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title: "Claude Code Refactoring: A Practical Workflow"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/claude-code-refactoring-a-practical-workflow-tucugcesb
source_url: https://www.sitepoint.com/claude-code-refactoring-workflow
type: article
source: "SitePoint"
published: 2026-06-24T20:49:23.452Z
updated: 2026-06-24T20:49:48.590Z
tags: ["javascript", "express", "claude-code", "ai-assisted-development"]
reading_time: 17
upvotes: 0
comments: 0
language: en
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# Claude Code Refactoring: A Practical Workflow

**[SitePoint](https://daily.dev/sources/sitepoint)** · 17 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

A structured workflow for using Claude Code (Anthropic's agentic CLI tool) to safely refactor JavaScript code. The guide covers three phases: Read (map all dependencies before touching any file), Plan (generate and review a step-by-step refactoring plan), and Execute (apply changes incrementally with git commits and test runs between steps). A concrete example walks through decomposing a monolithic Express.js route handler into separate validator and route modules. Key practices include configuring a CLAUDE.md file to declare scope boundaries, using git branches for rollback safety, verifying no unintended file changes via git diff, and keeping sessions under 5 files to avoid context window issues.

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