Agent skill

Dough Post Change Refactor

by terryyin in terryyin/lizard

Refactors concepts implicated by the current uncommitted change before commit.

Custom licenceAuto-check passedDevelopment

Install Dough Post Change Refactor

skills CLI
$ npx skills add terryyin/lizard --skill dough-post-change-refactor -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install terryyin/lizard dough-post-change-refactor --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/terryyin/lizard.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.agents/skills/dough-post-change-refactor .claude/skills/dough-post-change-refactor && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.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/

Facts

Skill name
dough-post-change-refactor
GitHub stars
2.5k
Token cost
~1.8k tokens
SKILL.md length
880 words
Files
2 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
19
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
Custom licence

At a glance

Refactors concepts implicated by the current uncommitted change before commit.

  • Works in 3 steps: An issue introduced, exposed, or… → The smallest complete set of… → The production subsystems that the…
  • Tasks that involve Refactoring
  • SKILL.md covers Discover scope, Decide before editing, Verify edits and Return control
  • Calls git

What it does

Dough Post Change Refactor is an agent skill from terryyin/lizard. Refactors concepts implicated by the current uncommitted change before commit. Includes untouched representations and orchestration needed for coherence, stops before unapproved cross-subsystem refactoring or disputed plan behavior, and tests only after edits. Use after a slice, for post-change refactoring, or to clean up the current change.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.8k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 2 other files, including reference files (for example `references/refactor-checks.md`).

It sits in Development, covering Refactoring. It works with Git. The repository describes itself as: A simple code complexity analyser without caring about the C/C++ header files or Java imports, supports most of the popular languages.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Refactoring

Example prompts

  • “Use the dough-post-change-refactor skill to refactor concepts implicated by the current uncommitted change before commit”
  • “/dough-post-change-refactor”

Workflow steps

3 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

  1. An issue introduced, exposed, or materially aggravated by the current change.
  2. The smallest complete set of representations, callers, tests, fixtures, and
  3. The production subsystems that the refactoring would change.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit d5228c1. 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

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • git

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md. Its commands use git, which can reach the network depending on how they are called.

    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

Dough Post Change Refactor loads about 1.8k tokens when it runs, and up to ~3.6k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 93 tokens; SKILL.md has 880 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~93
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.8k
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~3.6k

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

Its licence (Custom licence) doesn't allow us to republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 880 words (~1,780 tokens).

“Preserve observable behavior while making implicated concepts cohesive, clearly named, and justified. Return to the caller without starting another slice, committing, pushing, amending, or triggering CI.”

— opening of SKILL.md by terryyin, Custom licence
name
dough-post-change-refactor

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 1 other file (references) in .agents/skills/dough-post-change-refactor of terryyin/lizard.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/refactor-checks.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit d5228c1

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Questions about Dough Post Change Refactor

What does Dough Post Change Refactor do?

Refactors concepts implicated by the current uncommitted change before commit. Dough Post Change Refactor is an agent skill from terryyin/lizard. Refactors concepts implicated by the current uncommitted change before commit.

When should I use Dough Post Change Refactor?

Dough Post Change Refactor fits situations like: tasks that involve Refactoring.

How do I install Dough Post Change Refactor in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add terryyin/lizard --skill dough-post-change-refactor -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/dough-post-change-refactor in terryyin/lizard) into .claude/skills/dough-post-change-refactor in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Dough Post Change Refactor in Codex?

Run `npx skills add terryyin/lizard --skill dough-post-change-refactor -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.agents/skills/dough-post-change-refactor in terryyin/lizard) into .agents/skills/dough-post-change-refactor in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Dough Post Change Refactor 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 terryyin/lizard --skill dough-post-change-refactor -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/dough-post-change-refactor, .gemini/skills/dough-post-change-refactor, .github/skills/dough-post-change-refactor and .opencode/skills/dough-post-change-refactor in your project.

What does Dough Post Change Refactor need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Dough Post Change Refactor needs the command-line tools its instructions call (git).

Does Dough Post Change Refactor access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Its commands use git, which can reach the network depending on how they are called. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Dough Post Change Refactor 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 Dough Post Change Refactor use?

Dough Post Change Refactor has a licence file (the repository's licence) that doesn't match a standard licence. Read it on GitHub before reusing the skill.

How many tokens does Dough Post Change Refactor use?

About 1.8k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 7.1k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 1.8k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Dough Post Change Refactor?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Dough Post Change Refactor: Codex (skills-directory/skill-codex, 1.5k stars), Nexus Mapper (Haaaiawd/Nexus-skills, 166 stars), Refactoring Audit (epam/ai-dial-chat, 504 stars) and Nexus Query (Haaaiawd/Nexus-skills, 166 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Dough Post Change Refactor?

terryyin (a GitHub user) maintains it in terryyin/lizard, which has 2,550 GitHub stars. The repository holds 19 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 6, 2026.

Source: terryyin/lizard on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.