refactoring-patterns
Skill17 starsChanged 59 days agoMITView on GitHub
Measurement-driven code refactoring — profile before changing, measure after, keep only if metrics improve. Covers complexity reduction, extraction patterns, and bulk refactoring for mechanical changes across many files.
9 other projects use a version of this.
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- proffesor-for-testing/agentic-qetheir own version, first seen Oct 25, 2026
- tmcfarlane/team-avatartheir own version, first seen Oct 20, 2026
- irahardianto/awesome-agvtheir own version, first seen Oct 14, 2026
- smileynet/code-spicetheir own version, first seen Oct 13, 2026
- 2867203296/hermes-agenttheir own version, first seen Aug 19, 2026
- Adhamxon/claude-code-skillstheir own version, first seen Jul 30, 2026
Other versions9 projects use a version of this.
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- wondelai/skills★ 2.6ksame name
- proffesor-for-testing/agentic-qe★ 524same name
- irahardianto/awesome-agv★ 157same name
- tmcfarlane/team-avatar★ 112same name
- Adhamxon/claude-code-skills★ 2same name
- derheissenberg/applicaiton★ 2same name
- 2867203296/hermes-agent★ 0same name
- fabioc-aloha/alex-cognitive-architecture★ 0same name
- smileynet/code-spice★ 0same name
How matches are found. Word for word: the exact same text. Edited: shares passages with this file (“99% same” means 99% of its five-word phrases also appear here; 10% or more counts). Their own version: similar meaning, or, weakest, the same name. We can’t tell which project had it first. Projects are counted among the 200 most-starred candidates, and mentions are links to the repository we found, up to 50 per site, so both counts are a floor.
In this repository9 other files it gives its agents.
- CLAUDE.mdCLAUDE.md
- brainstormingSkill
- ci-guardSkill
- cost-speed-meterSkill
- python-patternsSkill
- security-checkSkill
- semantic-versioningSkill
- update-docsSkill
- verification-loopSkill
The file
We split this skill into the rules it gives an agent
6 rules. 0 are common, 4 are distinctive, and 2 are very specific to this project.
0
Common
Most of the 7 edited versions we read keep these.
4
Distinctive
This author's own choices. Worth a look.
2
Very specific
Tied to their project's names, files or tools. Probably skip.
- Common
- Distinctive
- Very specific
- Distinctive: line 13
When the user says "refactor", "clean up", "simplify", "this code is messy"
- Distinctive: line 14
When code has high complexity, deep nesting, or large functions
- Distinctive: line 15
When extracting, renaming, or restructuring across multiple files
- Distinctive: line 16
When consolidating duplicated code
- Very specific: line 20
Read skills/refactoring-process.md for the measure-refactor-measure workflow, extraction patterns, and bulk refactoring mode.
- Very specific: line 24
Read guidelines.md for measurement requirements, revert criteria, and scope limits.
“Common” is measured: kept by at least 6 in 10 of the 7 edited versions of this file we could read. “Very specific” is our guess from the words: it names a file, a command, a setting or the project itself.
Files
Refactoring Patterns
Measure before. Refactor. Measure after. Keep only if it improved.
When to Activate
- When the user says "refactor", "clean up", "simplify", "this code is messy"
- When code has high complexity, deep nesting, or large functions
- When extracting, renaming, or restructuring across multiple files
- When consolidating duplicated code
Process
Read skills/refactoring-process.md for the measure-refactor-measure workflow, extraction patterns, and bulk refactoring mode.
Behavioral Rules
Read guidelines.md for measurement requirements, revert criteria, and scope limits.
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