migrate-aiboarding

Migrating AIBOARDING.md → AGENTS.md + CLAUDE.md

One-shot migration from the v1 custom-injection layout to the standard-files

layout. The onboarding knowledge in AIBOARDING.md is an investment - carry it

over; never regenerate from scratch and never delete anything without approval.

Announce at start: "Using migrate-aiboarding to move this repo to the AGENTS.md layout."

Precondition: AIBOARDING.md exists at the repo root. If it does not, stop and

suggest create-agent-onboarding. If AGENTS.md also already exists, stop and ask

the user which file is authoritative before writing anything.

Step 1: Carry over state

Read the AIBOARDING.md frontmatter (aiboarding_version, generated,

last_synced_commit). These seed .aiboarding/state.json:

• aiboarding_version: 2
• generated: today's date
• last_synced_commit: carried over verbatim (empty stays empty - the repair

semantics of an empty pointer are preserved).

Step 2: Map the body

Map the three v1 H1 sections onto the v2 schema (see create-agent-onboarding's

Shared contracts for the exact section list and order):

| v1 source | v2 target sections |

| :--- | :--- |

| # 1. Engineering Basics | Stack and Runtime, Build, Test, Run, Architecture Map |

| # 2. Domain & Business Logic | Project Purpose, Domain Model |

| # 3. AI-Specific Context | Agent Guardrails, Known Failure Modes |

Preserve the compressed density of the source text; split it, don't rewrite it.

Backtick-quote any command, identifier, path, or error string that isn't already.

Two v2 sections have no v1 source: Verification Before Completion and

Escalation - Ask the User When. Run a short, scoped grilling pass (the

one-question-at-a-time style from create-agent-onboarding) ONLY for these gaps.

Step 3: Generate the wrapper and lifecycle files

Follow create-agent-onboarding Phase 6: CLAUDE.md (@AGENTS.md + fenced

Claude-notes block), state.json, config.json, .aiboarding/.gitignore, the six

hook files, and its complete current tool set including write-evidence.

Repo-local hook/settings steps are Claude Code-only. Codex plugin hooks are native,

optional, and require /hooks trust review; standalone skills use manual

update-agent-onboarding after meaningful commits.

Step 4: Rewire hooks and settings (Claude Code runtimes)

In <repo>/.claude/settings.json:

• Replace the SessionStart full-injection entry with the current template's entry

(the modern session-start is a fallback warner, not an injector).

• Delete the PreToolUse[Task] entry (pre-task is retired - SubagentStart

is native now).

• Replace the PostToolUse entry so it dispatches drift-check (not post-commit).
• Add the SubagentStart and InstructionsLoaded entries from the template.

Delete <repo>/.aiboarding/hooks/pre-task and <repo>/.aiboarding/hooks/post-commit.

All edits idempotent: match aiboarding entries by command containing

.aiboarding/hooks/run-hook.cmd; never duplicate; leave non-aiboarding hooks alone.

Step 5: Retire the legacy document

Ask the user to choose (default: archive):

• Archive (default): move AIBOARDING.md to docs/archive/AIBOARDING.md

unchanged. Git history preserves it either way; nothing at the root keeps stale

onboarding discoverable by tools.

• Keep as legacy: leave AIBOARDING.md in place and prepend a deprecation

banner via inject-fenced AIBOARDING.md deprecation <banner-file> pointing to

AGENTS.md. The drift hook keeps honoring the legacy layout only when

state.json is absent, so with both present the sidecar wins.

Never delete AIBOARDING.md outright unless the user explicitly asks.

Step 6: Single approval gate, then write

Before writing ANYTHING, present the full migration plan in one preview: every file

to be created, modified (with the settings diff), moved, or deleted. One approval

covers the whole batch; a rejection means nothing was touched.

Step 7: Exit check

Run create-agent-onboarding's Phase 7 validation gate, then audit-agent-onboarding

if available. Report the file-by-file outcome, and remind the user to commit the new

layout (the drift hook stays silent for onboarding-only commit ranges).