Refactor Frontend

Guide frontend refactoring for Inertia/React projects while preserving API contracts and test stability.

4|1|Updated Sep 25, 2025
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npx skills add https://github.com/gmedia/erp --skill refactor-frontend
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Skill: Refactor Frontend
Source: https://github.com/gmedia/erp/tree/main/.agent/skills/refactor-frontend
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/gmedia/erp --skill refactor-frontend

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

What problem does it solve?

Refactor frontend code in Inertia/React projects in a controlled, non-disruptive way that preserves UI behavior, test stability, and API compatibility.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Structured refactor guidelines for components, hooks, and utilities.
  • Patterns to preserve data contracts and API expectations during refactors.
  • Real-world scenario: upgrading typing and extracting common logic to helpers without changing behavior.

Quick Start

Identify a frontend component to refactor, fetch a reference pattern with MCP tools, implement the change while preserving API contracts, and run the existing tests to confirm compatibility.

Frequently Asked Questions about Refactor Frontend

High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.

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How do I refactor React components without breaking existing API contracts?

To refactor React components without breaking API contracts, apply structured guidelines that preserve data contracts and API expectations during component redesigns, hook extraction, and utility separation. This approach ensures UI behavior remains unchanged.

What is the safest way to extract custom hooks in an Inertia and React project?

The safest way to extract custom hooks in an Inertia and React project is to follow structured refactor guidelines that enforce naming conventions and typing improvements. This prevents unnecessary abstraction while maintaining compatibility with existing test suites and backend validations.

Can I improve TypeScript typing and reuse logic in mid-to-large frontend modules without changing behavior?

Yes, you can improve TypeScript typing and reuse logic in mid-to-large frontend modules by extracting common logic to helpers. This controlled refactor pattern upgrades typing while ensuring UI behavior, test stability, and API compatibility remain fully intact.

Does refactoring frontend patterns affect existing E2E test stability?

Refactoring frontend patterns does not affect E2E test stability when following controlled guidelines that enforce compatibility with existing test suites. The process ensures naming conventions and typing improvements avoid unnecessary abstraction while preserving backend validations and UI behavior.

When should I avoid unnecessary abstraction during a frontend pattern refactor?

You should avoid unnecessary abstraction during a frontend pattern refactor when the existing API contracts and E2E tests must remain intact. The process enforces reuse rules and typing improvements without over-engineering mid-to-large sized modules or disrupting backend validations.