Add Refactoring
dotnet/roslynator
A skill your agent uses when adding a new RR refactoring in roslynator, editing Refactorings.xml, registering in RefactoringContext, or when refactorings-testing.md shows XunitRefactoringVerifier —…
A skill your agent uses when semantic refactoring is needed in Rider-supported solutions and projects, including .NET/C, F, VB, C++, Unity, Unreal Engine, XAML, Razor, and other GameDev or…
Install Refactoring Code
$ npx skills add JetBrains/skills --skill refactoring-code -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install JetBrains/skills refactoring-code --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/JetBrains/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/refactoring-code .claude/skills/refactoring-code && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.
Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/
Install the "refactoring-code" agent skill from https://github.com/JetBrains/skills/tree/main/refactoring-code into .claude/skills/refactoring-code/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "refactoring-code", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/JetBrains/skills/tree/main/refactoring-codeType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add JetBrains/skills --skill refactoring-code -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install JetBrains/skills refactoring-code --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/JetBrains/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/refactoring-code .agents/skills/refactoring-code && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "refactoring-code" agent skill from https://github.com/JetBrains/skills/tree/main/refactoring-code into .agents/skills/refactoring-code/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "refactoring-code", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add JetBrains/skills --skill refactoring-code -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install JetBrains/skills refactoring-code --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/JetBrains/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/refactoring-code .cursor/skills/refactoring-code && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "refactoring-code" agent skill from https://github.com/JetBrains/skills/tree/main/refactoring-code into .cursor/skills/refactoring-code/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "refactoring-code", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/JetBrains/skills.git --path refactoring-code--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add JetBrains/skills --skill refactoring-code -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install JetBrains/skills refactoring-code --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/JetBrains/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/refactoring-code .gemini/skills/refactoring-code && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "refactoring-code" agent skill from https://github.com/JetBrains/skills/tree/main/refactoring-code into .gemini/skills/refactoring-code/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "refactoring-code", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install JetBrains/skills refactoring-codeInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add JetBrains/skills --skill refactoring-code -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/JetBrains/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/refactoring-code .github/skills/refactoring-code && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "refactoring-code" agent skill from https://github.com/JetBrains/skills/tree/main/refactoring-code into .github/skills/refactoring-code/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "refactoring-code", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add JetBrains/skills --skill refactoring-code -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install JetBrains/skills refactoring-code --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/JetBrains/skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/refactoring-code .opencode/skills/refactoring-code && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "refactoring-code" agent skill from https://github.com/JetBrains/skills/tree/main/refactoring-code into .opencode/skills/refactoring-code/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "refactoring-code", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
refactoring-code- GitHub stars
- 363
- Used in
- 1 other repo
- Token cost
- ~1.9k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 937 words
- Files
- 10
- Skills in repo
- 79
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- None found
At a glance
A skill your agent uses when semantic refactoring is needed in Rider-supported solutions and projects, including .NET/C, F, VB, C++, Unity, Unreal Engine, XAML, Razor, and other GameDev or…
- Works in 5 steps: Prefer the MCP tool. It resolves… → Trust the success signal. When a tool… → Do not retry blindly. Adjust the… → …
- Semantic refactoring is needed in Rider-supported solutions and projects
- SKILL.md covers Invoking a tool, Shared rules, Preview before applying and Conflicts and ambiguity, plus 2 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Refactoring Code is an agent skill from JetBrains/skills, published by the product's own GitHub organization. Use when semantic refactoring is needed in Rider-supported solutions and projects, including .NET/C, F, VB, C++, Unity, Unreal Engine, XAML, Razor, and other GameDev or mixed-language projects. Trigger when edits must update declarations and usages across IDE-resolved references — rename symbols, move types or namespaces, safe-delete unused code, extract interface/base class/method, change signatures, or reorganize namespaces. Do not use for file-only moves, config keys, strings, comments, prose-only edits…
Its SKILL.md is about 1.9k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 11 other files (for example `reference/tools.md`, `reference/tools/change_api_signature.md` and `reference/tools/extract_base_class.md`).
It sits in Development, covering Refactoring and Game development. It works with C++, C#, .NET and Unreal Engine. The repository describes itself as: Curated agent skills collection verified by JetBrains.
