Migrate

BDFL Migrate

Analyse an existing project's progress toward the BDFL architecture, identify the next milestone, and report the gap.

Variables

Inputs

• PROJECT_ROOT: current working directory (project root under analysis)

References

Load and read both of these in full before proceeding:

• Architecture Reference — the target state
• Migration Milestones — ordered phases with done criteria

Instructions

1. Read both references above in full
2. Check for .bdfl.yaml in $PROJECT_ROOT
   • If missing: this is a first run — proceed to step 3
   • If present: read it, find the first phase that is not done or skipped, proceed to step 4
3. First run — generate .bdfl.yaml: Analyse the project and determine which early phases are already satisfied. Walk phases in order — check each phase's done criteria from milestones.md against the current project state. Mark phases as done only while all preceding phases are also done or skipped. Once you hit the first phase that isn't satisfied, mark it and all remaining phases as pending (even if a later phase might appear to be met — it hasn't been verified in the context of a stable migration). Mark phases as skipped only when they genuinely do not apply (e.g. monorepo for a single-package project). Write .bdfl.yaml and proceed to step 4.
4. Identify the current phase: Walk the phases in order. The current phase is the first one with status pending or in-progress.
   • If all phases are done or skipped: congratulate the user — the project is BDFL-certified. Stop here.
5. Analyse the gap: Compare the project's current state against the current phase's done criteria. Be specific about what exists and what's missing.
6. Report: Present a concise summary:
   • Current phase name and what it achieves
   • The done criteria for this phase
   • What the project already has (if anything)
   • What's missing — the concrete gap
   • If the phase status was pending, update .bdfl.yaml to in-progress
7. On re-run after implementation: If the current phase is in-progress, verify each done criterion. If all are met, update .bdfl.yaml to done and report the next phase (go to step 4). If not all met, report what's still missing.

Rules

• Never execute migration work — only analyse and report
• Never propose how to break down or implement the work
• Always update .bdfl.yaml to reflect current state
• Phases must be completed in order — do not skip ahead (except marking a phase as skipped when it genuinely does not apply)
• When checking done criteria, be concrete — run commands, check files, verify configuration