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Plans zero-downtime migrations with compatibility validation, rollback strategies, and phased execution plans.
Install Migration Architect
$ npx skills add borghei/Claude-Skills --skill migration-architect -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install borghei/Claude-Skills migration-architect --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/borghei/Claude-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/engineering/migration-architect .claude/skills/migration-architect && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.
Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/
Install the "migration-architect" agent skill from https://github.com/borghei/Claude-Skills/tree/main/engineering/migration-architect into .claude/skills/migration-architect/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "migration-architect", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/borghei/Claude-Skills/tree/main/engineering/migration-architectType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add borghei/Claude-Skills --skill migration-architect -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install borghei/Claude-Skills migration-architect --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/borghei/Claude-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/engineering/migration-architect .agents/skills/migration-architect && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "migration-architect" agent skill from https://github.com/borghei/Claude-Skills/tree/main/engineering/migration-architect into .agents/skills/migration-architect/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "migration-architect", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add borghei/Claude-Skills --skill migration-architect -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install borghei/Claude-Skills migration-architect --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/borghei/Claude-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/engineering/migration-architect .cursor/skills/migration-architect && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "migration-architect" agent skill from https://github.com/borghei/Claude-Skills/tree/main/engineering/migration-architect into .cursor/skills/migration-architect/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "migration-architect", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/borghei/Claude-Skills.git --path engineering/migration-architect--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add borghei/Claude-Skills --skill migration-architect -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install borghei/Claude-Skills migration-architect --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/borghei/Claude-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/engineering/migration-architect .gemini/skills/migration-architect && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "migration-architect" agent skill from https://github.com/borghei/Claude-Skills/tree/main/engineering/migration-architect into .gemini/skills/migration-architect/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "migration-architect", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install borghei/Claude-Skills migration-architectInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add borghei/Claude-Skills --skill migration-architect -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/borghei/Claude-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/engineering/migration-architect .github/skills/migration-architect && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "migration-architect" agent skill from https://github.com/borghei/Claude-Skills/tree/main/engineering/migration-architect into .github/skills/migration-architect/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "migration-architect", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add borghei/Claude-Skills --skill migration-architect -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install borghei/Claude-Skills migration-architect --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/borghei/Claude-Skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/engineering/migration-architect .opencode/skills/migration-architect && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "migration-architect" agent skill from https://github.com/borghei/Claude-Skills/tree/main/engineering/migration-architect into .opencode/skills/migration-architect/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "migration-architect", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
migration-architect- GitHub stars
- 874
- Token cost
- ~1.7k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 644 words
- Files
- 23 (incl. scripts, references, assets)
- Skills in repo
- 364
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
Plans zero-downtime migrations with compatibility validation, rollback strategies, and phased execution plans.
- Migrating databases
- SKILL.md covers Core Capabilities, When to Use, Clarify First and Tools, plus 3 more sections
- Calls python
- Services between platforms
What it does
Migration Architect is an agent skill from borghei/Claude-Skills. Plans zero-downtime migrations with compatibility validation, rollback strategies, and phased execution plans. Use when migrating databases, APIs, infrastructure, or services between platforms or versions.
Its SKILL.md is about 1.7k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 25 other files, including scripts, reference files and assets (for example `README.md`, `assets/database_schema_after.json` and `assets/database_schema_before.json`).
It sits in DevOps & Cloud, covering Database migrations. The repository describes itself as: 385 AI skills, 77 expert agents, and 900 stdlib Python tools for every team: engineering, PM, marketing, C-level, compliance, business ops, research, and a LinkedIn toolkit… The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
- Migrating databases
- Services between platforms
Example prompts
- “Use the migration-architect skill to plan zero-downtime migrations with compatibility validation, rollback strategies, and phased execution plans”
- “/migration-architect”
Requirements
- Python 3
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit c9a1487. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
Ships 1 file in scripts/, which the agent can run.
Shell commands in SKILL.md call:
python
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Context cost
Migration Architect loads about 1.7k tokens when it runs, and up to ~30k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 56 tokens; SKILL.md has 644 words of instructions outside code blocks.
Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.
Safety
Auto-check passed
The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.
Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); the scripts in this folder are not scanned.
