refactoring
Skill31 starsChanged 50 days agoNo licenceView on GitHub
Martin Fowler–style refactoring — change the internal structure of code without changing observable behavior. Baby steps on a green baseline: one mechanical transformation at a time, tests stay green, revert on red. Also executes an increment-review fix brief, or runs the legacy manual post-increment review mode on direct user request (explain commits, suggest small in-scope refactors/tests) — skills/increment-review is the default post-increment reviewer now. Separates refactoring from adding features (“two hats”). Use when tidying design, paying down local complexity, preparing code for a change without altering behavior, applying a review's fix brief, or reviewing a just-finished increment on direct request.
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- ishandutta2007/Awesome-Claude-Skillstheir own version, first seen Nov 8, 2026
- larchanka/skillstheir own version, first seen Nov 8, 2026
- REPOZY/superpowers-optimizedtheir own version, first seen Nov 8, 2026
- nisarth/claude-skills-storetheir own version, first seen Nov 8, 2026
- ericwang200608-beep/LANYANT-Skillstheir own version, first seen Nov 8, 2026
- AnyOrgName/php-skillstheir own version, first seen Nov 8, 2026
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- handsontable/handsontable★ 22ksame name
- ciembor/agent-rules-books★ 2.8ksame name
- hitobito/hitobito★ 485same name
- databrickslabs/ontobricks★ 457same name
- DevelopersGlobal/ai-agent-skills★ 216same name
- REPOZY/superpowers-optimized★ 146same name
- extra-org/extra★ 119same name
- tmcfarlane/team-avatar★ 112same name
- larchanka/skills★ 50same name
- nimadorostkar/Claude-Skills-collection★ 33same name
48 more not listed
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 repository13 other files it gives its agents.
- AGENTS.mdAGENTS.md
- atddSkill
- bugfixSkill
- increment-reviewSkill
- legacy-testingSkill
- montecarlo-epicSkill
- montecarlo-epicsSkill
- montecarlo-single-itemSkill
- new-featureSkill
- new-incrementSkill
- spikeSkill
- tddSkill
- tweakSkill
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8 rules. 0 are common, 8 are distinctive, and 0 are very specific to this project.
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Most of the 53 edited versions we read keep these.
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Distinctive
This author's own choices. Worth a look.
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Very specific
Tied to their project's names, files or tools. Probably skip.
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