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akash-network/node
Behavioral guidelines to reduce common LLM coding mistakes. An agent skill from akash-network/node.
Plan a safe, incremental refactor of messy code without changing behavior.
Install Refactoring Plan
$ npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill refactoring-plan -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills refactoring-plan --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/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/refactoring-plan .claude/skills/refactoring-plan && 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-plan" agent skill from https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/refactoring-plan into .claude/skills/refactoring-plan/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "refactoring-plan", 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/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/refactoring-planType 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 mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill refactoring-plan -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills refactoring-plan --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/refactoring-plan .agents/skills/refactoring-plan && 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-plan" agent skill from https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/refactoring-plan into .agents/skills/refactoring-plan/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "refactoring-plan", 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 mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill refactoring-plan -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills refactoring-plan --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/refactoring-plan .cursor/skills/refactoring-plan && 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-plan" agent skill from https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/refactoring-plan into .cursor/skills/refactoring-plan/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "refactoring-plan", 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/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git --path skills/refactoring-plan--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 mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill refactoring-plan -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills refactoring-plan --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/refactoring-plan .gemini/skills/refactoring-plan && 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-plan" agent skill from https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/refactoring-plan into .gemini/skills/refactoring-plan/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "refactoring-plan", 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 mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills refactoring-planInstalls 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 mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill refactoring-plan -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/refactoring-plan .github/skills/refactoring-plan && 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-plan" agent skill from https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/refactoring-plan into .github/skills/refactoring-plan/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "refactoring-plan", 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 mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill refactoring-plan -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills refactoring-plan --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/refactoring-plan .opencode/skills/refactoring-plan && 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-plan" agent skill from https://github.com/mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills/tree/main/skills/refactoring-plan into .opencode/skills/refactoring-plan/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "refactoring-plan", 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-plan- GitHub stars
- 1.4k
- Token cost
- ~847 tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 407 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 1,348
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
Plan a safe, incremental refactor of messy code without changing behavior.
- Code needs restructuring
- SKILL.md covers Required Inputs, Output Format, Quality Checks and Anti-Patterns, plus 2 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
- Is hard to change
What it does
Refactoring Plan is an agent skill from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills. Plan a safe, incremental refactor of messy code without changing behavior. Use when code needs restructuring, is hard to change, has grown tangled, or you want to clean it up before adding a feature. Produces a sequenced plan of small behavior-preserving steps, the safety net (tests/characterization) to add first, and the target structure — refactoring as a series of green commits, not a risky big-bang rewrite.
Its SKILL.md is about 850 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.
It sits in Development, covering Refactoring. The repository describes itself as: 1255 professional Agent Skills for Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Cursor & Codex — PRDs, postmortems, leases, medical bills, layoffs, go-bags, new countries. Plain markdown, MIT, in… The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
- Code needs restructuring
- Is hard to change
- Has grown tangled
- You want to clean it up before adding a feature
Example prompts
- “/refactoring-plan”
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 1cbf1f0. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
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 Plan loads about 847 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 108 tokens; SKILL.md has 407 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
The full file from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills at commit 1cbf1f0, republished under its MIT licence (© mohitagw15856). 407 words, ~847 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/refactoring-plan/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).- name
- refactoring-plan
- description
- Plan a safe, incremental refactor of messy code without changing behavior. Use when code needs restructuring, is hard to change, has grown tangled, or you want to clean it up before adding a feature. Produces a sequenced plan of small behavior-preserving steps, the safety net (tests/characterization) to add first, and the target structure — refactoring as a series of green commits, not a risky big-bang rewrite.
Refactoring Plan Skill
Refactoring means improving structure without changing behavior — and the danger is doing it in one big risky sweep. This skill plans the opposite: a safety net first, then a sequence of small, behavior-preserving steps, each leaving the code green and committable. It separates refactoring from feature work, so you're never doing both at once.
Required Inputs
Ask for these only if they aren't already provided:
- The code & the pain — what's being refactored and why (hard to change, duplicated, slow, untestable).
