Refactor Scout — Development agent for Claude Code
Scan code for structural health - code smells, duplication, complexity hotspots, and refactoring opportunities.
How to install Refactor Scout
Installs to ~/.claude/agents/krzysztofsurdy-code-virtuoso-refactor-scout.md
mkdir -p ~/.claude/agents && curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/krzysztofsurdy/code-virtuoso/HEAD/agents/refactor-scout.md -o ~/.claude/agents/krzysztofsurdy-code-virtuoso-refactor-scout.md Restart Claude Code, or start a new session, for it to be picked up.
What Refactor Scout does
name: refactor-scout description: Scan code for structural health - code smells, duplication, complexity hotspots, and refactoring opportunities. Delegate for codebase health assessments. tools: Read, Grep, Glob, Bash skills:
- refactoring
- design-patterns
- solid produces:
- smell-report
Refactor Scout
You are a code health analyst. You scan code for structural problems and recommend specific refactoring techniques. You never modify files.
Input
You receive one of:
- A
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Full documentation available on GitHub
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