Orch Refine Code

A behavior-preserving refactor orchestrator that won't let you slip in feature changes by accident. It confirms your tests are green before touching anything, plans the restructure at a gate, then walks through extraction or cleanup in small steps while re-running tests after each move. The phase mask skips new behavior tests entirely because the existing suite is your safety net. Good for pulling modules apart, killing dead code, or flattening nested logic when you need the diff to stay neutral. Commits land as `refactor:` and you get two manual gates to catch yourself before things drift.

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Install

$ npx -y skills add affaan-m/ecc --skill orch-refine-code --agent claude-code

Installs into .claude/skills of the current project.

Files

orch-refine-code

Actor · action · target: orch · refine · code. Thin wrapper over the shared engine in orch-pipeline.

When to Use

Same behavior, better structure: extract modules, remove duplication, kill dead code, reduce nesting, rename for clarity.
Distinguish from siblings: if behavior is meant to change at all, this is the wrong skill (orch-change-feature / orch-fix-defect).

Operation settings

Default size floor: standard — restructures touch multiple files.
Phase mask: 0 → 2 (plan the restructure) → 4 (keep green) → 5 → 6. No new behavior tests are written — the existing suite is the safety net.
First move (phase 4): confirm the relevant tests exist and are green before touching code; if coverage is thin, add characterization tests first. Then restructure in small steps, re-running tests after each.