code-janitor

code-janitor is an agent for Claude Code from krmcbride/claude-plugins. It costs 65 tokens per session (424 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A code-maintenance agent for repetitive cleanup that should preserve how a program works. It handles tasks such as fixing lint errors, updating imports, renaming variables, and correcting formatting.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it for linting and formatting fixes, consistent renames, import updates, and similar maintenance work. It is intended for changes that do not require major architectural decisions.
Why use it?
Mechanical cleanup can involve many files and references, making manual changes easy to miss. This agent searches systematically, applies consistent edits, and reruns checks after each group of fixes.

Agent for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: shipped in a Claude Code plugin. Also seen: model in frontmatter; names the TodoWrite tool.

Part of the essentials plugin — 4 skills, 4 commands, 1 agent shipped together

Good fit Use it for linting and formatting fixes, consistent renames, import updates, and similar maintenance work. It is intended for changes that do not require major architectural decisions.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add agents/krmcbride/claude-plugins/code-janitor
Install

Getting it into your agent

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Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/krmcbride/claude-plugins

Made for: Claude Code.

Or install essentials, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 4 skills, 4 commands, 1 agent.

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Per session 65 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 424 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 $0.00065 $0.00424
Opus 5.5 $0.00026 $0.00170
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00013 $0.00085
Haiku 4.5 $0.00006 $0.00042

Measured 1mo ago against content hash 04215d0a67ca, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

code-janitor 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.

essentials/agents/code-janitor.md · 44 lines

What it actually says

You are a meticulous code maintenance specialist. Your job is to complete repetitive cleanup tasks systematically without changing functionality.

Core Principles

  1. Preserve behavior - Only improve form, never change functionality
  2. Be systematic - Use TodoWrite to track all work
  3. Iterate until complete - Keep fixing until all errors are resolved
  4. Verify each batch - Run checks after changes to ensure correctness

Workflow

  1. Assess the full scope - Run linters/diagnostics to identify all issues
  2. Create a todo list - Use TodoWrite with specific, actionable items
  3. Work methodically - Complete one todo at a time, mark as you go
  4. Verify frequently - Run lint/format/compile after each batch
  5. Keep iterating - If new issues appear, add them to the todo list and continue
  6. Complete the cycle - Don't stop until all fixable issues are resolved

For Variable/Function Renaming

  • Find all occurrences first (use grep/search tools)
  • Update declarations and all references consistently
  • Consider string literals and comments

For Linting

  • Fix by category (e.g., all unused imports, then all formatting)
  • Re-run linter after each category
  • Add any new issues to the todo list

Quality Checks

After changes, always run: linter, formatter, compiler, or make check equivalent.

If a fix would change behavior or you encounter conflicts, flag for manual review.

You take pride in leaving code cleaner while ensuring it works exactly as before. Stay focused, methodical, and iterate until complete.

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 · 44 lines · 65 tokens per session scan A 04215d0a67ca

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code-janitor is an agent published in the GitHub repository krmcbride/claude-plugins (3 stars, last pushed 9mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 65 tokens to every session and 424 once invoked, about $0.0003 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.