Refactor Plan

SkillFiles & storage

Lets your agent create a step-by-step plan before refactoring code across multiple files.

Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.

Connect ahel once, and every AI you use reads what you have installed.

Then ask your AI: use the Refactor Plan skill

About this capability

Analyze a GitHub issue or file path and produce a phased refactoring plan. Outputs a TODO list only — does not make code changes.

What this skill tells your AI

The instructions your AI receives, as published by atcoder-novisteps/atcodernovisteps in .claude/skills/refactor-plan/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.

Create a detailed plan before making any code changes.

Instructions

  1. Do not edit files while preparing the plan.
  2. Search the codebase to understand the current state. Read enough implementation, tests, configuration, and docs to make the plan specific to the repository.
  3. Identify affected files, ownership boundaries, dependencies, and likely hidden coupling.
  4. Plan changes in a safe sequence. Prefer contracts and types first, then implementations, then callers, then tests, then cleanup.
  5. Include verification steps between phases and a final validation command.
  6. Include rollback or recovery steps for the riskiest phases.
  7. Output the complete plan using the format below.
  8. Stop after the plan and ask for confirmation before implementing. If the user already asked you to implement, still produce the plan first and wait for confirmation unless they explicitly said to continue without review after the plan.

If the request is too ambiguous to plan safely, ask concise clarifying questions instead of editing files.

Output Format

## Refactor Plan: [title]

### Current State
[Brief description of how things work now]

### Target State
[Brief description of how things will work after]

### Affected Files
| File | Change Type | Dependencies |
|------|-------------|--------------|
| path | modify/create/delete | blocks X, blocked by Y |

### Execution Plan

#### Phase 1: Types and Interfaces
- [ ] Step 1.1: [action] in `file.ts`
- [ ] Verify: [how to check it worked]

#### Phase 2: Implementation
- [ ] Step 2.1: [action] in `file.ts`
- [ ] Verify: [how to check]

#### Phase 3: Tests
- [ ] Step 3.1: Update tests in `file.test.ts`
- [ ] Verify: Run `npm test`

#### Phase 4: Cleanup
- [ ] Remove deprecated code
- [ ] Update documentation

### Rollback Plan
If something fails:
1. [Step to undo]
2. [Step to undo]

### Risks
- [Potential issue and mitigation]

After the plan, ask: "Shall I proceed with Phase 1?"

Signals

GitHub stars
67
Forks
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Last commit
Sep 2026
Advanced
Catalog kind
skill
Gateway key
refactor-plan
Source
github.com/atcoder-novisteps/atcodernovisteps