safe-refactor

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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.

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.