migrate
Skill from get-convex/convex-backend-skill
Install
npx skills add get-convex/convex-backend-skill --skill migrate
Runs the open skills CLI and installs the skill for your agent (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor …). Alternatively copy the skill folder into .claude/skills/ or upload it in Claude.ai under Settings → Skills.
As a Claude Code plugin
/plugin marketplace add anthropics/claude-plugins-official
/plugin install convex@convex
This skill is part of the plugin “convex”. In Claude Code the plugin installs it together with the plugin’s other skills, commands and hooks.
What does the migrate skill do?
Description from the SKILL.md in the source repository.
Questions about migrate
What does the migrate skill do?
Safely migrate the schema + backfill data on a deployed Convex app with @convex-dev/migrations. TRIGGER when changing the schema on a live app, backfilling data, or after a schema-validation error from a change. SKIP a fresh local app.
How do I install migrate?
In a terminal: npx skills add get-convex/convex-backend-skill --skill migrate. The skills CLI asks which agents to install it for. In Claude.ai you can upload the skill folder as a ZIP under Settings → Skills.
Which agents can use migrate?
Skills use the open SKILL.md format, which Claude Code, Claude.ai, the Claude API, OpenAI Codex, Cursor, Gemini CLI and other agents support.
Is migrate safe to use?
Our automatic check found no risky patterns (piped shell scripts, hidden characters, secret access, prompt overrides). It is not a full audit – read the SKILL.md and any scripts before installing.
More skills from get-convex/convex-backend-skill
Add a capability to the CURRENT Convex app — consults the served Convex capability catalog for always-current procedures (billing, crons, auth, agent, search, …); falls back to built-in hosting or @convex-dev component …
Add an AI agent / chatbot / RAG backend on Convex with @convex-dev/agent (durable threads, messages, tools, vector search).
Add authentication to the current Convex + web app — passkeys by default (OAuth/password optional), wired end to end incl. the auth.config.ts that's the #1 auth footgun.
Add Stripe billing/payments/subscriptions to a Convex app via @convex-dev/stripe — checkout action, auto-verified webhook, server-side subscription gating. TRIGGER when the user wants payments/billing/subscriptions/a paywall/Stripe.
Audit and harden a Convex app's authorization: identity-from-arg impersonation, missing per-document ownership checks, public queries leaking data by a client-supplied id, and writes into a parent/container the caller doesn't own.
Set up recurring scheduled jobs (crons) on Convex — digests, cleanups, polling, retries. TRIGGER when the user wants a recurring/scheduled task ('every day/hour', cron, periodic cleanup). Targets internal functions, idempotent handlers.
Design and build reactive, type-safe, production-grade backends on Convex. Covers schema, queries/mutations/actions, indexes, auth, file storage, scheduling, real-time multiplayer, mobile backends, and LLM/agent workflows on Convex's one-platform stack.
Wire a domain the user ALREADY OWNS (GoDaddy/Namecheap/Cloudflare/…) to their Convex app: exact DNS records, custom-domain attachment, auth-origin rebind.
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