Skills for Real Engineers. Straight from my .agents directory.
refactoring-guru
Agent skill fromciembor/agent-rules-books
Apply Refactoring.Guru-inspired rules when diagnosing code smells, choosing refactoring techniques, and stopping cleanup before uncontrolled redesign.
How to install refactoring-guru
npx skills add ciembor/agent-rules-books# or add only this skill to Claude Code: copy the folder
refactoring-guru/
# into
~/.claude/skills/refactoring-guru/ (all projects)
.claude/skills/refactoring-guru/ (one project)
1# Refactoring.Guru Skill23Use this skill when a task involves diagnosing smells, choosing targeted refactoring treatments, preserving behavior, applying a refactoring catalog, or avoiding uncontrolled redesign.45Before making design or code decisions, read and apply [refactoring-guru.mini.md](refactoring-guru.mini.md). Use [refactoring-guru.md](refactoring-guru.md) only as a deeper reference when the mini rules are not enough for the current refactoring tradeoff.
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