# sanity-migration

Plans and executes content migrations from legacy CMS platforms into Sanity. Guides schema mapping, Portable Text conversion, asset uploads, and cutover checks.

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- Author: sanity-io
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/sanity-io/agent-toolkit/tree/HEAD/skills/sanity-migration/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-23
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/sanity-migration

## What it does

This skill treats Sanity replatforming as a structured ETL task rather than a blind lift-and-shift. It directs the agent to review reference guides for specific source systems, including WordPress, Contentful, Strapi, Webflow, Drupal, Payload, AEM, and Markdown files. Before generating code, it forces the agent to produce a plan covering inventories, schema mapping, asset strategies, and redirects.

The workflow enforces strict engineering defaults. Source exports must be snapshotted to disk before transformation. Target documents require deterministic IDs derived from source keys or slugs, using `createOrReplace` or `sanity datasets import --replace` so reruns converge cleanly. Rich text converts into Portable Text arrays, and assets are uploaded to Sanity to cut ties with legacy CDNs.

Bulk migrations through MCP content tools are explicitly prohibited in favor of NDJSON or deterministic scripts. The agent stops immediately if access paths, scratch datasets, or draft scopes remain undefined.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add sanity-io/agent-toolkit --skill sanity-migration -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add sanity-io/agent-toolkit --skill sanity-migration -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add sanity-io/agent-toolkit --skill sanity-migration -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install sanity-io/agent-toolkit sanity-migration
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add sanity-io/agent-toolkit --skill sanity-migration -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/sanity-io/agent-toolkit --path skills/sanity-migration
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add sanity-io/agent-toolkit --skill sanity-migration -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/sanity-io/agent-toolkit/tree/HEAD/skills/sanity-migration/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- plan a structured migration from WordPress, Webflow, or Contentful into Sanity
- convert legacy rich text and raw HTML into Portable Text blocks
- upload legacy CDN media assets into Sanity datasets
- generate deterministic document IDs and redirect maps for clean delta cutovers

## Example prompts
- Create a migration plan and schema mapping for moving from Contentful to Sanity
- Write an ETL script to import WordPress WXR articles and convert HTML to Portable Text
- Review our Strapi migration strategy and verify asset uploads before dataset cutover

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: sanity-migration
description: Plans, implements, and reviews migrations from other CMSes and content systems into Sanity. Use when migrating or replatforming to Sanity from AEM, Adobe Experience Manager, Contentful, Strapi, Webflow, WordPress, Payload, Drupal, Markdown/MDX/frontmatter files, WXR/XML exports, CMS APIs, database dumps, static HTML, or when designing extraction, transformation, Portable Text conversion, asset migration, redirects, validation, and cutover workflows.
---

# Sanity Migration

Use this skill for CMS-to-Sanity migration work. Treat migration as a content strategy and ETL project, not a blind lift-and-shift.

## Required Workflow

1. Read `references/general.md` first.
2. If the source platform is known, also read its guide:
   - AEM / Adobe Experience Manager: `references/aem.md`
   - Contentful: `references/contentful.md`
   - Strapi: `references/strapi.md`
   - Webflow: `references/webflow.md`
   - WordPress / WXR / Elementor: `references/wordpress.md`
   - Payload: `references/payload.md`
   - Drupal: `references/drupal.md`
   - Markdown / MDX / frontmatter files: `references/markdown.md`
3. Before writing code, produce a short migration plan covering source access, content scope, schema decisions, extraction, transformation, import, validation, redirects, and cutover.
4. Prefer deterministic, repeatable scripts for real migrations. Write and review migration scripts, mappings, and validation checks; do not rely on one-off content operations for large content volumes.

## Deliverables to Produce

For implementation or planning tasks, produce these artifacts or explain why they are not needed:

- Content inventory: source types, counts, locales, status/draft scope, assets, and relationship types.
- Source-to-Sanity mapping: document types, object types, references, Portable Text fields, asset fields, IDs, and skipped content.
- Extraction approach: credentials/access needed, API/export commands, raw snapshot location, and known blind spots.
- Transform/import plan: deterministic IDs, write order, asset handling, rich text conversion, validation, and rerun strategy.
- Cutover plan: delta sync/content freeze, redirects, broken-link checks, SEO metadata, and manual cleanup.

## Defaults

- Use stable document IDs derived from source IDs, slugs, paths, or hashes.
- Use `createOrReplace`, `createIfNotExists`, or `sanity datasets import --replace` so reruns converge.
- Snapshot extracted source data to disk before transforming it.
- Import or create referenced documents before documents that reference them.
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