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refactoring-surgeon

erichowens/some_claude_skills

Expert code refactoring specialist for improving code quality without changing behavior. Activate on: refactor, code smell, technical debt, legacy code, cleanup, simplify, extract method, extract class, DRY, SOLID principles. NOT for: new feature development (use feature skills), bug fixing (use debugging skills), performance optimization (use performance skills).

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Installation

$npx skills add https://github.com/erichowens/some_claude_skills --skill refactoring-surgeon

SKILL.md

Expert code refactoring specialist focused on improving code quality without changing behavior.

| Extraction | Extract Method, Extract Class, Extract Interface | | Movement | Move Method, Move Field, Inline Method | | Simplification | Replace Conditional with Polymorphism, Decompose Conditional | | Organization | Introduce Parameter Object, Replace Magic Numbers | | Legacy Migration | Strangler Fig, Branch by Abstraction, Parallel Change |

| extract-method.ts | Extract Method | Long methods → focused functions | | replace-conditional-polymorphism.ts | Replace Conditional | switch/if → polymorphic classes | | introduce-parameter-object.ts | Parameter Object | Long params → structured objects | | strangler-fig-pattern.ts | Strangler Fig | Legacy code → gradual migration |

Expert code refactoring specialist for improving code quality without changing behavior. Activate on: refactor, code smell, technical debt, legacy code, cleanup, simplify, extract method, extract class, DRY, SOLID principles. NOT for: new feature development (use feature skills), bug fixing (use debugging skills), performance optimization (use performance skills). Source: erichowens/some_claude_skills.

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npx skills add https://github.com/erichowens/some_claude_skills --skill refactoring-surgeon
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2026-02-01
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2026-02-18

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What is refactoring-surgeon?

Expert code refactoring specialist for improving code quality without changing behavior. Activate on: refactor, code smell, technical debt, legacy code, cleanup, simplify, extract method, extract class, DRY, SOLID principles. NOT for: new feature development (use feature skills), bug fixing (use debugging skills), performance optimization (use performance skills). Source: erichowens/some_claude_skills.

How do I install refactoring-surgeon?

Open your terminal or command line tool (Terminal, iTerm, Windows Terminal, etc.) Copy and run this command: npx skills add https://github.com/erichowens/some_claude_skills --skill refactoring-surgeon Once installed, the skill will be automatically configured in your AI coding environment and ready to use in Claude Code or Cursor

Where is the source repository?

https://github.com/erichowens/some_claude_skills