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Use this skill when user wants to create a refactor plan.
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Control herdr (a terminal-native agent multiplexer) from inside it. Manage workspaces and tabs, split panes, spawn sibling agents, read pane output, and wait for state changes — all via CLI commands that talk to the running herdr instance over a local unix socket. Use when running inside herdr (HERDR_ENV=1). Do not use outside herdr.
Sets up an `## Agent skills` block in AGENTS.md/CLAUDE.md and `docs/agents/` so the engineering skills know this repo's issue tracker (GitHub, GitLab, fp, or local markdown), triage label vocabulary, and domain doc layout. Run before first use of `fp-plan`, `fp-implement`, `fp-review`, `to-issues`, `to-prd`, `triage`, `diagnose`, `tdd`, `improve-codebase-architecture`, or `zoom-out` — or if those skills appear to be missing context about the issue tracker, triage labels, or domain docs.
Grilling session that challenges your plan against the existing domain model, sharpens terminology, and updates documentation (CONTEXT.md, ADRs) inline as decisions crystallise. Use when user wants to stress-test a plan against their project's language and documented decisions.
Find deepening opportunities in a codebase, informed by the domain language in CONTEXT.md and the decisions in docs/adr/. Use when the user wants to improve architecture, find refactoring opportunities, consolidate tightly-coupled modules, or make a codebase more testable and AI-navigable.
Build a throwaway prototype to flush out a design before committing to it. Routes between two branches — a runnable terminal app for state/business-logic questions, or several radically different UI variations toggleable from one route. Use when the user wants to prototype, sanity-check a data model or state machine, mock up a UI, explore design options, or says "prototype this", "let me play with it", "try a few designs".
| name | request-refactor-plan |
| description | Use this skill when user wants to create a refactor plan. |
This skill will be invoked when the user wants to create a refactor request. You should go through the steps below. You may skip steps if you don't consider them necessary.
Ask the user for a long, detailed description of the problem they want to solve and any potential ideas for solutions.
Explore the repo to verify their assertions and understand the current state of the codebase.
Ask whether they have considered other options, and present other options to them.
Interview the user about the implementation. Be extremely detailed and thorough.
Hammer out the exact scope of the implementation. Work out what you plan to change and what you plan not to change.
Look in the codebase to check for test coverage of this area of the codebase. If there is insufficient test coverage, ask the user what their plans for testing are.
Break the implementation into a plan of tiny commits. Remember Martin Fowler's advice to "make each refactoring step as small as possible, so that you can always see the program working."
Create a GitHub issue with the refactor plan. Use the following template for the issue description:
The problem that the developer is facing, from the developer's perspective.
The solution to the problem, from the developer's perspective.
A LONG, detailed implementation plan. Write the plan in plain English, breaking down the implementation into the tiniest commits possible. Each commit should leave the codebase in a working state.
A list of implementation decisions that were made. This can include:
Do NOT include specific file paths or code snippets. They may end up being outdated very quickly.
A list of testing decisions that were made. Include:
A description of the things that are out of scope for this refactor.
Any further notes about the refactor.
