gitnexus-refactoring SKILL.md skillA

gitnexus-refactoring from metagit-ai/metagit-cli is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add metagit-ai/metagit-cli/gitnexus-refactoring@git:20260625.aebf5ae

Pins git:20260625.aebf5ae in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
metagit-ai/metagit-cli
Path
.agents/skills/gitnexus/gitnexus-refactoring/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
2
Latest version
git:20260625.aebf5ae, committed Jun 25, 2026
First version recorded
Jun 24, 2026
Size
4,133 bytes
Repository stars
4
License
MIT

Use when the user wants to rename, extract, split, move, or restructure code safely. Examples: "Rename this function", "Extract this into a module", "Refactor this class", "Move this to a separate file".

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

# Refactoring with GitNexus

## When to Use

- "Rename this function safely"
- "Extract this into a module"
- "Split this service"
- "Move this to a new file"
- Any task involving renaming, extracting, splitting, or restructuring code

## Workflow

```
1. gitnexus_impact({target: "X", direction: "upstream"})  → Map all dependents
2. gitnexus_query({query: "X"})                            → Find execution flows involving X
3. gitnexus_context({name: "X"})                           → See all incoming/outgoing refs
4. Plan update order: interfaces → implementations → callers → tests
```

> If "Index is stale" → run `npx gitnexus analyze` in terminal.

## Checklists

### Rename Symbol

```
- [ ] gitnexus_rename({symbol_name: "oldName", new_name: "newName", dry_run: true}) — preview all edits
- [ ] Review graph edits (high confidence) and ast_search edits (review carefully)
- [ ] If satisfied: gitnexus_rename({..., dry_run: false}) — apply edits
- [ ] gitnexus_detect_changes() — verify only expected files changed
- [ ] Run tests for affected processes
```

### Extract Module

```
- [ ] gitnexus_context({name: target}) — see all incoming/outgoing refs
…

Read the whole file at its exact version.

How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add metagit-ai/metagit-cli/gitnexus-refactoring@sha256:6b3d0a4983d8f727

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260625.aebf5ae, 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.

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Versions

The registry has recorded 2 versions of this file, between Jun 24, 2026 and Jun 25, 2026, more than one a day.

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Audit of the latest version

A  17 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (4133 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

GitHub

metagit-ai/metagit-cli · 4 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-02 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_dfovr7f5oyjphqvf
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=metagit-ai/metagit-cli/gitnexus-refactoring
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/6b3d0a4983d8f72715fc09216faee85cb4617e4fbead984f5a5791f38ce939c3

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