knocklabs Migrate to Knock skill
Discover the current messaging stack in this codebase, map it to Knock concepts, and produce an ordered migration plan. This is a discovery and recommendation skill.
Hard constraint
Do not create, update, push, commit, or delete Knock resources (workflows, guides, users, tenants, preferences, partials, layouts) via MCP or CLI unless the user explicitly asks after reviewing the plan. Do not run production imports. Output plans, inventories, and optional local app-code suggestions only.
Output contract (hard)
Write the inventory and migration plan to knock-plan.md at the repo root (the shared plan file used by knock-product-messaging-strategy and knock-lifecycle-opportunities; create or update — do not create a second plan). Keep chat minimal — status + confirmation only.
Do not paste the inventory table or the full phased plan into chat.
Allowed chat content:
- One short status line (path + counts, e.g. platforms detected and message types found)
- Optional one-line blocker
- Bold confirmation question as the last line
Example:
Wrote knock-plan.md: Courier + SendGrid detected, 14 message types inventoried, 8-phase plan drafted.
Which migration phase should we plan in more detail next?
Docs to use (link in your output)
Always ground recommendations in Knock docs. Prefer these:
| Situation | Doc |
|---|---|
| Braze → Knock | https://docs.knock.app/tutorials/migrate-from-braze |
| Courier → Knock | https://docs.knock.app/tutorials/migrate-from-courier |
| Email templates via MCP (only if user asks to execute) | https://docs.knock.app/tutorials/migrate-email-with-mcp-server |
| Workflows | https://docs.knock.app/concepts/workflows |
| Channels | https://docs.knock.app/concepts/channels |
| Users | https://docs.knock.app/concepts/users |
| Preferences | https://docs.knock.app/preferences/overview |
| Tenants / multi-tenancy | https://docs.knock.app/multi-tenancy/overview |
| Subscriptions | https://docs.knock.app/concepts/subscriptions |
| Translations | https://docs.knock.app/template-editor/translations |
| Triggering workflows | https://docs.knock.app/send-notifications/triggering-workflows |
| Sources (CDP) | https://docs.knock.app/integrations/sources/overview |
Overview
- Inventory the current stack (
rules/inventory-existing-messaging.md) - Map concepts to Knock (
rules/map-concepts-to-knock.md) - Produce a phased migration plan (
rules/migration-plan.md)
How to use this skill
- Search the repo for providers, SDKs, templates, and send call sites (see inventory rule) — record findings in
knock-plan.md, not chat. - Identify the source platform(s): Braze, Courier, Customer.io, Iterable, Novu, ESP-direct (SendGrid/Postmark/Resend/SES), Slack bots, custom queues, etc.
- Open the matching migration tutorial when Braze or Courier; otherwise use the generic mapping table in
rules/map-concepts-to-knock.md. - Write the phased migration plan (phases, risks, Knock concept links) into
knock-plan.md. In chat, ask which phase to plan or execute next — do not execute Knock writes unless asked.
Rule files reference
rules/inventory-existing-messaging.md— what to find in the codebaserules/map-concepts-to-knock.md— platform concepts → Knockrules/migration-plan.md— phased plan output format
Quick reference
Recommended resource migration order (from Knock Braze / Courier tutorials):
- Channels / provider connections
- Workflows and templates (logic + content)
- Translations
- Tenants (and branding context, if multi-tenant)
- Users / identify
- Subscriptions (lists → object subscriptions)
- Preferences (after users exist; map topics/groups → workflow categories)
- Cut over triggers in application code
- Retire old sends