Configuration Migrator Skill

Migrates configuration files between different formats and versions, handles environment variable extraction, and manages secret detection.

Purpose

Enable configuration migration for:

• Config format conversion
• Environment variable extraction
• Secret detection and handling
• Schema validation
• Template generation

Capabilities

1. Config Format Conversion

• XML to YAML/JSON
• Properties to YAML
• INI to JSON
• TOML conversion
• ENV file handling

2. Environment Variable Extraction

• Identify environment-specific values
• Extract to env files
• Create variable references
• Document variables

3. Secret Detection

• Find hardcoded secrets
• Identify credentials
• Detect API keys
• Flag sensitive data

4. Schema Validation

• Validate against schemas
• Check required fields
• Verify data types
• Ensure compatibility

5. Default Value Handling

• Preserve defaults
• Document required overrides
• Create sensible defaults
• Handle missing values

6. Template Generation

• Create config templates
• Generate example files
• Document all options
• Support multiple environments

Tool Integrations

Tool	Purpose	Integration Method
yq	YAML processing	CLI
jq	JSON processing	CLI
dotenv	ENV file handling	Library
git-secrets	Secret detection	CLI
Config validators	Schema validation	CLI

Output Schema

{
  "migrationId": "string",
  "timestamp": "ISO8601",
  "source": {
    "format": "string",
    "path": "string"
  },
  "target": {
    "format": "string",
    "path": "string"
  },
  "conversions": [
    {
      "sourceKey": "string",
      "targetKey": "string",
      "transformation": "string"
    }
  ],
  "extracted": {
    "envVariables": [],
    "secrets": []
  },
  "validation": {
    "valid": "boolean",
    "errors": [],
    "warnings": []
  }
}

Integration with Migration Processes

• configuration-migration: Primary tool
• framework-upgrade: Config version updates
• cloud-migration: Cloud config adaptation

Related Skills

• compliance-validator: Secret compliance

Related Agents

• configuration-centralization-agent: Config modernization