refact

by smallcloudaiVerified

AI Agent that handles engineering tasks end-to-end: integrates with developers’ tools, plans, executes, and iterates until it achieves a successful result.

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8/23/2026
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Installation

Add to your Claude Code skills directory:

# Add to your Claude Code skills
git clone https://github.com/smallcloudai/refact

Getting Started

Guides for using skills like refact.

Security Report

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{
  "status": "PASSED",
  "issues": []
}

README.md

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Refact

Open-source, local-first AI coding assistant for IDE chat, autonomous agent workflows, and tool-powered development.

GitHub stars Documentation GitHub issues

[!IMPORTANT] This repository is kept as the legacy archive for the original Refact project and is no longer the active development home. Ongoing development has moved to JegernOUTT/refact; please use that repository for new issues, pull requests, and future updates.

Refact Cloud has been retired. Read the announcement: Refact Cloud is shutting down.

License

Refact is distributed under the BSD-3-Clause license. See the repository license for details.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is refact?

refact is an open-source ai agents skill for AI coding assistants such as Claude Code, Codex CLI, and ChatGPT, built by smallcloudai. AI Agent that handles engineering tasks end-to-end: integrates with developers’ tools, plans, executes, and iterates until it achieves a successful result. It has 3,540 GitHub stars.

Is refact safe to use?

Yes. refact passed SkillsLLM's automated security scan — a dependency vulnerability audit plus prompt-injection heuristics — with no high-severity issues. You can read the full report in the Security Report section on this page.

How do I install refact?

Clone the repository with "git clone https://github.com/smallcloudai/refact" and add it to your Claude Code skills directory (see the Installation section above).

What programming language is refact written in?

refact is primarily written in Rust. It is open-source under smallcloudai on GitHub, so you can review or fork the full source.

Are there alternatives to refact?

Yes. SkillsLLM lists many other AI Agents skills you can browse and compare side by side. Open the AI Agents category from the badge at the top of this page, or use the Related Skills and comparison links further down to weigh refact against similar tools.

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