# Reorder

> Realign a drifted listing into a logical order under one stated principle, moving items and rewording nothing. Use on a catalog, index, table of contents, enum, or menu whose order has gone arbitrary, or when the user says "reorder this" or "put this in a sensible order". The principle is stated before the first move. Content edits belong to debloat or unslop.

- Skill: `majiayu000/reorder` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 2 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds add majiayu000/reorder`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/majiayu000/reorder/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: majiayu000 (https://skillmd.com/u/majiayu000)
- Updated: 2026-09-09
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/majiayu000/reorder

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# Reorder

Put a listing back into an order that carries meaning, moving items only.

## Method

1. **Pin the listing.** Identify the ordered set in focus.
2. **Name one principle.** Workflow sequence, dependency, grouping by kind, severity, frequency, or alphabetical. If the set already has a latent order, surface and finish it rather than imposing a new one.
3. **Cluster kin, then sequence.** Keep related items adjacent, then order the clusters by that one principle. Do not blend incompatible sorts.
4. **Move in place.** Reword nothing, add nothing, remove nothing. See `../clean-and-true/references/idioms.md` for edit safety. If the same set is mirrored elsewhere, apply the identical order to each.
5. **Respect a deliberate order.** If the current sequence already encodes a real principle, complete it rather than replacing it.

## Completion

A reader can name the ordering principle from the result. Every item that was there is still there, only repositioned. Kin are adjacent. Mirrored copies carry the identical order. A pass that finds nothing to genuinely improve changes nothing.