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SWE Refactor Opportunities

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Part of:Swe Skills

Reviews a repository and returns a short, best-first backlog of small, low-risk refactor tickets with clear write boundaries and validation paths. Use when a user says `find refactor opportunities`, `what small cleanup tickets should we hand to agents`, `give me parallelizable refactors`, or asks for narrow maintainability wins in an existing repo. Do NOT use for a broad architecture redesign, style-only cleanup sweep, or bug hunt focused on functional regressions.

Purpose

To streamline code maintenance by providing developers with a focused backlog of small, parallelizable refactor tickets, improving code quality and reducing cognitive load.

Features

  • Generates a shortlist of small refactor tickets
  • Prioritizes tickets by leverage, safety, and clarity
  • Considers repository structure and patterns
  • Tailors suggestions based on recent contribution history
  • Clearly defines write boundaries and validation paths

Use Cases

  • Finding narrow refactors for immediate assignment
  • Identifying parallelizable tasks for agent teams
  • Getting actionable maintainability wins in an existing repo
  • Brainstorming small cleanup tasks instead of broad architectural changes

Non-Goals

  • Broad architecture redesigns
  • Style-only cleanup sweeps
  • Bug hunting focused on functional regressions
  • Generating vague or unassignable advice

Workflow

  1. Inspect the repository for refactor surfaces
  2. Identify repeated code paths, large surfaces, and confusing conditionals
  3. Filter for small, safe, and behavior-preserving refactor candidates
  4. Tailor suggestions based on available contribution history
  5. Rank and write ticket-shaped suggestions with detailed fields

Practices

  • Code quality
  • Maintainability
  • Developer productivity

Prerequisites

  • Local repository checkout
  • Shell access
  • Recent git history (for tailored suggestions)

Versioning

  • info:Release ManagementNo explicit versioning is declared in the frontmatter or manifest, and installation instructions may point to `main`.

Installation

/plugin install swe-skills@ckorhonen-swe-skills

Quality Score

Verified
97 /100
Analyzed about 21 hours ago

Trust Signals

Last commit5 days ago
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LicenseMIT
Status
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