SKILL.md
The full file from borghei/Claude-Skills at commit c9a1487, republished under its MIT licence (© borghei). 644 words, ~1,669 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/migration-architect/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder). This skill also uses 22 other files; get the full folder from GitHub.- name
- migration-architect
- description
- Plans zero-downtime migrations with compatibility validation, rollback strategies, and phased execution plans. Use when migrating databases, APIs, infrastructure, or services between platforms or versions.
- license
- MIT + Commons Clause
- metadata.version
- 1.1.0
- metadata.author
- borghei
- metadata.category
- engineering
- metadata.domain
- infrastructure
- metadata.tier
- POWERFUL
- metadata.updated
- 2026-06-17
Migration Architect
Generates phased migration plans with risk assessment, compatibility analysis, and rollback runbooks for database, service, infrastructure, and API migrations. Validates schema compatibility, detects breaking changes, and produces rollback procedures with trigger conditions and communication templates.
Core Capabilities
- Phased planning — generate risk-assessed, multi-phase migration plans with validation gates, timelines, and stakeholder structures from a JSON spec.
- Compatibility analysis — diff before/after database or REST/JSON schemas to detect breaking changes, type mismatches, and constraint violations, with migration + rollback scripts.
- Rollback runbooks — phase-by-phase reversal steps, automated trigger conditions, data-recovery plans, escalation matrices, and communication templates.
- Pattern catalog — Expand-Contract, Dual-Write, CDC, Strangler Fig, Parallel Run, Canary, Blue-Green.
- Risk frameworks — technical, business, operational, and compliance risk categories.
When to Use
- Migrating databases, APIs, infrastructure, or services between platforms or versions.
- Validating schema/API compatibility and detecting breaking changes before cutover.
- Building rollback runbooks and zero-downtime execution plans.
Clarify First
Before planning the migration, confirm these inputs. If any is unknown or vague, ASK — do not assume:
- What's migrating — database, API, infrastructure, or service (sets
--typeand which pattern catalog applies) - Deliverable — phased plan, compatibility diff, or rollback runbook (selects
migration_planner.pyvscompatibility_checker.pyvsrollback_generator.py) - Downtime budget & pattern — zero-downtime requirement and which pattern (expand-contract, dual-write, strangler fig, blue-green) (drives the phases and cutover technique)
Stop rule: ask only the 2-3 that most change the output. If the user says "just draft it," proceed and list your assumptions at the top of the artifact.
Tools
| Tool | Purpose | Command |
|---|---|---|
migration_planner.py | Generate a phased migration plan with risk assessment | python scripts/migration_planner.py --input spec.json --output plan.json --format both |
compatibility_checker.py | Diff schemas/APIs and flag breaking changes | python scripts/compatibility_checker.py --before v1.json --after v2.json --type database |
rollback_generator.py | Generate a rollback runbook from a plan | python scripts/rollback_generator.py --input plan.json --output runbook.json --format both |
References
Load the reference that matches the task — keep this file lean and pull detail on demand:
- references/workflows-patterns-and-quality.md — quick-start commands, the three core workflows with validation checkpoints, the migration-pattern catalog table, anti-patterns, troubleshooting, and success criteria. Read when planning a migration.
- references/tool-reference.md — full per-tool purpose, usage, flag tables, input formats, and output structures for all three scripts. Read before running or debugging the scripts.
- references/migration_patterns_catalog.md — deep catalog of migration patterns with mechanics and trade-offs. Read when choosing a pattern.
- references/zero_downtime_techniques.md — techniques for cutover without downtime (expand-contract, dual-write, traffic shifting). Read when downtime budget is near zero.
- references/data_reconciliation_strategies.md — checksum/business-logic validation strategies to confirm data integrity post-migration. Read when verifying migrated data.
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Scope & Limitations
This skill covers:
- End-to-end migration planning for databases, services, infrastructure, and APIs with phased execution and validation gates.
- Automated compatibility analysis between schema versions (SQL and REST/JSON) including breaking-change detection and migration script generation.
- Rollback runbook generation with trigger conditions, data recovery plans, escalation matrices, and communication templates.
- Risk assessment frameworks covering technical, business, operational, and compliance risk categories.
This skill does NOT cover:
- Actual execution of migrations against live systems -- the tools generate plans, reports, and scripts but do not connect to databases or cloud APIs.
- Application-level code refactoring required to support new schemas or APIs; see
engineering/api-design-reviewerfor API contract changes andengineering/database-designerfor schema design. - Real-time monitoring, alerting, or dashboard provisioning during migration execution; see
engineering/observability-designerfor observability setup. - Cloud cost optimization or capacity planning for target infrastructure; see
engineering/ci-cd-pipeline-builderfor deployment pipeline configuration.
