{
  "routeId": "refactor-safe",
  "schemaVersion": "1.0.0",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "displayName": "Safe Refactor",
  "description": "Refactor under a safety net: characterize behavior, refactor, then verify nothing changed",
  "objective": "Refactor existing code under a safety net: characterize current behavior with tests, refactor, then verify nothing changed.",
  "trigger": {
    "goalPattern": "^(refactor|restructure|clean\\s*up|simplify|extract)\\b",
    "complexity": "complex"
  },
  "stages": [
    { "name": "characterize", "displayName": "Characterize Behavior", "type": "pack", "target": "characterization-tests", "gateAfter": "user-approval-refactor" },
    { "name": "refactor", "displayName": "Refactor Code", "type": "pack", "target": "tdd-implementation", "gateAfter": "user-approval-merge" },
    { "name": "verify", "displayName": "Run Verification", "type": "command", "target": "npm test" }
  ],
  "gates": [
    { "id": "user-approval-refactor", "type": "user-approval", "description": "Characterization tests are green. Proceed to refactor?" },
    { "id": "user-approval-merge", "type": "user-approval", "description": "Refactor complete and tests still green. Approve for merge?" }
  ]
}