ClaudSkills / Engineering / code-quality

Refactoring Guide

Quality score: 70/100  ·  Category: Engineering  ·  Sub-category: code-quality
lang:rust
SOTA refactoring and modularization principles that LLMs systematically miss. Covers language-agnostic principles plus Rust-specific (visibility, crate boundaries, Cargo features) and Swift/macOS-specific (access control, import visibility, target boundaries) guidance. Apply during any refactoring, code restructuring, module extraction, or architectural cleanup task. TRIGGERS - refactor, restructure, modularize, extract module, split file, reduce coupling, code smell, architectural cleanup, decompose, reorganize code, Rust crate boundary, Swift module, pub(crate), package access. Also use proactively when you detect code smells (boolean params, import cycles, god modules, temporal coupling) even if the user doesn't explicitly ask for refactoring advice.

What this skill does

Refactoring Guide is a production-ready Claude Code skill (quality score 70/100) in the code-quality sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/refactoring-guide/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

Who uses this skill

The Refactoring Guide skill is built for software engineers, backend developers, full-stack teams, and technical leads building and maintaining production systems. It is part of the open ClaudSkills registry, a community-curated catalog of 15,000+ capabilities you can install for Claude Code — the Claude CLI agent.

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/refactoring-guide
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/refactoring-guide/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/refactoring-guide/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/refactoring-guide/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/refactoring-guide/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\refactoring-guide\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

Pro

One-click install via the desktop app

The ClaudSkills desktop app installs any skill directly into ~/.claude/skills/ with one click — no terminal required. Pro starts at $9/mo or $149 lifetime.

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