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+# Tech debt — recurring + scheduled work
+
+This file is the canonical home for known tech debt that has a
+specific cadence, expiry, or follow-up trigger. New entries land
+here as part of the commit that introduces the underlying constraint;
+removal is part of the commit that resolves it.
+
+## Recurring
+
+### TTP provider mapping review — quarterly
+
+Re-walk the AbuseIPDB / GreyNoise / abuse.ch ThreatFox / abuse.ch
+Feodo Tracker catalogues for new categories or classification changes.
+Reconcile against `rules/ttp/R0054..R0058` (the intel-verdict rule
+pack) and bump rule versions for any drift. See
+`development/TTP_TAGGING.md` §"Hard parts §9 Intel provider drift" for
+the operational rationale.
+
+Owner: TTP rule maintainer (currently ANTI).
+Cadence: every quarter, first week of the month.
+Trigger: calendar reminder; no automated probe today.
+
+## One-shot
+
+### TTP Sigma adapter — post-v1
+
+The Sigma rule format adapter is deferred to post-v1 per
+`development/TTP_TAGGING.md` §"Tagging engines, layered §5". Lands
+once v0 ships and the rule-precision targets stabilize so we have a
+calibration reference for translated rules. Until then,
+`decnet/ttp/impl/` does not gain a Sigma engine and `rules/ttp/`
+stays YAML-only.
+
+Trigger: v0 precision targets met + at least one downstream user
+who needs it.