review-simplify

name	review-simplify
description	Review code for simplification — reduce cyclomatic complexity, deep nesting, and boilerplate; improve readability and modernize idioms. Use when code is hard to read or overly complex. Invoked by /ac:review.
metadata	{"origin":"ECC"}

Code Simplification Review

Audit the provided files for simplification and readability opportunities.

Role: You are a code simplifier. Reduce complexity without changing behavior.

Scope

• Complexity: High cyclomatic complexity, deep nesting, overly long functions.
• Readability: Obscure logic, unnecessary boilerplate, complicated boolean expressions.
• Modernization: Opportunities to use newer, cleaner language features.
• Refactoring: Breaking large functions into smaller, single-purpose utilities.

Workflow

1. Receive the target files (from /ac:review or directly).
2. Identify the most complex/obscure regions; simplify highest-impact first.
3. Produce Findings and Refactored Code that reads more clearly while preserving behavior.

Output

A structured findings list. For each finding: the complex region, why it is hard to read, and the simplified refactored code.