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Best legacy modernization skills, page 2
Legacy modernization skills, ranked
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| # | Skill | Repository | Stars | Used in | Tokens | Auto-check | Licence | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49 | Modernize test suites to use modern Swift Testing features or migrate from XCTest. | CamilleScholtz/ | 239 | 1 repo | ~2.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | EUPL-1.2 | 2 days ago |
| 50 | A skill your agent uses for new frontend applications, dashboards, games, creative websites, hero sections, and visually driven UI from scratch, or when the user explicitly asks for a… | fcakyon/ | 1.2k | — | ~8k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | yesterday |
| 51 | 51.Atmos Cache Atmos caching: CI cache configuration and commands, GitHub Actions cache integration, Terraform registry cache mirror/list/prune/stats/trust, and cache modernization guidance | cloudposse/ | 1.4k | — | ~793 | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | today |
| 52 | Atmos Modernization: migrate deprecated or legacy Atmos patterns to current names, Native CI, Atmos Pro drift detection, dependencies.components, nametemplate, and declared secrets | cloudposse/ | 1.4k | — | ~1.8k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | today |
| 53 | Workflow for converting, modernizing, upgrading, or re-architecting code (e.g. | griddynamics/ | 354 | — | ~1.7k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | 8 days ago |
| 54 | A skill your agent uses when planning a multi-file refactor, code modernization, or technical debt resolution. | WrongStack/ | 370 | — | ~3.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | today |
| 55 | Orchestrate a comprehensive legacy system modernization using the strangler fig pattern, enabling gradual replacement of outdated components while maintaining continuous business operations through ex | aiskillstore/ | 430 | 7 repos | ~2.8k | Automated safety check: Pass | No licence | today |
| 56 | Assess and upgrade Azure workloads between plans, tiers, or SKUs, or modernize Azure SDK dependencies in source code. | microsoft/ | 255 | 1 repo | ~1.5k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | today |
| 57 | Check ETL step files for outdated coding patterns and offer to fix them. | owid/ | 158 | — | ~841 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | today |
| 58 | Apply Michael Feathers-inspired legacy-code rules when changing hard-to-test code safely with characterization tests, seams, sprout methods, or wrap methods. | ciembor/ | 2.9k | — | ~201 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | 28 days ago |
| 59 | Diagnoses latent architectural modernization opportunities across Dart and Flutter packages (language idioms, testing hygiene, CLI patterns, doc rot) and prescribes matching specialized skills. | kevmoo/ | 147 | — | ~1.5k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | today |
| 60 | Audit a stale, inherited, or messy codebase — deps, bugs, security, tests, CI, docs, UI/UX — then emit a phased, testable modernization plan. | luongnv89/ | 131 | — | ~5k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | today |
| 61 | Refactor legacy codebases, migrate outdated frameworks, and implement gradual modernization. | aiskillstore/ | 430 | 6 repos | ~441 | Automated safety check: Pass | No licence | today |
| 62 | Guide the migration of legacy AdvPL (Advanced Programming Language) code to modern TLPP (TOTVS Language Plus Plus). | totvs/ | 143 | — | ~2.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | 3 days ago |
| 63 | Safely change and test untested codebases using Feathers' "Working Effectively with Legacy Code". | wondelai/ | 2.4k | — | ~4.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | 27 days ago |
| 64 | Modernize Golang code to use recent language features, standard library improvements, and idiomatic patterns. | aiskillstore/ | 430 | 1 repo | ~3.3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | today |
| 65 | Measure and raise straight-through processing (STP) rates in securities operations through zero-touch, exception-based processing. | JoelLewis/ | 205 | — | ~7.8k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | 2 mo ago |
| 66 | 66.Wpf Build and modernize WPF applications on .NET with correct XAML, data binding, commands, threading, styling, and Windows desktop migration decisions. | managedcode/ | 486 | — | ~3.5k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | yesterday |
| 67 | Generates tests that capture current behavior of existing code before refactoring. | gustavscirulis/ | 117 | 1 repo | ~2k | Automated safety check: Notes | Unknown | 5 mo ago |
| 68 | Scan project structure, detect languages and frameworks, identify entry points and application boundaries. | EmeaAppGbb/ | 100 | — | ~2.2k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT | 5 mo ago |
| 69 | Create a prioritized modernization roadmap from assessment findings. | EmeaAppGbb/ | 100 | — | ~2.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | 5 mo ago |
| 70 | Catalog existing tests — discover test frameworks, count tests by type, parse coverage reports, and map test-to-feature relationships. | EmeaAppGbb/ | 100 | — | ~3.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | 5 mo ago |
