dev-refactor SKILL.md skillA
dev-refactor from codeaholicguy/ai-devkit is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add codeaholicguy/ai-devkit/dev-refactor@git:20261023.fdbfb3aPins git:20261023.fdbfb3a in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- codeaholicguy/ai-devkit
- Path
skills/dev-refactor/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 2
- Latest version
- git:20261023.fdbfb3a, committed Oct 23, 2026
- First version recorded
- Oct 23, 2026
- Size
- 3,549 bytes
- Repository stars
- 1,661
- License
- Apache-2.0
AI DevKit · Systematic structural or multi-file refactors across any stack while preserving behavior and public contracts. Use for reorganizing modules, boundaries, naming, APIs/contracts, staged refactor plans, or refactor risk review.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Refactor Use for structural refactors. Use `dev-simplify` for local readability, dead code, or small logic cleanup. ## Rules - Preserve behavior and public contracts unless changes are explicit. - Classify first: small = local/no public movement; medium = multi-file/extraction/boundary/export touch; large = package/cross-package/staged migration/broad consumers. - For medium/large refactors, write a brief before editing: evidence, pressure, remaining delta, do/defer/avoid ranking, non-goals, contracts, target shape, validation, compatibility. - Do not propose target trees without current-code evidence: tree, file size/mixed concerns, imports/exports, consumers, validation commands. - Separate moves/renames from logic changes and design/API behavior questions. - Prefer existing conventions, provider locality, and the smallest structure that solves observed pressure. - Subtract before adding: remove dead wrappers, redundant validators, stale exports, and unused paths before introducing new structure. - Avoid taste refactors, premature abstractions, and thin one-file directories unless staged or conventional. - Validate with fresh command output. ## Workflow …
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How to install
mdr add codeaholicguy/ai-devkit/dev-refactor@sha256:5ddc87f1be6ba57fThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261023.fdbfb3a, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
[](https://markdownregistry.com/a/art_5rdxfc6ukabykmlp)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, all committed on Oct 23, 2026.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
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| git:20261023.fdbfb3a latest | 2026-10-23 | fdbfb3a | 3,549 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20261023.08f1a74 | 2026-10-23 | 08f1a74 | 3,466 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
- pass: Frontmatter block present
- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (3549 bytes)
- pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
- pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
- pass: No credential-shaped string
- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
- pass: No text hidden with inline styles
- pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
- pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
- pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
- pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
- pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
- pass: No link to a raw IP address
- pass: No script tag
Source
codeaholicguy/ai-devkit · 1,661 stars · license Apache-2.0 · pushed 2026-11-08 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_5rdxfc6ukabykmlp GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=codeaholicguy/ai-devkit/dev-refactor GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/5ddc87f1be6ba57f143263c5de0b80be1e536ccbf8e24bd9067c6b520c57f9ce
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