ClaudSkills / Engineering / code-quality

Rewrite

Quality score: 75/100 · Category: Engineering · Sub-category: code-quality

This skill should be used when the user asks to "clean my code", "make it human readable", "make this readable", "rewrite this cleanly", "refactor this", "clean up this function", "simplify this code", "make this code better", "fix code quality", "clean this file", "this code is messy", "improve this code", or when code has visible violations like long functions, deep nesting, poor names, or missing interfaces. Produces a clean version preserving all behavior, with reasoning for each change.

What this skill does

Rewrite is a production-ready Claude Code skill (quality score 75/100) in the code-quality sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/rewrite/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

Who uses this skill

The Rewrite 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/rewrite
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/rewrite/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/rewrite/SKILL.md

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

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/rewrite/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\rewrite\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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