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safe-refactor

Restructures code while preserving behavior, defining a behavior-preservation boundary and establishing verification before structural edits.

Why we recommend it: Supports the Implementation and Verification facets for refactoring but is not Claude Code specific.

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---
name: safe-refactor
description: Restructure code while preserving behavior. Use for extraction, consolidation, ownership moves, or cleanup where verification must bracket structural edits.
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# Safe refactor

Define behavior-preservation boundary and establish verification before structural edits.

- Keep feature changes outside refactor.
- Move one ownership boundary at a time.
- Preserve public interfaces, failure behavior, ordering, and compatibility unless explicitly scoped.
- Keep intermediate states buildable and testable.
- Avoid dependency or configuration growth without correctness need.

Run same proof after change. Stop when behavior matches and requested structure is achieved.

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