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name: refactor-code

description: "Improve code structure and readability"

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# 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 |

| focus | select | Yes | What to focus on |

## Runtime Prompt

- Current runtime prompt length: 235 characters.

- Runtime prompt is defined directly in `../refactor-code.json`.