Integration Points
| Skill | Integration | Data Flow |
|---|---|---|
engineering/database-designer | Design target schema before migration planning | Target schema JSON feeds into compatibility_checker.py --after |
engineering/api-design-reviewer | Validate API contract changes for service migrations | OpenAPI spec diffs feed into compatibility_checker.py --type api |
engineering/observability-designer | Set up monitoring dashboards referenced in migration runbooks | Migration plan success metrics inform alerting rule definitions |
engineering/ci-cd-pipeline-builder | Embed migration validation in CI/CD stages | compatibility_checker.py runs as a pipeline stage; migration_planner.py --validate gates deployments |
engineering/runbook-generator | Extend rollback runbooks with operational procedures | rollback_generator.py output serves as input for detailed operational runbooks |
engineering/release-manager | Coordinate migration cutover with release schedules | Migration plan phases and timelines align with release windows and feature-flag rollout stages |
© borghei, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file
Files
SKILL.md and 22 other files (scripts, references, assets) in engineering/migration-architect of borghei/Claude-Skills.
- SKILL.md
- README.md
- assets/database_schema_after.json
- assets/database_schema_before.json
- assets/sample_database_migration.json
- assets/sample_service_migration.json
- expected_outputs/rollback_runbook.json
- expected_outputs/rollback_runbook.txt
- expected_outputs/sample_database_migration_plan.json
- expected_outputs/sample_database_migration_plan.txt
- expected_outputs/sample_service_migration_plan.json
- expected_outputs/sample_service_migration_plan.txt
- expected_outputs/schema_compatibility_report.json
- expected_outputs/schema_compatibility_report.txt
- references/data_reconciliation_strategies.md
- references/migration_patterns_catalog.md
- references/tool-reference.md
- references/workflows-patterns-and-quality.md
- … and 5 more
Open the folder on GitHubat commit c9a1487
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| Database Migrations Migration Observabilityaiskillstore/marketplace | 430 | 6 repos | ~3.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | None | |
| Rollbacksoftspark/ai-toolkit | 179 | — | ~1.3k | Automated safety check: Notes | Apache-2.0 | |
| Deployment Rollback InterviewerPrepLabsAI/InterviewMentor | 112 | — | ~3.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT |
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Questions about Migration Architect
What does Migration Architect do?
Plans zero-downtime migrations with compatibility validation, rollback strategies, and phased execution plans. Migration Architect is an agent skill from borghei/Claude-Skills. Plans zero-downtime migrations with compatibility validation, rollback strategies, and phased execution plans.
When should I use Migration Architect?
Migration Architect fits situations like: migrating databases; services between platforms.
How do I install Migration Architect in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add borghei/Claude-Skills --skill migration-architect -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (engineering/migration-architect in borghei/Claude-Skills) into .claude/skills/migration-architect in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Migration Architect in Codex?
Run `npx skills add borghei/Claude-Skills --skill migration-architect -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (engineering/migration-architect in borghei/Claude-Skills) into .agents/skills/migration-architect in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Migration Architect in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add borghei/Claude-Skills --skill migration-architect -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/migration-architect, .gemini/skills/migration-architect, .github/skills/migration-architect and .opencode/skills/migration-architect in your project.
What does Migration Architect need to run?
Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Migration Architect needs the command-line tools its instructions call (python). Our summary lists: Python 3.
Does Migration Architect access the network?
SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Migration Architect safe to install?
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. The check reads SKILL.md only: the scripts in the folder are not scanned, so read them before running anything.
What licence does Migration Architect use?
Migration Architect is published under the MIT licence (declared in SKILL.md). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
How many tokens does Migration Architect use?
About 1.7k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 6.7k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 28k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.
What are the alternatives to Migration Architect?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Migration Architect: Learnings (kortix-ai/suna, 20k stars), Kortix Rollback (kortix-ai/suna, 20k stars), Database Migrations Migration Observability (aiskillstore/marketplace, 430 stars) and Rollback (softspark/ai-toolkit, 179 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Migration Architect?
borghei (a GitHub user) maintains it in borghei/Claude-Skills, which has 874 GitHub stars. The repository holds 364 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.
Source: borghei/Claude-Skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.