code-smells/couplers

What problem does it solve?

This Skill reveals excessive coupling and over-delegation between classes, helping engineers keep encapsulation intact and prevent brittle, hard-to-change systems.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Detection checklist: audits getters, navigation chains, and hollow delegators to highlight Feature Envy, Inappropriate Intimacy, Message Chains, and Middle Man smells.
• Refactor guidance: recommends Move Method, Extract Method, Move Field, Hide Delegate, and Remove Middle Man tactics to re-establish clear boundaries.
• Use Case: During a TypeScript cleanup, evaluate employee-department-chain logic to hide delegates and move responsibilities back to the owning entities.

Quick Start

Ask the couplers skill to review class interactions for Feature Envy, Message Chains, Inappropriate Intimacy, or Middle Man and recommend concrete refactors.