# migrate-from-legacy

Migrates legacy Mycelium installs to the plugin architecture. Cleans out framework files from .claude/ while keeping your project state intact.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 47
- Author: haabe
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/haabe/mycelium/tree/HEAD/plugins/mycelium/skills/migrate-from-legacy/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-24
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/migrate-from-legacy

## What it does

This skill guides projects moving from legacy Mycelium installs into the plugin form. Instead of keeping engine files, hooks, and schemas inside `.claude/`, those components live inside the plugin cache. The skill detects your current setup and executes `.claude/scripts/upgrade.sh --migrate-to-plugin`.

Project context is preserved. Your canvases inside `.claude/canvas/`, active diamonds, evaluation suites, and decision logs remain untouched. Once file operations finish, the workflow executes `/mycelium:diamond-assess` to verify that the plugin reads the existing project state properly.

Migration stops immediately if git has uncommitted changes, ensuring every file deletion can be reverted with `git reset --hard HEAD`.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add haabe/mycelium --skill migrate-from-legacy -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add haabe/mycelium --skill migrate-from-legacy -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add haabe/mycelium --skill migrate-from-legacy -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install haabe/mycelium migrate-from-legacy
```

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

### Gemini CLI

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

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/haabe/mycelium --path plugins/mycelium/skills/migrate-from-legacy
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add haabe/mycelium --skill migrate-from-legacy -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/haabe/mycelium/tree/HEAD/plugins/mycelium/skills/migrate-from-legacy/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- remove legacy Mycelium framework files from `.claude/`
- switch from an npx-degit install to the official Mycelium plugin
- verify canvas and decision-log persistence after repository cleanup

## Example prompts
- Run `/mycelium:migrate-from-legacy` to update this project to the plugin format
- Migrate our legacy Mycelium directory structure to the plugin
- Check if this repository uses legacy Mycelium files and migrate them

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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````text
---
name: migrate-from-legacy
description: Migrate a Mycelium project from legacy install (npx-degit, framework files in .claude/) to plugin install (framework lives in plugin cache, .claude/ holds project state only). Detects current install form, walks the user through plugin installation, runs the migration script, and verifies project state survived. Idempotent — safe to invoke on already-migrated projects.
metadata:
  framework_dependency: "mycelium"
  framework_dependency_note: "This skill is designed to run within the Mycelium framework (https://github.com/haabe/mycelium). Standalone use will skip the canvas state, theory gates, and harness behavior the skill assumes. Install: /plugin install mycelium@haabe-mycelium."
---

# Migrate from legacy to plugin form

When this skill runs, walk the user through moving from legacy install to plugin install. The migration is **non-destructive** to project state: canvas, diamonds, memory, decision log, evals, and active metrics are preserved. Only framework reference content (skills, hooks, engine, scripts, schemas, etc.) is removed from `.claude/` — that content now ships in the plugin cache.

## Step 1: Detect current install form

Check the project's `.claude/` directory:

```bash
test -d "${CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR:-.}/.claude/skills" && echo "legacy framework files present" || echo "no legacy framework files"
test -d "${CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR:-.}/.claude/canvas" && echo "project state present" || echo "no project state"
```

Three states:

- **Legacy install** (skills/ + canvas/ both present): proceed to Step 2.
- **Already migrated** (canvas/ present, skills/ absent): tell the user "This project is already on plugin form. No migration needed." and exit.
- **Empty** (neither present): tell the user "No Mycelium install detected. Run `/mycelium:start` to bootstrap a fresh plugin install." and exit.

## Step 2: Verify the plugin is installed

Ask the user to confirm the plugin is installed before deleting legacy framework files. If they don't have the plugin yet, deleting framework files would leave them with no Mycelium at all.

Tell them to run inside Claude Code:

```
/plugin marketplace add haabe/mycelium
/plugin install mycelium@haabe-mycelium
```

Then ask: "Is the plugin installed now?" Wait for confirmation before continuing. Acceptable answers: "yes", "installed", "done", or running `/mycelium:ping` to verify the plugin loaded (returns a deterministic marker if so).

If the user says no or seems uncertain, exit and tell them to come back after installing.

## Step 3: Verify a clean working tree

The migration is reversible via git, so the project must be a git repo with a clean working tree before proceeding. Run:

```bash
cd "$CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR"
git rev-parse --is-inside-work-tree  # must succeed
git diff-index --quiet HEAD --        # must succeed (no uncommitted changes)
```

If either check fails, tell the user:

> "Migration is reversible via git, so I need a clean working tree first. Either commit or stash your current changes:
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