Refactor
termide/termide
Full-workspace code quality analysis and refactoring with validation
Plans a refactor from a code dependency graph, previews renames before applying them and checks that the final impact matches the plan.
Install Graph-Guided Safe Refactoring
$ npx skills add tirth8205/code-review-graph --skill refactor-safely -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install tirth8205/code-review-graph refactor-safely --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/tirth8205/code-review-graph.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/refactor-safely .claude/skills/refactor-safely && 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 "refactor-safely" agent skill from https://github.com/tirth8205/code-review-graph/tree/staging/skills/refactor-safely into .claude/skills/refactor-safely/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "refactor-safely", 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/tirth8205/code-review-graph/tree/staging/skills/refactor-safelyType 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 tirth8205/code-review-graph --skill refactor-safely -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install tirth8205/code-review-graph refactor-safely --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/tirth8205/code-review-graph.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/refactor-safely .agents/skills/refactor-safely && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "refactor-safely" agent skill from https://github.com/tirth8205/code-review-graph/tree/staging/skills/refactor-safely into .agents/skills/refactor-safely/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "refactor-safely", 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 tirth8205/code-review-graph --skill refactor-safely -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install tirth8205/code-review-graph refactor-safely --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/tirth8205/code-review-graph.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/refactor-safely .cursor/skills/refactor-safely && 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 "refactor-safely" agent skill from https://github.com/tirth8205/code-review-graph/tree/staging/skills/refactor-safely into .cursor/skills/refactor-safely/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "refactor-safely", 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/tirth8205/code-review-graph.git --path skills/refactor-safely--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 tirth8205/code-review-graph --skill refactor-safely -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install tirth8205/code-review-graph refactor-safely --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/tirth8205/code-review-graph.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/refactor-safely .gemini/skills/refactor-safely && 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 "refactor-safely" agent skill from https://github.com/tirth8205/code-review-graph/tree/staging/skills/refactor-safely into .gemini/skills/refactor-safely/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "refactor-safely", 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 tirth8205/code-review-graph refactor-safelyInstalls 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 tirth8205/code-review-graph --skill refactor-safely -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/tirth8205/code-review-graph.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/refactor-safely .github/skills/refactor-safely && 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 "refactor-safely" agent skill from https://github.com/tirth8205/code-review-graph/tree/staging/skills/refactor-safely into .github/skills/refactor-safely/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "refactor-safely", 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 tirth8205/code-review-graph --skill refactor-safely -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install tirth8205/code-review-graph refactor-safely --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/tirth8205/code-review-graph.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/refactor-safely .opencode/skills/refactor-safely && 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 "refactor-safely" agent skill from https://github.com/tirth8205/code-review-graph/tree/staging/skills/refactor-safely into .opencode/skills/refactor-safely/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "refactor-safely", 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
refactor-safely- GitHub stars
- 32k
- Used in
- 1 other repo
- Token cost
- ~332 tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 164 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 7
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
Plans a refactor from a code dependency graph, previews renames before applying them and checks that the final impact matches the plan.
- Works in 6 steps: Call refactor_tool with mode="suggest"… → For a rename, call refactor_tool with… → Call apply_refactor_tool with the… → …
- Renaming a symbol across a codebase with a reviewable edit list
- SKILL.md covers Refactor Safely and Token Efficiency Rules
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
The skill works through the tools of a code-graph server. For ideas it calls `refactor_tool` in suggest mode to list refactoring candidates, or in dead-code mode to find unreferenced code, and `find_large_functions_tool` points out functions worth splitting. For a rename it calls `refactor_tool` with the old and new names, checks the returned edit list, and then applies it with `apply_refactor_tool` using the returned refactor ID.
Before a large change it looks at the impact radius and affected flows to see dependents and critical paths, and afterwards it runs `detect_changes_tool` to confirm the real impact matches the plan. The skill also sets a token budget: start with `get_minimal_context_tool`, ask for minimal detail wherever a tool allows, prefer targeted graph queries to broad listings, keep to about five tool calls and 800 tokens of graph output per task, and still read the implementation and its tests before editing, since the graph narrows scope but does not replace the source.
When your agent uses it
- Renaming a symbol across a codebase with a reviewable edit list
- Finding dead code or oversized functions worth cleaning up
- Estimating what a large refactor will touch before starting
Example prompts
- “Rename parseConfig to loadConfig everywhere, and show me the edit list before applying it.”
- “Find unreferenced code in the services package.”
- “Before I split this module, show which callers and flows depend on it.”
Requirements
- The code-review-graph MCP server with a built graph of the repository
Workflow steps
6 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Call refactor_tool with mode="suggest" for refactoring candidates, or mode="dead_code" for unreferenced code.
