Getting it into your agent
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npx agentmods add skills/nklisch/claude-code-modes/stylistic-refactornpx skills add nklisch/claude-code-modes --skill stylistic-refactorgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/nklisch/claude-code-modesWrote this? Show the measurements
A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.
[](https://agentmods.dev/skills/nklisch/claude-code-modes/stylistic-refactor)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/skills/nklisch/claude-code-modes/stylistic-refactor"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/skills/nklisch/claude-code-modes/stylistic-refactor.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>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.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5 | $0.00039 | $0.00464 |
| Opus 5 | $0.00019 | $0.00232 |
| Sonnet 5 | $0.00008 | $0.00093 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00004 | $0.00046 |
Grade A, and why
stylistic-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 4d 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.
What it actually says
Stylistic Refactor
Scan the codebase for opportunities to apply these stylistic preferences. Each style has a reference file with rationale, examples, and exceptions.
Styles
| Style | Rule (one line) | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Functions Over Classes | Use top-level functions and plain objects; never introduce classes | details |
| Early Returns | Use guard clauses and early returns; never nest more than 2 levels deep | details |
| Declarative/Imperative Split | Declarative (.map/.filter) for pure transforms; imperative for-loops for side effects | details |
| Immutable First | Create new objects via spread; mutate only caller-owned local data | details |
| Ternary Discipline | Ternaries for simple 2-branch expressions only; if/else for anything complex | details |
| Verb-First Naming | Functions start with verbs; booleans use is/has prefixes | details |
| Concatenation Style | Template literals for multi-line strings; + concatenation for simple joins | details |
Output
Write the refactoring plan to docs/stylistic-refactor-plan.md (create docs/ if needed).
The document should be a prioritized refactoring plan with these sections:
High Value
Implement-ready entries with file:line, current code, target code, and acceptance criteria.
Worth Considering
Valid refactors with moderate impact. Brief entries with file paths and rationale.
Not Worth It
Code that technically violates a style but should NOT be refactored, with explanation why.
What ships with it
7 files beside SKILL.md in the same directory: the scripts, references and assets a skill reads on demand. Not counted in the per-session cost; read them before you install if any of them is executable.
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.
- 4d ago First seen · 41 lines · 39 tokens per session scan A 49dc03641d1e
stylistic-refactor is a skill published in the GitHub repository nklisch/claude-code-modes (115 stars, last pushed 26d ago), licensed MIT. It adds 39 tokens to every session and 464 once invoked, about $0.0002 per session on Opus 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 2026-08-30.
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