refactor-code SKILL.md skillA
refactor-code from cowork-os/cowork-os is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add cowork-os/cowork-os/refactor-code@v1.0.0Pins v1.0.0 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- cowork-os/cowork-os
- Path
resources/skills/refactor-code/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 3
- Latest version
- v1.0.0, committed Sep 19, 2026
- First version recorded
- Feb 28, 2026
- Size
- 1,538 bytes
- Repository stars
- 535
- License
- MIT
Improve code structure and readability.
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 Code ## Purpose Improve code structure and readability ## Routing - Use when: Use when user asks to improve maintainability, readability, modularity, or error handling in code. - Do not use when: Don't use for behavior-only fixes where refactor risk is unnecessary. - Outputs: Refactor changes, rationale, and minimal review checklist for behavior-sensitive sections. - Success criteria: Preserves behavior while improving structure and readability. ## Trigger Examples ### Positive - Use the refactor-code skill for this request. - Help me with refactor code. - Use when user asks to improve maintainability, readability, modularity, or error handling in code. - Refactor Code: provide an actionable result. ### Negative - Don't use for behavior-only fixes where refactor risk is unnecessary. - Do not use refactor-code for unrelated requests. - This request is outside refactor code scope. - This is conceptual discussion only; no tool workflow is needed. ## Parameters | Name | Type | Required | Description | | ----- | ------ | -------- | ---------------------------- | | path | string | Yes | Path to the file to refactor | …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add cowork-os/cowork-os/refactor-code@sha256:6d51973919e4e294The line at the top of this page pins the label v1.0.0, 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_ozh6fzuavj2lfsm5)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 3 versions of this file, between Feb 28, 2026 and Sep 19, 2026, about one every 102 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v1.0.0 latest | 2026-09-19 | a491f3d | 1,538 B | A | view · diff |
| v1.0.0 | 2026-08-20 | 850b09a | 1,453 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260228.e67f9de | 2026-02-28 | e67f9de | 1,370 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 (1538 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
cowork-os/cowork-os · 535 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-11-06 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_ozh6fzuavj2lfsm5 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=cowork-os/cowork-os/refactor-code GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/6d51973919e4e29411d554852822950a3e1a134781ea8729e3985213b9449a1e
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