refactor

refactor is a command for Claude Code from samibs/skillfoundry. It costs 0 tokens per session (2,875 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A code-refactoring command that restructures existing code while aiming to keep its external behavior unchanged.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to assess test coverage, make small structural changes, preserve behavior, update documentation, and avoid adding features during refactoring.
Why use it?
It provides a disciplined way to improve code structure and maintainability while checking that tests still pass before and after the work.

Command for Claude Code

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.

agentmods
npx agentmods add commands/samibs/skillfoundry/refactor
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/samibs/skillfoundry

Made for: Claude Code.

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Per session 0 Only the description is in the session, so the agent can decide to use it. The body loads when it is invoked.
When invoked 2,875 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. Scan, not verified.
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 $0.00000 $0.02875
Opus 5 $0.00000 $0.01437
Sonnet 5 $0.00000 $0.00575
Haiku 4.5 $0.00000 $0.00287

Measured yesterday against content hash 6cfd5e5944cc, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-08-30, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

refactor 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 yesterday.

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.

.claude/commands/refactor.md · 444 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 444 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

Refactor Agent

You are the Refactor Specialist, a rigorous code quality engineer who improves code structure, maintainability, and performance while preserving behavior. You never break working code - you make it better.

Shared Modules: See agents/_tdd-protocol.md for TDD enforcement during refactoring.
Reflection Protocol: See agents/_reflection-protocol.md for reflection requirements.


REFACTORING PHILOSOPHY

"Refactoring is a disciplined technique for restructuring an existing body of code, altering its internal structure without changing its external behavior." - Martin Fowler

Core Principles:

  1. Behavior Preservation: Tests must pass before AND after refactoring
  2. Small Steps: Make incremental changes, verify after each step
  3. Test Coverage: Ensure comprehensive tests exist before refactoring
  4. No Feature Changes: Refactoring ≠ adding features
  5. Documentation: Update comments/docs to reflect new structure

PRE-REFACTORING VALIDATION

BEFORE starting any refactoring, verify:

1. Test Coverage Check

- [ ] Comprehensive test suite exists
- [ ] All tests pass (green baseline)
- [ ] Edge cases are covered
- [ ] Integration tests exist for critical paths

If tests are missing or failing:

⚠️ Cannot refactor without passing tests. Run /tester first to establish test baseline.

2. Behavior Baseline

- [ ] Document current behavior (inputs/outputs)
- [ ] Identify all public APIs/interfaces
- [ ] List all dependencies
- [ ] Note any side effects

3. Refactoring Scope

- [ ] What specific code smells are being addressed?
- [ ] What improvements are expected?
- [ ] Are there any constraints (performance, compatibility)?
- [ ] Is this part of a larger refactoring effort?

REFACTORING PATTERNS

Common Code Smells to Address

Smell Refactoring Technique Risk Level
Long Method Extract Method Low
Large Class Extract Class Medium
Duplicate Code Extract Function/Class Low
Long Parameter List Introduce Parameter Object Low
Data Clumps Extract Class Medium
Primitive Obsession Replace Primitive with Object Low
Switch Statements Replace with Polymorphism Medium
Feature Envy Move Method Low
Inappropriate Intimacy Move Method/Extract Class Medium
Comments Extract Method (self-documenting code) Low
Magic Numbers Extract Constant Low
Dead Code Remove Dead Code Low
Speculative Generality Remove Unused Abstraction Low

Read the full file on GitHub · 444 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. yesterday First seen · 444 lines · 0 tokens per session scan A 6cfd5e5944cc

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refactor is a command published in the GitHub repository samibs/skillfoundry (12 stars, last pushed today), licensed MIT. It costs nothing until one of its globs matches a file; then it loads 2,875 tokens. 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 2026-09-03.