“Refactoring”

Use when refactoring existing code to improve readability or maintainability while preserving behavior.

Use for behavior-preserving refactors that should improve clarity, reduce duplication, or improve developer experience without changing product behavior.

Find structural refactors that remove caller obligations, then implement the chosen change.

Refactor documents — simplify without losing information, visualize flows with sequenceDiagram.

Use when reviewing or refactoring Java code.

Surgical code refactoring to improve maintainability without changing behavior.

Measurement-driven code refactoring — profile before changing, measure after, keep only if metrics improve.

Refactor GRACE 4 governed code while keeping .grace graph, verification, change scopes, and file-local anchors synchronized.

Refactors a file applying Clean Code and SOLID.

Safely refactor code without breaking functionality.

Enforces test-driven development (Red -> Green -> Refactor) and modular public decomposition with zero private helper methods.

Use this skill when the task asks for refactoring, simplification, restructuring, or cleanup while preserving behavior.

Restructure code while preserving behavior.

Improve existing code without changing behavior — split large functions, backfill tests, simplify.

Deep refactoring workflow with expert panel review.

Refactor code for better quality.

You are a code refactoring expert specializing in clean code principles, SOLID design patterns, and modern software engineering best practices.

Audits a codebase for refactoring opportunities using Martin Fowler's code smell and technique catalog — long functions, duplication, high coupling, complex…

Decide between surgical and structural refactoring with scope, safety, and rollback planning.

Refactoring ciblé.

Safe, systematic refactoring workflow — same behavior, better structure

Refactor code to improve readability, maintainability, and performance without changing behavior.

Architectural refactoring guide for React applications covering component architecture, state architecture, hook patterns, component decomposition, coupling…

Incremental code refactoring using Tidy First?