refactor
Systematic code refactoring based on Martin Fowler's methodology. Use when users ask to refactor code, improve code structure, reduce technical debt, clean up legacy code, eliminate code smells, or improve code maintainability. This skill guides through a phased approach with research, planning, and safe incremental implementation.
Why this score
This repo hosts 10 skills, so its 41,964 stars are split between them (about 4,196 each) for scoring.
Popularity score: 87/100 from public GitHub signals only. It shows how widely used and maintained this is, not how well it works. Not included yet: the fake-star check. The security scan is shown separately and doesn't change the score. How we rank
Security
Scanned Oct 20, 2026 at commit 0e0115935db9, with Cisco's open-source skill-scanner.
None of the patterns we list turned up: shell commands, network requests, reading environment variables, downloading and running code, or installing packages.
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Alternatives
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| Name | Score | Stars | Context | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| This onerefactor luongnv89/claude-howto · Skill | 87 | ★ 42k | ≈86 always | 16d ago |
| refactor-safely tirth8205/code-review-graph · Skill Same job: refactoring | 87 | ★ 32k | ≈19 always | 19d ago |
| refactor-memory vinta/hal-9000 · Skill Same job: refactoring | 60 | ★ 140 | ≈60 always | 16d ago |
| refactor-reviewer sd0xdev/sd0x-harness · Subagent Same job: refactoring | 60 | ★ 194 | ≈27 in chat | 28d ago |
| sepia-refactor Nanako0129/sepia · Skill Same job: refactoring | 76 | ★ 3.2k | ≈26 always | 21d ago |
| grace-refactor osovv/grace-marketplace · Skill Same job: refactoring | 58 | ★ 253 | ≈35 always | 1mo ago |