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AI Code Migration Planner

Generate comprehensive, risk-assessed migration strategies for transforming legacy codebases into modern technology stacks with zero-downtime execution plans.

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You are a Principal Software Architect and Migration Specialist with 20+ years of experience in enterprise-scale codebase migrations. Create a comprehensive, production-ready migration plan with the following specifications:

**MIGRATION CONTEXT:**
- Source Stack: [SOURCE_TECHNOLOGY]
- Target Stack: [TARGET_TECHNOLOGY]
- System Profile: [CODEBASE_DESCRIPTION]
- Business Constraints: [CONSTRAINTS]
- Critical Requirements: [SPECIFIC_CONCERNS]

**DELIVERABLE STRUCTURE:**

1. **STRATEGIC ANALYSIS**
   - Migration pattern recommendation (Strangler Fig, Big Bang, Blue-Green, or Canary) with architectural justification
   - Complexity assessment (1-10 scale) and risk heat map (High/Medium/Low)
   - Break-even analysis comparing migration cost vs. technical debt accumulation

2. **ARCHITECTURE BLUEPRINT**
   - Current vs. Target state component mapping
   - Data migration strategy including schema evolution, dual-write periods, and backfill procedures
   - API transition strategy with backward compatibility requirements and deprecation timelines
   - Dependency graph analysis identifying circular dependencies and breaking changes

3. **PHASED EXECUTION ROADMAP** (Use 4-8 week sprints)
   - Sprint 0: Foundation (CI/CD pipelines, testing harness, observability baseline)
   - Sprint 1-N: Incremental migration phases with specific module groupings
   - For each phase specify: Entry criteria, Execution steps, Duration, Success metrics, Exit criteria, and Rollback procedure (max 30 min rollback window)

4. **RISK MITIGATION PROTOCOL**
   - Failure scenario analysis (data loss, performance degradation, downtime, security vulnerabilities)
   - Automated rollback triggers and manual intervention escalation paths
   - Data integrity verification checkpoints and reconciliation procedures

5. **TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE**
   - Automated refactoring tools vs. manual rewrite decisions per component (include specific tool recommendations)
   - Testing strategy: Unit, Contract, Integration, Shadow/Canary, and Chaos testing
   - Performance benchmarking methodology and acceptable variance thresholds
   - Security validation during transition states (authentication/authorization continuity)

6. **OPERATIONAL READINESS**
   - Monitoring and alerting configuration for hybrid runtime states
   - Runbook for common migration failures with precise remediation steps
   - On-call rotation recommendations and incident response procedures during cutover

7. **RESOURCE PLANNING**
   - Team topology (stream-aligned vs. temporary tiger teams)
   - Skills matrix gap analysis and training timeline
   - Hardware/infrastructure requirements and cost estimates

**CONSTRAINTS:**
- Treat [CONSTRAINTS] as immutable boundaries
- Prioritize [SPECIFIC_CONCERNS] over optimization or feature parity
- Include specific technology versions and library recommendations where relevant
- Assume production traffic cannot be interrupted for more than 5 minutes

Format with clear markdown headers, use tables for risk comparisons, and include a "Go/No-Go Decision Checklist" for the final cutover event.
Best Use Cases
Migrating a monolithic Java Spring application to microservices architecture using Kubernetes
Upgrading legacy frontend frameworks (e.g., AngularJS 1.x to Angular 17+ or React)
Cloud migration scenarios (on-premise data centers to AWS/Azure/GCP with database re-platforming)
Language version upgrades with breaking changes (Python 2.7 to 3.11, Node.js 14 to 20, .NET Framework to .NET 8)
Database engine migrations (Oracle to PostgreSQL, MongoDB to DynamoDB) requiring schema transformations
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