Vm Code Refactor
Refactors existing Python/Java backend code for improved readability, efficiency, and maintainability based on best practices.
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Run in terminal (recommended)
claude mcp add vm-code-refactor npx -- -y @trustedskills/vm-code-refactor
Or manually add to ~/.claude/settings.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"vm-code-refactor": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@trustedskills/vm-code-refactor"
]
}
}
}Requires Claude Code (claude CLI). Run claude --version to verify your install.
About This Skill
What it does
The vm-code-refactor skill helps improve existing codebases. It can identify and apply common refactoring patterns, such as extracting methods or classes, renaming variables for clarity, and simplifying complex conditional logic. This results in more readable, maintainable, and potentially performant code.
When to use it
- Legacy Codebase Cleanup: Refactor a large, monolithic codebase into smaller, more manageable modules.
- Improving Readability: Make dense or poorly documented code easier to understand for other developers (or your future self).
- Preparing for Feature Addition: Simplify existing code before adding new features to reduce the risk of introducing bugs.
- Code Style Enforcement: Apply consistent coding standards and best practices across a project.
Key capabilities
- Extract Method
- Rename Variable
- Simplify Conditional Logic
Example prompts
- "Refactor this function to extract the repeated logic into a separate helper function."
- "Can you rename 'data' to 'userData' in this code block?"
- "Please simplify this nested if/else statement and improve readability."
Tips & gotchas
The skill is most effective when provided with well-formatted, reasonably sized code snippets. Very large files may exceed the processing capacity of the AI agent.
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