When your agent uses it
- Semantic refactoring is needed in Rider-supported solutions and projects
- Including .NET/C
- Mixed-language projects
- Edits must update declarations and usages across IDE-resolved references — rename symbols
Example prompts
- “/refactoring-code”
Requirements
- Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): execute_tool
Workflow steps
5 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Prefer the MCP tool. It resolves references semantically across the solution; a text edit cannot. On any error you cannot fix by adjusting…
- Trust the success signal. When a tool reports success, do not re-read the mutated files to verify. When a tool reports a count of…
- Do not retry blindly. Adjust the arguments (query, name, file path, namespace, member selection) between calls; a second identical call…
- Argument hygiene. Parameter names are camelCase — hyphenated variants like --new-name are rejected. Pass real values or omit optional…
- Library / external symbols cannot be refactored — the change must be made upstream. Confirm with the user.
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit e0f258b. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
Tool permissions
Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:
execute_tool
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Context cost
Refactoring Code loads about 1.9k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 150 tokens; SKILL.md has 937 words of instructions outside code blocks.
Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.
Safety
Auto-check passed
The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.
Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.
SKILL.md
Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 937 words (~1,884 tokens).
“Rider/ReSharper-driven semantic refactorings across solutions opened in Rider. Each tool resolves the target through the IDE's reference index and rewrites every affected site — language-aware usages such as nameof, XML-doc , XAML x:Name`, Razor, C++/Unreal references, and ordinary references that…”
- name
- refactoring-code
- allowed-tools
- execute_tool
- metadata.author
- JetBrains
Files
SKILL.md and 9 other files in refactoring-code of JetBrains/skills.
- SKILL.md
- reference/tools.md
- reference/tools/change_api_signature.md
- reference/tools/extract_base_class.md
- reference/tools/extract_interface.md
- reference/tools/extract_method.md
- reference/tools/move_type_to_namespace.md
- reference/tools/rename_refactoring.md
- reference/tools/reorganize_namespaces.md
- reference/tools/safe_delete.md
Open the folder on GitHubat commit e0f258b
Used in 1 other repository
We found 1 copy of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in JetBrains/skills, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.
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| Skill | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Repo updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Refactoring Code this skillJetBrains/skills | 363 | 1 repos | ~1.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| Add Refactoringdotnet/roslynator | 3.5k | — | ~946 | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Dynamo Dotnet ExpertDynamoDS/Dynamo | 2k | — | ~909 | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | |
| Sokol Netelix22/Sokol.NET | 154 | — | ~2.8k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Deprecate Analyzer Or Refactoringdotnet/roslynator | 3.5k | — | ~511 | Automated safety check: Pass | Custom licence | |
| Okojo Test262akeit0/okojo | 160 | — | ~742 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about Refactoring Code
What does Refactoring Code do?
A skill your agent uses when semantic refactoring is needed in Rider-supported solutions and projects, including .NET/C, F, VB, C++, Unity, Unreal Engine, XAML, Razor, and other GameDev or…. Refactoring Code is an agent skill from JetBrains/skills, published by the product's own GitHub organization.NET/C, F, VB, C++, Unity, Unreal Engine, XAML, Razor, and other GameDev or mixed-language projects.
When should I use Refactoring Code?
Refactoring Code fits situations like: semantic refactoring is needed in Rider-supported solutions and projects; including .NET/C; mixed-language projects; edits must update declarations and usages across IDE-resolved references — rename symbols.
How do I install Refactoring Code in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add JetBrains/skills --skill refactoring-code -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (refactoring-code in JetBrains/skills) into .claude/skills/refactoring-code in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Refactoring Code in Codex?
Run `npx skills add JetBrains/skills --skill refactoring-code -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (refactoring-code in JetBrains/skills) into .agents/skills/refactoring-code in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Refactoring Code in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add JetBrains/skills --skill refactoring-code -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/refactoring-code, .gemini/skills/refactoring-code, .github/skills/refactoring-code and .opencode/skills/refactoring-code in your project.
What does Refactoring Code need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Refactoring Code is instructions for the agent only. Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: execute_tool.
Does Refactoring Code access the network?
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Refactoring Code safe to install?
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.
What licence does Refactoring Code use?
No licence was found for Refactoring Code or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.
How many tokens does Refactoring Code use?
About 1.9k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 7.5k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.
What are the alternatives to Refactoring Code?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Refactoring Code: Add Refactoring (dotnet/roslynator, 3.5k stars), Dynamo Dotnet Expert (DynamoDS/Dynamo, 2k stars), Sokol Net (elix22/Sokol.NET, 154 stars) and Deprecate Analyzer Or Refactoring (dotnet/roslynator, 3.5k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Refactoring Code?
JetBrains (a GitHub organization, an official publisher) maintains it in JetBrains/skills, which has 363 GitHub stars. The repository holds 79 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on June 29, 2026.
Source: JetBrains/skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.