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- SKILL.md skill
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- 2
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- git:20260728.fac4544, committed Jul 28, 2026
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- Jul 18, 2026
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- 14
- License
- MIT
Find dependency cycles between modules and break them with layering, interface extraction, or dependency inversion. Use when imports form a loop that blocks compilation, isolated testing, or clear reasoning about load order.
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What the file says
# Circular dependencies Two modules that import each other cannot be built, tested, or understood one at a time: each needs the other to exist first. Cycles creep in when a helper reaches back to its caller for a single convenience, and they compound until a whole subsystem is one tangled unit. Breaking them is mechanical once you can see them, so the first task is making the cycle visible. ## Method 1. **Detect cycles with a tool, not by eye.** Run `madge --circular src/`, `import-linter`, or `pycycle` in CI, and fail the build on any new cycle so the graph stays acyclic once you have cleaned it. 2. **Find the weakest edge in the loop.** In an A-imports-B-imports-A cycle, spot which direction carries the least: one module usually needs just a type or a single function from the other. Break the thinner edge. 3. **Extract a shared interface into a third module.** When A and B depend on each other for a contract, move that contract into a new module both import. The concrete implementations stop referencing each other directly. 4. **Invert the accidental back-reference.** If a low-level module calls up into …
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How to install
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Source
amey-thakur/ai-skills · 14 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-09-06 · branch main
API
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