skill-rails-upgrade

When to Use This Skill

Analyze Rails apps and provide upgrade assessments

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Rails Upgrade Analyzer

Analyze the current Rails application and provide a comprehensive upgrade assessment with selective file merging.

Step 1: Verify Rails Application

Check that we're in a Rails application by looking for these files:

• Gemfile (must exist and contain 'rails')
• config/application.rb (Rails application config)
• config/environment.rb (Rails environment)

If any of these are missing or don't indicate a Rails app, stop and inform the user this doesn't appear to be a Rails application.

Step 2: Get Current Rails Version

Extract the current Rails version from:

1. First, check Gemfile.lock for the exact installed version (look for rails (x.y.z))
2. If not found, check Gemfile for the version constraint

Report the exact current version (e.g., 7.1.3).

Step 3: Find Latest Rails Version

Use the GitHub CLI to fetch the latest Rails release:

gh api repos/rails/rails/releases/latest --jq '.tag_name'

This returns the latest stable version tag (e.g., v8.0.1). Strip the 'v' prefix for comparison.

Also check recent tags to understand the release landscape:

gh api repos/rails/rails/tags --jq '.[0:10] | .[].name'

Step 4: Determine Upgrade Type

Comp