# experience-lwc-typescript-migrate

Converts an existing JavaScript Lightning Web Component to TypeScript: a typed .ts plus a .d.ts that exposes only the @api surface.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 2300 installs · ★ 1112
- Author: forcedotcom
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/forcedotcom/sf-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/experience-lwc-typescript-migrate/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/experience-lwc-typescript-migrate

## What it does

The skill takes a working LWC bundle (`componentName.js`, `.html`, `.css`) and turns it into TypeScript. You get two files back: a fully typed `.ts` and a `.d.ts` that declares the `c/componentName` module and keeps only the public `@api` members. Private state and internal methods stay out of the declaration file.

The workflow runs in order. First it reads every file in the bundle and lists the `@api` fields and methods. Then it renames the file with `git mv` — a plain `mv` breaks the history link. Types come next: complex shapes become `interface` or `type` aliases, click handlers are typed as `MouseEvent`, async methods return `Promise<T>`, and `any` is replaced by `unknown` narrowed with a type guard. JSDoc hints get checked against the actual code before being trusted, since they often lie.

After that comes `tsc --noEmit` with no `@ts-ignore` patches, then the component's existing Jest tests. A bundled `scripts/find-consumers.sh` runs unconditionally to find other components importing this one — empty output is a valid result, not a reason to skip. You need `git`, `jq` and `tsc` 4.0.0 or newer, and the component has to build and pass tests in JavaScript first. Authoring a new LWC or writing its Jest tests is a different job, handled by `experience-lwc-generate`.

## Requirements
- Works with: Salesforce

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add forcedotcom/sf-skills --skill experience-lwc-typescript-migrate -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add forcedotcom/sf-skills --skill experience-lwc-typescript-migrate -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add forcedotcom/sf-skills --skill experience-lwc-typescript-migrate -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install forcedotcom/sf-skills experience-lwc-typescript-migrate
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add forcedotcom/sf-skills --skill experience-lwc-typescript-migrate -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/forcedotcom/sf-skills --path skills/experience-lwc-typescript-migrate
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add forcedotcom/sf-skills --skill experience-lwc-typescript-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/forcedotcom/sf-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/experience-lwc-typescript-migrate/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- move an LWC bundle from `.js` to `.ts` without losing git history
- produce a `.d.ts` with nothing but the `@api` surface
- replace JSDoc hints with real TypeScript types
- finish typing an already-renamed `.ts` that still has implicit `any`
- check that consumers of the component still match the new public contract

## Example prompts
- convert this LWC to TypeScript and generate a .d.ts with only @api members
- rename .js to .ts for this component and type-annotate the @api properties
- produce a declare module 'c/accountTile' definition for this component

## Source text · SKILL.md · Apache-2.0

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---
name: experience-lwc-typescript-migrate
description: "Use when converting an existing JavaScript Lightning Web Component (.js, .html, .css) to TypeScript with full type annotations and a matching `.d.ts` file that exposes only the component's `@api` surface. TRIGGER when the user says \"convert LWC to TypeScript\", \"migrate LWC to TS\", \"rename .js to .ts for this component\", \"add types to my LWC\", \"generate .d.ts for this LWC\", \"type-annotate @api properties\", or \"produce declare module 'c/componentName' definitions\". DO NOT TRIGGER when the user is authoring a brand-new LWC from scratch (use experience-lwc-generate), generating Jest tests for an existing LWC (use experience-lwc-generate), or migrating an Aura component to LWC."
metadata:
  version: "1.0"
  domains: ["Experience"]
  relatedSkills:
    - "experience-lwc-generate"
  cliTools:
    - tool: ["git"]
      semver: ">=2.0.0"
    - tool: ["jq"]
      semver: ">=1.6"
    - tool: ["tsc"]
      semver: ">=4.0.0"
---
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# Converting LWC to TypeScript

Convert a Lightning Web Component bundle from JavaScript to TypeScript. The
deliverable is a fully-typed `.ts` implementation **plus** a `.d.ts` file
that only exposes `@api` members (the public surface other LWCs consume).

## When to Use This Skill

- User wants to migrate a single component or a folder of components from
  `.js` to `.ts`.
- User needs a `.d.ts` for an existing LWC so other components (or an
  external TypeScript host) can import it safely.
- User is adding type annotations to an already-renamed `.ts` LWC that
  hasn't been properly typed yet.
- User wants JSDoc-style type hints upgraded to real TypeScript types.

## Prerequisites

- The component builds and runs correctly in JavaScript today.
- `git` is available (the rename must preserve history via `git mv`).
- A TypeScript compiler is wired into the build (either the SFDX TS
  pipeline or a standalone `tsc` step).

---

## Workflow

### Step 1 — Read the component
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