Windsurf Refactoring Large

Overview

This skill enables large-scale refactoring operations that span hundreds or thousands of files. It provides phased execution with checkpoints, comprehensive rollback capabilities, and AI-assisted planning. Ideal for architecture migrations, API version upgrades, dependency replacements, and codebase modernization efforts that would traditionally take weeks to complete manually.

Prerequisites

Windsurf IDE with Enterprise or Pro subscription
Active Cascade AI connection
Git repository with clean working state
Comprehensive test suite for validation
Backup strategy for critical code paths
Team coordination for multi-developer codebases

Instructions

Analyze Scope
Create Plan
Prepare Environment
Execute with Cascade
Verify Completion

See {baseDir}/references/implementation.md for detailed implementation guide.

Output

Refactored codebase with all patterns migrated
Phase completion reports with metrics
Before/after performance comparison
Updated documentation and API references
Archived rollback artifacts (kept 30 days)

Error Handling

See {baseDir}/references/errors.md for comprehensive error handling.

Examples

See {baseDir}/references/examples.md for detailed examples.

name	windsurf-refactoring-large
description	Manage large-scale refactoring with Cascade coordination. Activate when users mention "large refactoring", "codebase migration", "architecture refactor", "major refactoring", or "system-wide changes". Handles complex refactoring operations. Use when working with windsurf refactoring large functionality. Trigger with phrases like "windsurf refactoring large", "windsurf large", "windsurf".
allowed-tools	Read,Write,Edit,Bash(cmd:*),Grep,Glob
version	1.0.0
license	MIT
author	Jeremy Longshore <jeremy@intentsolutions.io>

windsurf-refactoring-largeClaude Skill

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