refactor-loop SKILL.md skillA
refactor-loop from reidemeister94/development-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add reidemeister94/development-skills/refactor-loop@git:20261031.a82a617Pins git:20261031.a82a617 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- reidemeister94/development-skills
- Path
skills/refactor-loop/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 1
- Latest version
- git:20261031.a82a617, committed Oct 31, 2026
- Size
- 2,888 bytes
- Repository stars
- 12
- License
- MIT
Autonomous /goal loop that refactors a project on every axis without changing its behavior. Start it only when the user names refactor-loop.
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 loop Improve this project on every axis: structure, data model, queries, performance, readability, tests, and docs. Behavior must stay identical: same outputs, side effects, contracts, and functional logs. Zero regressions. The only exception is a fix for a real bug. The arguments of the request can set a focus, a branch, or extra limits. Invoking this skill approves the work below within the [unattended-run limits](../../shared/unattended-runs.md). Work on a new branch, `refactor/loop-YYYY-MM-DD`, unless the arguments name one. When data matters, use representative dev or staging data. Keep every external contract: API schemas and fields, CLI output, event and file formats, shared database schemas, config names, and logs that alerts read. Internal names can change. Fix real bugs and harmful side effects when the evidence proves them. Record each fix with before and after, and demonstrate the correction against the baseline. When you are not sure it is a bug, record the question with your recommendation and continue independent work. ## Verification first …
Read the whole file at its exact version.
How to install
mdr add reidemeister94/development-skills/refactor-loop@sha256:49ff68bc2b0661b5The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261031.a82a617, 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_znvjyy5andb6k2ti)
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Versions
The registry has recorded 1 version of this file, committed on Oct 31, 2026.
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 (2888 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
reidemeister94/development-skills · 12 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-31 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_znvjyy5andb6k2ti GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=reidemeister94/development-skills/refactor-loop GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/49ff68bc2b0661b52d369660fff04a99ebfba5b66a168357e89fdd8ff1acaa9a
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.
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