# encore-migrate

Guides step-by-step backend migrations to Encore.ts or Encore Go. It tracks progress via migration-plan.md, separates backend APIs from frontend code, and supports an autonomous mode.

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- Author: encoredev
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/encoredev/skills/tree/HEAD/encore/migrate/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/encore-migrate

## What it does

The skill structures backend porting across four phases: discovery, planning, execution, and completion. When starting, it asks for the source repository path, a local running URL for validation tests, and the target runtime — either Encore.ts or Encore Go. Progress is stored in `migration-plan.md` alongside a `migration-plan/` folder with per-unit files.

During discovery, it inventories API endpoints, databases, Pub/Sub topics, scheduled tasks, auth layers, and secrets. Dedicated client directories are ignored. For frameworks like Next.js, Remix, or SvelteKit, it detects server-side routes and asks whether to migrate them or keep them as a BFF proxy. The source codebase is never modified.

This skill contains no Encore code snippets. It delegates actual code generation to language-specific Encore skills. In autonomous mode, the agent selects defaults and records them in the markdown plan without halting for confirmations.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add encoredev/skills --skill encore-migrate -a claude-code
```
```bash
npx skills add encoredev/skills --skill migrate -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/migrate/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/migrate/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add encoredev/skills --skill migrate -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/migrate/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add encoredev/skills --skill migrate -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/migrate/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install encoredev/skills migrate
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/migrate/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add encoredev/skills --skill migrate -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/encoredev/skills --path encore/migrate
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/migrate/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add encoredev/skills --skill migrate -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/encoredev/skills/tree/HEAD/encore/migrate/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- port Express, FastAPI, or NestJS backends to Encore.ts or Encore Go
- track migration units in `migration-plan.md` across multiple sessions
- separate framework server routes in Next.js or Remix from UI components
- run backend migrations autonomously without frequent confirmation prompts

## Example prompts
- Migrate this Express backend to Encore.ts
- Convert this FastAPI app into an Encore Go service
- Resume the migration from `migration-plan.md` in autonomous mode

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---
name: encore-migrate
description: Migrate an existing backend application to Encore. Supports any source framework, targets Encore.ts or Encore Go. Drives a structured DISCOVER → PLAN → MIGRATE workflow with `migration-plan.md` tracking.
when_to_use: >-
  User wants to convert an existing app from Express, Fastify, Hono, Koa, NestJS, Restify, gin, Echo, Chi, Fiber, FastAPI, Flask, Django, Rails, Spring Boot, or vanilla Node.js / Go to Encore. Trigger phrases: "convert from Express", "port to Encore", "migrate this Fastify app", "rewrite my Hono backend", "switch from FastAPI to Encore", "I have an existing X app I'd like to convert".
---

# Migrate to Encore

This skill guides migrating any existing backend application to Encore, one migration unit at a time. It supports any source language or framework and targets both Encore.ts and Encore Go. A `migration-plan.md` summary file and `migration-plan/` directory of per-unit detail files are created at the Encore project root to track progress across sessions. This skill contains no Encore code examples — it delegates all Encore-specific implementation to the appropriate language-specific skills.

## Phase Detection

Before doing anything, determine which phase to enter:

- **No `migration-plan.md` exists** in the Encore project directory → Start at **Phase 1: DISCOVER**
- **`migration-plan.md` exists but no `migration-plan/` directory** → Resume at **Phase 2: PLAN** (discovery done, detail files not yet written)
- **`migration-plan/` directory exists with pending units** (any unit in the summary with status `pending` or `in progress`) → Resume at **Phase 3: MIGRATE**
- **All units in the summary are `migrated`, `skipped`, or `manual validation needed`** → Go to **Phase 4: COMPLETE**

### Autonomous Mode

The confirmation stops in this workflow (confirming units in Phase 1, approving the first unit in Phase 2, picking each next unit in Phase 3) are the default. If the user asks to run the migration through without stopping ("just migrate it", "do them all", "don't ask"), skip those stops:

- Pick sensible defaults for open decisions (see "Key Decisions" in Phase 1) and state each one to the user in a short list before writing code
- Record every default in the `## Decisions` section of `migration-plan.md` so it can be revisited
- Still ask before side-effecting HTTP calls against the source system, and never modify the source
- Still validate every entity before marking it `migrated`

### Resuming a Migration (Phase 3)

When `migration-plan.md` and `migration-plan/` exist with pending units:

1. Read `migration-plan.md` (summary only — do NOT read all detail files)
2. Report current status to the user — for example: "3 of 7 units migrated, next suggested: billing (all its dependencies are migrated)"
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