Scope. Infer the target and desired depth from the conversation. Ask only about a decision that cannot be resolved from available context.
Inspect. Read applicable project rules, architecture docs, implementation, tests, consumers, and relevant history. Consult current framework or language guidance when it materially affects the design. Ignore unrelated code.
Principles. Read .agents/skills/pflow-refactor/references/clean-code.md and .agents/skills/pflow-refactor/references/solid.md. Use their smells to spot problems and their fixes to justify the To Be — cite the specific principle, not a generic appeal to cleanliness.
Analyze As Is. Establish evidence: responsibilities, ownership, dependencies, mutation and event boundaries, invariants, public API, tests, duplication, naming, change frequency, and concrete size or coupling indicators. Distinguish facts from inferences.
Design To Be. Propose the smallest architecture that addresses observed problems. Prefer composition and existing extension points. Preserve behavior, reduce coupling, define ownership and atomic change boundaries, and explain naming.
Challenge. Reject speculative abstractions and premature optimization. Add managers, repositories, interfaces, base classes, event buses, or generic mechanisms only when current evidence requires them.
Report. Lead with the conclusion, then present As Is, To Be, rationale and trade-offs, a safe migration sequence, risks, and explicit non-goals. Use exact paths and symbols where available. Mark unresolved decisions instead of inventing requirements.

Boundaries

Do not edit files, implement, commit, or turn the research into a task plan unless explicitly requested separately.
Do not recommend a rewrite when incremental migration can preserve behavior.
Do not extract abstractions solely to reduce line count or superficial duplication.
Do not optimize without measurements.

pflow-refactor

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