Refactor with Confidence Using Agents
For large refactors, Claude Code can spawn specialised agents that explore different parts of the codebase in parallel:
"I want to rename the Post model to Tip everywhere.
Explore the codebase first to find all references."
Claude will launch Explore agents that search for:
- Model references in controllers, views, tests
- Database table names in migrations
- Route model bindings
- Factory and seeder references
- Config and relationship references
Once exploration is complete, Claude presents a comprehensive plan before making any changes.
You can also be explicit about using agents:
"Use 3 explore agents in parallel to find:
1. All Eloquent queries that reference the posts table
2. All Blade views that use the Post model
3. All test files that create Post instances"
This parallel exploration is much faster than Claude reading files one at a time, and ensures nothing gets missed before a single line of code changes.
Explore first, refactor second — agents make sure Claude knows the full blast radius before it touches anything.
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