complexity-refactoring

What problem does it solve?

This skill helps developers reduce cognitive load and improve maintainability by steering refactoring toward pure, return-valuing helpers instead of mutating state or writing long, complex functions.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Enforces extraction of pure helpers that return values.
• Guides patterns for breaking down complex logic, building collections, and isolating conditional branches.
• Use Case: When a function grows beyond a manageable size, refactor by extracting focused helpers and composing them to form the final solution.

Quick Start

Identify a function with high McCabe complexity, extract a pure helper that computes a value, and refactor the caller to use the new helper. Then repeat for additional concerns until the codebase shows improved readability and testability.