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Refactor Pass

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carsten-j·vlatest·backend

Automates safe code refactoring in Python/Java backend projects, improving readability and maintainability based on carsten-j's patterns.

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  1. 1

    Run this in your project

    terminal
    $ npx skills add carsten-j/agent-resources --skill refactor-pass -a claude-code

  2. Uses the open-source skills CLI and needs Node.js. Add -g to install it for your user instead of this project.

What we know about this skill

Publisher

carsten-j

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Install target

Live repository

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Automated safety checks

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This skill passed all 6 checks. We read its files at one commit and looked for the things that make a skill dangerous to run — not for whether it works.

  • Declares what it does: passed

    SKILL.md parses and declares a name and a description.

    SKILL.md exists, its frontmatter parses, and it declares a name and a description.

  • No undeclared network calls: passed

    Makes no network calls.

    Every host the skill dials — from its scripts, its config endpoints or the commands it tells the agent to run — is either well-known package and API infrastructure or declared in its own frontmatter. Links in documentation are not counted.

  • No obfuscated payloads: passed

    No encoded or obfuscated payloads.

    No base64, hex or compressed blob is decoded and then executed, and no encoded shell commands.

  • No credential access: passed

    Reads no keys, tokens, keychains or credential files.

    Neither the code nor the SKILL.md instructions read SSH keys, cloud credentials, keychains, token stores, browser cookie databases or dotfiles that hold secrets.

  • No pipe-to-shell installers: passed

    No pipe-to-shell or download-and-run installers.

    No `curl … | sh` pattern, in the code or in the instructions, that runs code fetched at run time.

  • Pinned to a commit: passed

    Scanned carsten-j/agent-resources at 8cc36cf4d9.

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Commit
8cc36cf4d9
Manifest
skills/refactor-pass/SKILL.md
Scanned
1 file, 18 lines
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About this skill

What it does

The refactor-pass skill allows an AI agent to take existing code and apply a series of automated refactoring steps. It aims to improve code readability, maintainability, and potentially performance without altering the core functionality. This includes tasks like renaming variables, extracting methods, and simplifying conditional logic.

When to use it

  • Cleaning up legacy code: Use this skill when dealing with older codebases that are difficult to understand or modify.
  • Preparing code for review: Refactor code before submitting it for peer review to make it easier for others to comprehend.
  • Improving code quality in automated workflows: Integrate refactoring into CI/CD pipelines to automatically improve code quality over time.
  • Simplifying complex functions: When a function is overly long or convoluted, use this skill to break it down into smaller, more manageable parts.

Key capabilities

  • Automated code refactoring
  • Variable renaming
  • Method extraction
  • Conditional logic simplification

Example prompts

  • "Refactor the following Python code for better readability." [followed by code]
  • "Can you extract a method from this JavaScript function?" [followed by code]
  • "Simplify the conditional statements in this Ruby file." [followed by code]

Tips & gotchas

The skill's effectiveness depends heavily on the initial code quality; it may not be suitable for severely broken or unmaintainable code. Always review the refactored output carefully to ensure functionality remains unchanged and that the changes align with desired coding standards.