    │   └── kill_switch_audit.py           # verify documentation
    ├── references/
    │   ├── flag_taxonomy.md               # 4 types decision tree
    │   ├── provider_comparison.md         # LD/GB/Statsig/Unleash/Flipt/DIY
    │   ├── rollout_strategies.md          # ring/linear/log/cohort
    │   └── flag_lifecycle.md              # 6-phase lifecycle
    └── assets/
        └── flag_request_template.md       # PR template
```

## Verifiable success

A team using this skill should achieve:

- 100% of new flags pass `kill_switch_audit.py` at merge time
- `flag_debt_scanner.py --max-age-days 90` returns ≤5 stale flags repo-wide
- Every flag has a documented owner, type, kill switch, and dashboard
- Mean time to retire a Release flag: <60 days from 100% rollout

## License

MIT — see repo root LICENSE.
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© Alireza Rezvani · MIT · https://github.com/alirezarezvani/claude-skills/tree/HEAD/engineering/feature-flags-architect

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