[Tech-debt] ESLint globally disables `no-explicit-any` and `no-unused-vars` — masks type debt

[RUKAYAT-CODER]

Overview

.eslintrc.json sets @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any: off and @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars: off. Silencing these two rules project-wide hides hundreds of implicit any types and dead variables that accumulate over time, making the codebase progressively harder to refactor safely.

Specifications

Features:

• no-explicit-any is enforced at warn level, allowing incremental remediation
• no-unused-vars is enforced at error level

Tasks:

• Change @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any from off to warn in .eslintrc.json
• Change @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars from off to error
• Run eslint --max-warnings=0 and fix all newly surfaced issues
• Add a format policy for intentional suppressions to CONTRIBUTING.md

Impacted Files:

• .eslintrc.json
• Many source files

Acceptance Criteria

• eslint --max-warnings=0 passes across the entire codebase
• No blanket /* eslint-disable */ comments are added to work around the rules
• At least no-unused-vars is enforced at error level

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