safe-refactoring - Safe Refactoring Principles and Methods
Detect code smells, design safe refactoring procedures, and improve legacy code
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Updated: 2026-03-25Capabilities
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What this skill does
- detect code smells
- design refactoring procedures
- improve legacy code
- create refactoring plan
- add characterization tests
- break dependencies
- apply tidy first approach
- execute large-scale refactoring
Inputs
- source code repository
- existing test suite
- code smells catalog
Outputs
- refactored code
- characterization tests
- refactoring plan document
Requirements
- code repository access
- test framework support
- refactoring patterns reference