{
  "context": "Checks whether the agent insists on a concrete benefit for refactoring, keeps the change narrow, and avoids scope creep when a small behavior tweak is combined with cleanup pressure.",
  "type": "weighted_checklist",
  "checklist": [
    {
      "name": "Concrete reason",
      "description": "Gives a concrete reason for the change from the approved set of motivations",
      "max_score": 10
    },
    {
      "name": "Smallest diff",
      "description": "Prefers the smallest safe change",
      "max_score": 10
    },
    {
      "name": "Diff only if useful",
      "description": "States that a diff is only justified when it improves a real benefit category",
      "max_score": 10
    },
    {
      "name": "Relevant files",
      "description": "Limits the change to relevant files or areas only",
      "max_score": 10
    },
    {
      "name": "Behavior preserved",
      "description": "Preserves existing behavior unless a change is required",
      "max_score": 10
    },
    {
      "name": "Focused tests",
      "description": "Adds focused tests for changed behavior",
      "max_score": 10
    },
    {
      "name": "Existing patterns",
      "description": "Uses existing abstractions and conventions",
      "max_score": 10
    },
    {
      "name": "Explain necessity",
      "description": "Explains why each changed area is necessary",
      "max_score": 10
    },
    {
      "name": "No aesthetics",
      "description": "Does not rewrite working code for aesthetics or introduce abstractions before duplication is proven",
      "max_score": 10
    },
    {
      "name": "Scope discipline",
      "description": "Does not mix refactor with behavior change without saying so, and does not widen scope or rename broadly without cause",
      "max_score": 10
    }
  ]
}