Overview
This skill provides comprehensive knowledge for code analysis including complexity metrics, anti-pattern detection, refactoring strategies, and code quality assessment across multiple programming languages.
Complexity Metrics
Cyclomatic Complexity
- •Low: 1-10 (simple, easy to test)
- •Medium: 11-20 (moderate complexity, acceptable)
- •High: 21-50 (complex, needs refactoring)
- •Very High: 51+ (critical, must refactor)
Cognitive Complexity
Measures how difficult code is to understand based on nesting, control flow breaks, and recursion.
Code Smells to Detect
- •Long Methods: >50 lines
- •Large Classes: >300 lines
- •Duplicate Code: Repeated blocks
- •Long Parameter Lists: >5 parameters
- •Deep Nesting: >4 levels
- •God Objects: Classes doing too much
- •Dead Code: Unused functions/variables
Refactoring Strategies
- •Extract Method: Break long methods into smaller ones
- •Extract Class: Split large classes by responsibility
- •Replace Conditional with Polymorphism
- •Simplify Conditional Expressions
- •Remove Duplicate Code
When to Apply
Use when analyzing codebase structure, identifying refactoring opportunities, or assessing code quality.