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Refactor code to improve structure and maintainability. An agent skill from vstorm-co/pydantic-deepagents.
Install Refactor
$ npx skills add vstorm-co/pydantic-deepagents --skill refactor -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install vstorm-co/pydantic-deepagents refactor --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/vstorm-co/pydantic-deepagents.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/apps/cli/skills/refactor .claude/skills/refactor && 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" agent skill from https://github.com/vstorm-co/pydantic-deepagents/tree/main/apps/cli/skills/refactor into .claude/skills/refactor/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "refactor", 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/vstorm-co/pydantic-deepagents/tree/main/apps/cli/skills/refactorType 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 vstorm-co/pydantic-deepagents --skill refactor -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install vstorm-co/pydantic-deepagents refactor --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/vstorm-co/pydantic-deepagents.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/apps/cli/skills/refactor .agents/skills/refactor && 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" agent skill from https://github.com/vstorm-co/pydantic-deepagents/tree/main/apps/cli/skills/refactor into .agents/skills/refactor/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "refactor", 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 vstorm-co/pydantic-deepagents --skill refactor -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install vstorm-co/pydantic-deepagents refactor --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/vstorm-co/pydantic-deepagents.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/apps/cli/skills/refactor .cursor/skills/refactor && 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" agent skill from https://github.com/vstorm-co/pydantic-deepagents/tree/main/apps/cli/skills/refactor into .cursor/skills/refactor/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "refactor", 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/vstorm-co/pydantic-deepagents.git --path apps/cli/skills/refactor--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 vstorm-co/pydantic-deepagents --skill refactor -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install vstorm-co/pydantic-deepagents refactor --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/vstorm-co/pydantic-deepagents.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/apps/cli/skills/refactor .gemini/skills/refactor && 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" agent skill from https://github.com/vstorm-co/pydantic-deepagents/tree/main/apps/cli/skills/refactor into .gemini/skills/refactor/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "refactor", 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 vstorm-co/pydantic-deepagents refactorInstalls 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 vstorm-co/pydantic-deepagents --skill refactor -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/vstorm-co/pydantic-deepagents.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/apps/cli/skills/refactor .github/skills/refactor && 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" agent skill from https://github.com/vstorm-co/pydantic-deepagents/tree/main/apps/cli/skills/refactor into .github/skills/refactor/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "refactor", 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 vstorm-co/pydantic-deepagents --skill refactor -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install vstorm-co/pydantic-deepagents refactor --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/vstorm-co/pydantic-deepagents.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/apps/cli/skills/refactor .opencode/skills/refactor && 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" agent skill from https://github.com/vstorm-co/pydantic-deepagents/tree/main/apps/cli/skills/refactor into .opencode/skills/refactor/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "refactor", 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- GitHub stars
- 1.1k
- Token cost
- ~285 tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 122 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 14
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
Refactor code to improve structure and maintainability. An agent skill from vstorm-co/pydantic-deepagents.
- Works in 4 steps: Understand — Read all related code, run… → Plan — Identify what to change and why → Execute — Make changes incrementally → …
- Tasks that involve Refactoring
- SKILL.md covers Process, Common Refactoring Patterns and Rules
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Refactor is an agent skill from vstorm-co/pydantic-deepagents. Refactor code to improve structure and maintainability
Its SKILL.md is about 290 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: Open-source, self-hosted Claude Code - a terminal AI assistant and the Python framework behind it. Tool-calling, sandboxed execution, multi-agent teams, skills, checkpoints… The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
- Tasks that involve Refactoring
Example prompts
- “/refactor”
Workflow steps
4 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.
- Understand — Read all related code, run existing tests
- Plan — Identify what to change and why
- Execute — Make changes incrementally
- Verify — Run tests after each change
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 650b592. 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
Refactor loads about 285 tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 16 tokens; SKILL.md has 122 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 vstorm-co/pydantic-deepagents at commit 650b592, republished under its MIT licence (© vstorm-co). 122 words, ~285 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/refactor/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).- name
- refactor
- description
- Refactor code to improve structure and maintainability
- tags
- code-quality, refactoring
- version
- 1.0.0
Refactor
Improve code structure without changing external behavior.
Process
- Understand — Read all related code, run existing tests
- Plan — Identify what to change and why
- Execute — Make changes incrementally
- Verify — Run tests after each change
Common Refactoring Patterns
Extract
- Long function → smaller focused functions
- Repeated code → shared helper
- Magic numbers → named constants
Simplify
- Deep nesting → early returns / guard clauses
- Complex conditionals → descriptive functions
- Large classes → smaller focused classes
Rename
- Unclear names → descriptive names
- Inconsistent naming → consistent conventions
Reorganize
- Related functions scattered → grouped in modules
- Circular dependencies → dependency inversion
Rules
- Never change behavior — tests must pass before and after
- One refactoring type per commit
- If tests don't exist, write them first
- Don't refactor and add features in the same change
© vstorm-co, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file
Files
Just SKILL.md in apps/cli/skills/refactor of vstorm-co/pydantic-deepagents.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 650b592
Compare with similar skills
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Refactor this skillvstorm-co/pydantic-deepagents | 1.1k | — | ~285 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Guidelinesakash-network/node | 1.1k | 22 repos | ~577 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Component Refactoringlangflow-ai/langflow | 156k | — | ~3.5k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Migrate Core Code to Submodulestinyhumansai/openhuman | 42k | — | ~2.6k | Automated safety check: Pass | GPL-3.0 | |
| Systematic Code Refactoringluongnv89/claude-howto | 42k | — | ~3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | |
| Codexskills-directory/skill-codex | 1.5k | 3 repos | ~1.8k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about Refactor
What does Refactor do?
Refactor code to improve structure and maintainability. An agent skill from vstorm-co/pydantic-deepagents. Refactor is an agent skill from vstorm-co/pydantic-deepagents.
When should I use Refactor?
Refactor fits situations like: tasks that involve Refactoring.
How do I install Refactor in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add vstorm-co/pydantic-deepagents --skill refactor -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (apps/cli/skills/refactor in vstorm-co/pydantic-deepagents) into .claude/skills/refactor in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Refactor in Codex?
Run `npx skills add vstorm-co/pydantic-deepagents --skill refactor -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (apps/cli/skills/refactor in vstorm-co/pydantic-deepagents) into .agents/skills/refactor in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use 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 vstorm-co/pydantic-deepagents --skill 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/refactor, .gemini/skills/refactor, .github/skills/refactor and .opencode/skills/refactor in your project.
What does Refactor need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Refactor is instructions for the agent only.
Does Refactor 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 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 Refactor use?
Refactor 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 Refactor use?
About 285 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 1.1k 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 Refactor?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Refactor: Guidelines (akash-network/node, 1.1k stars), Component Refactoring (langflow-ai/langflow, 156k stars), Migrate Core Code to Submodules (tinyhumansai/openhuman, 42k stars) and Systematic Code Refactoring (luongnv89/claude-howto, 42k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Refactor?
vstorm-co (a GitHub organization) maintains it in vstorm-co/pydantic-deepagents, which has 1,077 GitHub stars. The repository holds 14 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 6, 2026.
Source: vstorm-co/pydantic-deepagents on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.