Refactor Guide

Purpose

Perform safe, behavior-preserving code transformations to improve structure, readability, and maintainability.

Agent Protocol

Trigger

Exact user phrases: "refactor", "clean up code", "extract this", "rename", "improve code", "make this cleaner", "too complex", "spaghetti code".

Input Context

Before activating, verify:

• The code to refactor is provided or accessible.
• Existing tests are available (or characterization tests must be written first).
• The desired outcome is structural improvement, not behavior change.

Output Artifact

No file output. This skill produces a refactoring plan.