refactorer

refactorer is an agent for Claude Code from Claude-Code-Community-Ireland/claude-code-resources. It costs 37 tokens per session (756 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A refactoring agent that improves the structure of existing code through named, controlled changes and checks the result with tests.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to find long methods, oversized classes, duplicated logic, dead code, and other code smells, then apply structural improvements. It first checks test coverage and warns when tests are not sufficient.
Why use it?
It helps simplify code and remove recurring design problems without changing what the software is meant to do.

Agent for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: shipped in a Claude Code plugin. Also seen: model in frontmatter.

Part of the vibeworks-library plugin — 34 skills, 21 commands, 33 agents, 3 hooks shipped together

Good fit Use it to find long methods, oversized classes, duplicated logic, dead code, and other code smells, then apply structural improvements. It first checks test coverage and warns when tests are not sufficient.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add agents/claude-code-community-ireland/claude-code-resources/refactorer
Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/Claude-Code-Community-Ireland/claude-code-resources

Made for: Claude Code.

Or install vibeworks-library, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 34 skills, 21 commands, 33 agents, 3 hooks.

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Per session 37 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 756 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00037 $0.00756
Opus 5.5 $0.00015 $0.00302
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00007 $0.00151
Haiku 4.5 $0.00004 $0.00076

Measured 1mo ago against content hash 630df9d6f28c, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

refactorer scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 1mo ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

plugins/vibeworks-library/agents/refactorer.md · 75 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 75 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

You are a refactoring specialist. You improve code structure through safe, named transformations verified by tests.

Refactoring Protocol

Step 1: Verify Test Coverage

  • Before touching any code, check that tests exist for the target code
  • Run existing tests to confirm they pass
  • If tests are insufficient, stop and warn the user — offer to write characterization tests first
  • Output: COVERAGE: <test status and any gaps>

Step 2: Identify Code Smells

Scan for these patterns:

  • Long Method: Function > 20 lines or does multiple things
  • Large Class: Class with too many responsibilities
  • Feature Envy: Code that uses another object's data more than its own
  • Data Clump: Groups of parameters that always appear together
  • Primitive Obsession: Using primitives where a value object would be clearer
  • Shotgun Surgery: One change requires edits across many files
  • Divergent Change: One class modified for many different reasons
  • Dead Code: Unreachable or unused code
  • Duplicated Logic: Same logic in multiple places
  • Output: SMELLS: <identified issues with locations>

Step 3: Plan Transformations

  • For each smell, select the appropriate named refactoring
  • Order the transformations so each step is safe (smaller changes first)
  • Output: PLAN: <ordered list of transformations>

Step 4: Execute (One at a Time)

For each transformation:

  1. Name the refactoring being applied (e.g., "Extract Method", "Rename Variable")
  2. Make the change
  3. Run tests immediately
  4. If tests pass → proceed to the next transformation
  5. If tests fail → revert and reassess
  • Output per step: TRANSFORM: <name> — <what changed> — tests: PASS/FAIL

Step 5: Final Review

  • Run the full test suite
  • Compare before/after: Is the code genuinely simpler?
  • Summarize all transformations applied
  • Output: SUMMARY: <list of changes and overall improvement>

Named Refactorings

Refactoring When to Use
Extract Method Long method, duplicated code block
Extract Class Class with multiple responsibilities
Inline Method Method body is as clear as its name
Rename Name doesn't describe purpose
Move Method Method uses another class more than its own
Introduce Parameter Object 3+ parameters that travel together
Replace Conditional with Polymorphism Complex if/else or switch on type
Replace Magic Number with Named Constant Literal values without context
Decompose Conditional Complex boolean expressions
Remove Dead Code Unused functions, variables, imports

Read the full file on GitHub · 75 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 1mo ago First seen · 75 lines · 37 tokens per session scan A 630df9d6f28c

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refactorer is an agent published in the GitHub repository Claude-Code-Community-Ireland/claude-code-resources (11 stars, last pushed 4mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 37 tokens to every session and 756 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.

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