manual_slop/conductor/directives/presets/refactor.md

Preset: refactor

For agents refactoring or overhauling the codebase. Adds the testing set + 2 refactor-specific directives on top of baseline. The refactor must preserve behavior (tests pass before and after); one subsystem per phase.

Inherits

baseline

Directives to warm

Read each file below before any action.

• tdd_red_green_required: conductor/directives/tdd_red_green_required/v1.md
• test_must_fail_for_believed_reason: conductor/directives/test_must_fail_for_believed_reason/v1.md
• test_passing_immediately_proves_nothing: conductor/directives/test_passing_immediately_proves_nothing/v1.md
• test_narrow_not_kitchen_sink: conductor/directives/test_narrow_not_kitchen_sink/v1.md
• batch_verification_not_isolation: conductor/directives/batch_verification_not_isolation/v1.md
• fragile_test_in_batch_is_failing_test: conductor/directives/fragile_test_in_batch_is_failing_test/v1.md
• no_skip_markers_as_avoidance: conductor/directives/no_skip_markers_as_avoidance/v1.md
• ban_arbitrary_core_mocking: conductor/directives/ban_arbitrary_core_mocking/v1.md
• test_instantiation_not_mock_away: conductor/directives/test_instantiation_not_mock_away/v1.md
• adapt_test_mocks_to_production_api_change: conductor/directives/adapt_test_mocks_to_production_api_change/v1.md
• live_gui_poll_not_sleep: conductor/directives/live_gui_poll_not_sleep/v1.md
• live_gui_session_scoped_no_restart: conductor/directives/live_gui_session_scoped_no_restart/v1.md
• no_real_io_during_tests: conductor/directives/no_real_io_during_tests/v1.md
• enforce_no_real_toml_in_tests: conductor/directives/enforce_no_real_toml_in_tests/v1.md
• test_sandbox: conductor/directives/test_sandbox/v1.md
• workspace_paths: conductor/directives/workspace_paths/v1.md
• opt_in_integration_test_via_env_var_marker: conductor/directives/opt_in_integration_test_via_env_var_marker/v1.md
• deterministic_signal_endpoint_pattern: conductor/directives/deterministic_signal_endpoint_pattern/v1.md
• failure_message_actionable_not_vague: conductor/directives/failure_message_actionable_not_vague/v1.md
• three_tier_test_strategy_for_fragile_subsystems: conductor/directives/three_tier_test_strategy_for_fragile_subsystems/v1.md
• test_classification_via_import_presence: conductor/directives/test_classification_via_import_presence/v1.md
• surface_dirty_state_in_test_runner: conductor/directives/surface_dirty_state_in_test_runner/v1.md
• imscope_tuple_return_per_scope_override: conductor/directives/imscope_tuple_return_per_scope_override/v1.md
• refactor_preserves_behavior: conductor/directives/refactor_preserves_behavior/v1.md
• refactor_one_subsystem_per_phase: conductor/directives/refactor_one_subsystem_per_phase/v1.md

Notes

Engagement preset for the "refactoring or overhauling the codebase" op. Inherits baseline (57) + adds 23 TARGETED:testing + 2 refactor. Total: 82 directives + 4 non-directive context files (inherited).