# migrate-static-to-wrapper

Replaces static calls in C# with injected abstractions: DateTime.UtcNow becomes TimeProvider.GetUtcNow(), File.* becomes IFileSystem. Runs on one file, project, or namespace at a time.

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- Author: dotnet
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- Updated: 2026-10-24
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## What it does

The skill swaps existing static calls for injected wrapper interfaces or built-in abstractions, codemod style. Scope stays bounded to a file, a project, or a namespace, so a migration can land in pieces instead of as a rewrite.

Typical pairs: `DateTime.UtcNow` and `DateTimeOffset.UtcNow` to `TimeProvider.GetUtcNow()`, `File.*` to `IFileSystem` or a store the project already has such as `ITextFileStore`, `Environment.*` to an existing reader such as `IEnvironmentReader`. Injection defaults to the constructor; a static class whose callers and signatures must stay untouched gets an ambient seam instead. `DateTimeKind` and the call count are preserved, so a captured timestamp is not shared across sites.

Before editing, it checks the abstraction is really there. `TimeProvider` needs .NET 8+ or the `Microsoft.Bcl.TimeProvider` package; the file wrapper needs a reference to `System.IO.Abstractions`. A package that could supply an abstraction is not the same as one this project already has. If the named interface is missing and only call-site replacement was authorised, the skill stops and names the prerequisite rather than inventing a local lookalike. Check your package references first.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add dotnet/skills --skill migrate-static-to-wrapper -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add dotnet/skills --skill migrate-static-to-wrapper -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add dotnet/skills --skill migrate-static-to-wrapper -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install dotnet/skills migrate-static-to-wrapper
```

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

### Gemini CLI

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

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/dotnet/skills --path plugins/dotnet-test/skills/migrate-static-to-wrapper
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add dotnet/skills --skill migrate-static-to-wrapper -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/dotnet/skills/tree/HEAD/plugins/dotnet-test/skills/migrate-static-to-wrapper/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- move `DateTime.UtcNow` call sites onto `TimeProvider` in a single project
- add constructor injection to the classes that touch the static
- replace temp-file and process-environment tests with fakes
- keep a static class compiling for its existing callers
- convert `File.*` usage to `IFileSystem` across a namespace

## Example prompts
- Migrate `DateTime.UtcNow` to `TimeProvider.GetUtcNow()` in the `Orders.Api` project and wire it through the constructor.
- Replace `File.ReadAllText` with `IFileSystem` in the `Acme.Storage` namespace, then swap the temp-file tests for fakes.
- Make the static `Clock` class testable with an ambient seam and leave its call sites as they are.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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```text
---
name: migrate-static-to-wrapper
description: >
  ALWAYS USE when asked to migrate, replace, or make testable existing C# static
  calls with a named wrapper or built-in abstraction: DateTime.UtcNow/Now or
  DateTimeOffset.UtcNow to TimeProvider/IClock, File.* to IFileSystem or an
  existing store such as ITextFileStore, and Environment.* to an existing reader
  such as IEnvironmentReader. Covers scoped files/projects, constructor
  injection, replacing temp-file or process-environment tests with fakes,
  "already registered" abstractions, and static classes whose callers/signatures
  must stay unchanged. Preserves DateTimeKind and call count. DO NOT USE for finding
  statics (detect-static-dependencies), choosing/designing a new wrapper
  (generate-testability-wrappers), behavior tests with no chosen seam
  (testability-obstacle), or test-framework migration.
license: MIT
---

# Migrate Static to Wrapper

Perform mechanical, codemod-style replacement of static dependency call sites with calls to injected wrapper interfaces or built-in abstractions. Operates on a bounded scope (single file, project, or namespace) so migrations can be done incrementally.

## When to Use

- After wrappers have been generated (via `generate-testability-wrappers`) or built-in abstractions identified
- Migrating `DateTime.UtcNow` → `TimeProvider.GetUtcNow()` across a project
- Migrating `File.*` → `IFileSystem.File.*` across a namespace
- Adding constructor injection for the new abstraction to affected classes
- Making a `static` utility class testable by adding an ambient seam (Step 3) while its existing call sites keep
  compiling unchanged
- Incremental migration: one project or namespace at a time
- Updating affected tests with fakes when the requested migration names the
  replacement abstraction

## When Not to Use

- No wrapper or abstraction exists yet and one must be designed from scratch (use `generate-testability-wrappers` first).
  A built-in abstraction such as `TimeProvider` or `IFileSystem` always counts as existing.
- The user wants to detect statics, not migrate them (use `detect-static-dependencies`)
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