refactor SKILL.md skillA
refactor from kriscard/skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add kriscard/skills/refactor@git:20261007.131213ePins git:20261007.131213e in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- kriscard/skills
- Path
skills/dev/refactor/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 3
- Latest version
- git:20261007.131213e, committed Oct 7, 2026
- First version recorded
- May 27, 2026
- Size
- 3,074 bytes
- Repository stars
- 14
- License
- MIT
Behavior-preserving code refactoring. Use when the user asks to simplify complex or duplicated code, improve naming, control flow, or module structure, extract code, or clean up an implementation without changing functionality. Preserve public APIs unless the user explicitly authorizes a change.
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 Make the smallest structural change that produces a specific improvement while preserving the code's observable contract. ## Process ### 1. Define the contract and target Read applicable project guidance, the target code, its callers, and nearby tests. Name one structural target, such as duplicated decisions, nested control flow, mixed responsibilities, unclear ownership, or misleading names. Record the behavior that must remain stable: public APIs, outputs, side effects, error behavior, ordering, and any performance-sensitive invariant. Completion: the target improvement is checkable, the preserved contract is explicit, and affected callers are accounted for. ### 2. Establish preservation evidence Run the narrowest existing checks that exercise the contract. When coverage is missing, add or record a focused characterization check for the behavior at risk. Resolve ambiguous behavior with the user before changing it. Treat a discovered bug, API change, dependency change, or architectural choice as separate work requiring approval. Completion: the baseline result is captured, every behavior at risk has a repeatable check or a …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add kriscard/skills/refactor@sha256:14b23864680bce7fThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261007.131213e, 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_qcmu2cedzcur3ffe)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 3 versions of this file, between May 27, 2026 and Oct 7, 2026, about one every 66 days.
| version | committed | commit | size | audit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| git:20261007.131213e latest | 2026-10-07 | 131213e | 3,074 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260630.95d2bc8 | 2026-06-30 | 95d2bc8 | 3,965 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260527.8152be1 | 2026-05-27 | 8152be1 | 4,546 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 (3074 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
kriscard/skills · 14 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-15 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_qcmu2cedzcur3ffe GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=kriscard/skills/refactor GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/14b23864680bce7f7e5037eaabc7116183de995450dca9b4ceed69420dc7b1ed
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.