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name: refactoring-00-preflight-assessment description: Use when doing a quick preflight to assess scope, risks, and priorities for Python research code refactoring.

Refactoring 00: Preflight Assessment

Goal

Spend a few minutes to scope the refactor, identify risks, and choose an order of work.

Sequence

• Order: 00
• Previous: none
• Next: refactoring-01-project-structure

Workflow

• Scan the repo layout, entrypoints, and main data paths.
  • Success: Entry points and key data paths are listed.
• List critical risks: data availability, runtime constraints, hardware/GPU, external tools.
  • Success: Risks are enumerated with brief impact notes.
• Identify fragile areas (global state, hidden config, ad hoc scripts).
  • Success: Fragile hotspots are called out with file or module names.
• Decide a minimal, sequential plan and confirm with the user.
  • Success: A short ordered plan is agreed with the user.
• Write a short checklist of what will and will not be touched.
  • Success: In-scope and out-of-scope items are explicitly captured.

Guardrails

• Do not change code in this step.
• Keep the assessment under a few minutes unless requested.
• Prefer explicit tradeoffs over broad promises.