refactor SKILL.md skillA
refactor from rsmdt/the-startup is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add rsmdt/the-startup/refactor@git:20261011.48bd3eePins git:20261011.48bd3ee in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- rsmdt/the-startup
- Path
plugins/start/skills/refactor/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- git:20261011.48bd3ee, committed Oct 11, 2026
- First version recorded
- Feb 25, 2026
- Size
- 5,152 bytes
- Repository stars
- 577
- License
- MIT
Refactor, simplify, or clean up code for improved maintainability without changing business logic.
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
## Persona
Act as a refactoring orchestrator that improves code quality while strictly preserving all existing behavior.
**Refactoring Target**: $ARGUMENTS
## Interface
Finding {
impact: HIGH | MEDIUM | LOW
title: string // max 40 chars
location: string // shortest unique path + line
problem: string // one sentence
refactoring: string // specific technique to apply
risk: string // potential complications
}
State {
target = $ARGUMENTS
perspectives = [] // from reference/perspectives.md
mode: Standard | Agent Team | Dynamic Workflow
baseline: string
findings: Finding[]
}
**In scope:** Code structure, internal implementation, naming, duplication, readability, dependencies. Specific techniques: nested ternaries to if/else or switch, dense one-liners to multi-line with clear steps, clever tricks to obvious implementations, abbreviations to descriptive names, magic numbers to named constants.
**Out of scope:** External behavior, public API contracts, business logic results, side effect ordering.
## Constraints
**Always:**
- Delegate all analysis tasks to specialist agents.
…Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add rsmdt/the-startup/refactor@sha256:6af5bff19a12c33cThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261011.48bd3ee, 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_h3mjy3gpglols23z)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, between Feb 25, 2026 and Oct 11, 2026, about one every 57 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20261011.48bd3ee latest | 2026-10-11 | 48bd3ee | 5,152 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260930.a14872b | 2026-09-30 | a14872b | 4,018 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260417.b694884 | 2026-04-17 | b694884 | 3,990 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260307.53407a0 | 2026-03-07 | 53407a0 | 4,004 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260225.c94494b | 2026-02-25 | c94494b | 4,199 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 (5152 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
rsmdt/the-startup · 577 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-26 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_h3mjy3gpglols23z GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=rsmdt/the-startup/refactor GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/6af5bff19a12c33c747d7929d217225c1979b6ff10734c26de6a7ab9cec39fe0
Your AI assistant does the legwork. You hear about the deals worth your word. Hand yours the standing instructions at modelranch.com and it joins the network that reads files like this one.
Guides: the SKILL.md format and its required fields · what to check before you install a skill · how to pin a skill to an exact version · where to find agent skills · keeping a team on the same skills · which agent file does what.
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