| 71 | 71.Cleanup Code Comprehensive codebase cleanup across 11 quality dimensions: dead code, duplication, weak types, circular deps, defensive cruft, legacy code, AI slop, type consolidation, security, performance, and… | jeremylongshore/ | 2.8k | — | ~1.7k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | today |
| 72 | Plan and execute a phased migration of data pipelines, Ontology applications, or external integrations into Foundry. | jeremylongshore/ | 2.8k | — | ~1.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | today |
| 73 | Guided journey from a working codebase grown slow and tangled to one measurably fast, cleanly bounded, and readable. | wondelai/ | 2.4k | — | ~7.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | 27 days ago |
| 74 | Guided journey from a working-but-untested vibe-coded prototype to a production-ready product with tests, clean structure, a business-rules boundary, and resilience at scale. | wondelai/ | 2.4k | — | ~6.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | 27 days ago |
| 75 | Migrate COBOL code to idiomatic Java, preserving business logic while following Java best practices. | OpenHands/ | 158 | — | ~518 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | today |
| 76 | Apply a condensed version of the ISO C++ Core Guidelines to C++ design, implementation, refactoring, modernization, and code review. | SpecterOps/ | 702 | — | ~500 | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | 15 days ago |
| 77 | 77.Fsharp Write, review, or modernize F code in .NET repositories with functional-first design, algebraic data types, pattern matching, pipelines, async workflows, project ordering, and C interop. | managedcode/ | 486 | — | ~1.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | yesterday |
| 78 | Detailed implementation guide for the Strangler Fig pattern and related migration patterns for incrementally replacing legacy systems. | revfactory/ | 1.3k | — | ~1.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | 6 mo ago |
| 79 | 79.Migration Migrates legacy AEM (6.x, AMS, on-prem) to AEM as a Cloud Service via BPA CSV/cache and CAM/MCP discovery, one pattern per session. | adobe/ | 196 | — | ~11k | Automated safety check: Pass | Apache-2.0 | today |
| 80 | Systematic framework for resurrecting and modernizing legacy codebases through archaeology, resurrection, and rejuvenation phases. | curiositech/ | 243 | — | ~1.6k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT | 1 mo ago |
| 81 | End-to-end COBOL to Java migration workflow. An agent skill from OpenHands/extensions. | OpenHands/ | 158 | — | ~820 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | today |
| 82 | Maintain classic ASP.NET applications on .NET Framework, including Web Forms, older MVC, and legacy hosting patterns, while planning realistic modernization boundaries. | managedcode/ | 486 | — | ~598 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | yesterday |
| 83 | A skill your agent uses when the user asks to explain what a piece of ADVPL/TLPP code does in plain language, adapting the explanation depth for a junior developer (line-by-line), a senior developer… | thalysjuvenal/ | 186 | — | ~488 | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | 24 days ago |
| 84 | Assess codebase for modernization opportunities — tech debt, deprecated dependencies, outdated patterns, architectural improvements. | EmeaAppGbb/ | 100 | — | ~1.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | 5 mo ago |
| 85 | Comprehensive brownfield architecture analysis for existing codebases. | majiayu000/ | 666 | 1 repo | ~8.9k | Automated safety check: Notes | MIT | today |
| 86 | Generate and compare multiple architecture options (minimal, moderate, full modernization) with comprehensive trade-offs analysis across cost, timeline, risk, performance, and maintainability… | majiayu000/ | 666 | 1 repo | ~6.1k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | today |
| 87 | Produces comprehensive summaries and insights about legacy codebases to help understand unfamiliar code. | majiayu000/ | 666 | 1 repo | ~5.2k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | today |
| 88 | Trigger Protocol has migration patterns (reinitialize, V2/V3, deprecated, upgrade, legacy, Coin-to-FA) - Covers Token type mismatches, stranded assets, interface incompatibiliti... | PlamenTSV/ | 303 | — | ~3.9k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | 12 days ago |
| 89 | Trigger Protocol has migration patterns (reinitializer, V2/V3, deprecated, upgrade, legacy) - Covers Token type mismatches, stranded assets, interface incompatibilities | PlamenTSV/ | 303 | — | ~3k | Automated safety check: Pass | MIT | 12 days ago |
| 90 | Upgrade a plugin's skills, hooks, and patterns to align with latest Claude Code capabilities and best practices. | kenneth-liao/ | 126 | — | ~3.4k | Automated safety check: Pass | No licence | 6 mo ago |
| 91 | Refactor legacy codebases, migrate outdated frameworks, and implement gradual modernization. | Dokhacgiakhoa/ | 507 | — | ~769 | Automated safety check: Pass | Unknown | 3 mo ago |
| 92 | Write AST-based code search and rewrite rules using ast-grep YAML. | aiskillstore/ | 430 | — | ~873 | Automated safety check: Pass | No licence | today |
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