- For a rename, call refactor_tool with mode="rename", old_name and new_name. Check the returned edit list before applying.
- Call apply_refactor_tool with the returned refactor_id to apply the rename.
- Before a large refactor, call get_impact_radius_tool and get_affected_flows_tool to see the dependents and critical paths involved.
- Call find_large_functions_tool to find functions worth splitting.
- After the change, call detect_changes_tool to confirm the impact matches the plan.
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 6b12d11. 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
Graph-Guided Safe Refactoring loads about 332 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 19 tokens; SKILL.md has 164 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 tirth8205/code-review-graph at commit 6b12d11, republished under its MIT licence (© tirth8205). 164 words, ~332 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/refactor-safely/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).- name
- refactor-safely
- description
- Plan and execute safe refactoring using dependency analysis
Refactor Safely
Plan a refactor from the dependency graph and apply renames from a preview.
Steps
- Call
refactor_toolwithmode="suggest"for refactoring candidates, ormode="dead_code"for unreferenced code. - For a rename, call
refactor_toolwithmode="rename",old_nameandnew_name. Check the returned edit list before applying. - Call
apply_refactor_toolwith the returnedrefactor_idto apply the rename. - Before a large refactor, call
get_impact_radius_toolandget_affected_flows_toolto see the dependents and critical paths involved. - Call
find_large_functions_toolto find functions worth splitting. - After the change, call
detect_changes_toolto confirm the impact matches the plan.
Token Efficiency Rules
- Call
get_minimal_context_tool(task="<your task>")before any other graph tool. - Pass
detail_level="minimal"wherever a tool accepts it. Use "standard" only when minimal is not enough. - Prefer a targeted
query_graph_toolcall over a broad listing call. - Budget: about five tool calls and 800 tokens of graph output per task.
- Read the implementation and its tests before changing code. The graph narrows scope; it does not replace the source.
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Files
Just SKILL.md in skills/refactor-safely of tirth8205/code-review-graph.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 6b12d11
Used in 1 other repository
We found 2 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in tirth8205/code-review-graph, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.
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| Codehealth MCPaffaan-m/ECC | 274k | 1 repos | ~1.8k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| 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 Graph-Guided Safe Refactoring
What does Graph-Guided Safe Refactoring do?
Plans a refactor from a code dependency graph, previews renames before applying them and checks that the final impact matches the plan. The skill works through the tools of a code-graph server. For ideas it calls `refactor_tool` in suggest mode to list refactoring candidates, or in dead-code mode to find unreferenced code, and `find_large_functions_tool` points out functions worth splitting.
When should I use Graph-Guided Safe Refactoring?
Graph-Guided Safe Refactoring fits situations like: renaming a symbol across a codebase with a reviewable edit list; finding dead code or oversized functions worth cleaning up; estimating what a large refactor will touch before starting.
How do I install Graph-Guided Safe Refactoring in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add tirth8205/code-review-graph --skill refactor-safely -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/refactor-safely in tirth8205/code-review-graph) into .claude/skills/refactor-safely in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Graph-Guided Safe Refactoring in Codex?
Run `npx skills add tirth8205/code-review-graph --skill refactor-safely -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/refactor-safely in tirth8205/code-review-graph) into .agents/skills/refactor-safely in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Graph-Guided Safe Refactoring 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 tirth8205/code-review-graph --skill refactor-safely -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/refactor-safely, .gemini/skills/refactor-safely, .github/skills/refactor-safely and .opencode/skills/refactor-safely in your project.
What does Graph-Guided Safe Refactoring need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Graph-Guided Safe Refactoring is instructions for the agent only. Our summary lists: The code-review-graph MCP server with a built graph of the repository.
Does Graph-Guided Safe Refactoring 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 Graph-Guided Safe Refactoring 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 Graph-Guided Safe Refactoring use?
Graph-Guided Safe Refactoring 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 Graph-Guided Safe Refactoring use?
About 332 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.3k 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 Graph-Guided Safe Refactoring?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Graph-Guided Safe Refactoring: Refactor (termide/termide, 171 stars), Trace-MCP Refactoring (nikolai-vysotskyi/trace-mcp, 185 stars), Codehealth MCP (affaan-m/ECC, 274k stars) and ast-grep Structural Search (code-yeongyu/oh-my-openagent, 70k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Graph-Guided Safe Refactoring?
tirth8205 (a GitHub user) maintains it in tirth8205/code-review-graph, which has 31,943 GitHub stars. The repository holds 7 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 6, 2026.
Source: tirth8205/code-review-graph on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.