- Test coverage — what tests exist around it (and the framework). If none, that's step zero.
- The goal — the target structure or what you want to make easy next (e.g. "so I can add payment provider #2").
- Constraints — what must not change (public API, behavior, performance), time budget.
Output Format
Refactoring plan: [target]
Why & goal — the current pain in one line, and what "better" enables.
Safety net (do first) — the tests that must exist before touching anything. If coverage is thin, add characterization tests that pin current behavior (even bugs) so you'd notice any change. Don't refactor untested code blind.
Target structure — a short sketch of where you're going (the shape, the seams, the names).
Steps (small & sequenced) — each step is behavior-preserving and independently committable:
| # | Step | Refactoring move | Stays green by | Commit after |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | … | (extract function / rename / introduce interface / move) | run tests | ✅ |
Order them so risk drops early and each step is reversible.
Definition of done — behavior identical (tests still green), the goal structure reached, no feature changes smuggled in.
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Quality Checks
- A safety net (existing or characterization tests) is established before any change
- Every step is behavior-preserving and independently committable
- Steps are small and sequenced so the code is green throughout
- Refactoring is kept separate from behavior/feature changes
- The target structure is explicit and tied to what it makes easier next
Anti-Patterns
- Do not refactor and add features in the same commit — separate them
- Do not start without tests — add characterization tests first if coverage is thin
- Do not plan a big-bang rewrite — sequence small, reversible steps
- Do not change behavior and call it refactoring — behavior must stay identical
- Do not skip running tests between steps — that's the whole safety mechanism
Based On
Refactoring discipline (Martin Fowler): behavior-preserving transformations, characterization tests, small steps.
Example Trigger Phrases
- "Plan a refactor of this module."
- "This code is tangled: how do we clean it up safely?"
- "Restructure this before we add the feature."
- "Plan small behaviour-preserving steps."
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Files
Just SKILL.md in skills/refactoring-plan of mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 1cbf1f0
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Refactoring Plan this skillmohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills | 1.4k | — | ~847 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Guidelinesakash-network/node | 1.1k | 20 repos | ~577 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Component Refactoringlangflow-ai/langflow | 155k | — | ~3.5k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Migrate Core Code to Submodulestinyhumansai/openhuman | 42k | — | ~2.6k | Automated safety check: Pass | GPL-3.0 | |
| ast-grep Structural Searchcode-yeongyu/oh-my-openagent | 70k | — | ~3.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Systematic Code Refactoringluongnv89/claude-howto | 42k | — | ~3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about Refactoring Plan
What does Refactoring Plan do?
Plan a safe, incremental refactor of messy code without changing behavior. Refactoring Plan is an agent skill from mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills. Plan a safe, incremental refactor of messy code without changing behavior.
When should I use Refactoring Plan?
Refactoring Plan fits situations like: code needs restructuring; is hard to change; has grown tangled; you want to clean it up before adding a feature.
How do I install Refactoring Plan in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill refactoring-plan -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/refactoring-plan in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills) into .claude/skills/refactoring-plan in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Refactoring Plan in Codex?
Run `npx skills add mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill refactoring-plan -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/refactoring-plan in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills) into .agents/skills/refactoring-plan in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Refactoring Plan 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 mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills --skill refactoring-plan -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-plan, .gemini/skills/refactoring-plan, .github/skills/refactoring-plan and .opencode/skills/refactoring-plan in your project.
What does Refactoring Plan need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Refactoring Plan is instructions for the agent only.
Does Refactoring Plan 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 Plan 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 Plan use?
Refactoring Plan is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
How many tokens does Refactoring Plan use?
About 847 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 3.4k 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 Plan?
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Who maintains Refactoring Plan?
mohitagw15856 (a GitHub user) maintains it in mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills, which has 1,433 GitHub stars. The repository holds 1,348 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 8, 2026.
Source: mohitagw15856/pm-claude-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.