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Preserve behavior while safely refactoring code.

Software Engineering#testing#safety#refactor#code-quality#baseline#refactoring-patterns
AuthorI2olanD
Version1.0.0
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What problem does it solve?

This Skill enables safe, behavior-preserving code refactoring across projects, reducing risk and ensuring external functionality remains unchanged.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Identify code smells and opportunities for improvement using a structured catalog.
  • Plan refactoring sequences with clear risk assessment and dependency awareness.
  • Execute isolated, smallest-change refactorings, validating each step against the baseline test suite.

Quick Start

Activate this skill when you need to safely restructure code. Steps:

  1. Establish a baseline by running the full test suite and documenting current behavior.
  2. Inspect the codebase for smells using the refactoring catalog in reference.md.
  3. Create an execution plan that applies one change at a time and re-runs tests after each change.

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Name: safe-refactoring
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