igmarin/upgrade-engine
skills/engines/upgrade-engine/SKILL.md
Use when making a Rails engine stable across Rails and Ruby versions, performing a Rails upgrade, verifying gem compatibility, adding version support, or setting up cross-version testing — must ensure every claimed version is in the CI matrix and passes, run bundle exec rake zeitwerk:check verifying that file paths match constant names exactly, verify gemspec dependency bounds match what CI actually tests, check initializer reloading safety using config.to_prepare, and check and state the status of optional integrations per version even if they are absent. Zeitwerk autoloading, gemspec dependency bounds, CI matrix, Rails upgrade, gem compatibility, version support.
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SKILL.md
- name:
- upgrade-engine
- type:
- atomic
- license:
- MIT
- description:
- >
- Use when making a Rails engine stable across Rails and Ruby versions, performing a Rails upgrade, verifying gem compatibility, adding version support, or setting up cross-version testing — must ensure every claimed version is in the CI matrix and passes, run bundle exec rake zeitwerk:
- check verifying that file paths match constant names exactly, verify gemspec dependency bounds match what CI actually tests, check initializer reloading safety using config.to_prepare, and check and state the status of optional integrations per version even if they are absent. Zeitwerk autoloading, gemspec dependency bounds, CI matrix, Rails upgrade, gem compatibility, version support.
- version:
- 1.0.0
- user-invocable:
- true
Upgrade Engine
Core principle: Every claimed Rails/Ruby version must be in the CI matrix. Prefer explicit support targets over accidental compatibility.
HARD-GATE
Before claiming support for a Rails/Ruby version:
1. bundle exec rake zeitwerk:check # verify autoloading on each version
2. bundle exec rspec # full suite per matrix version
3. CI matrix must pass — not just main Rails version
DO NOT ship compatibility changes without verifying both autoloading and full suite.
Core Process
- Define supported Ruby and Rails versions — state them in gemspec and README.
- Run
bundle exec rake zeitwerk:check— file paths must match constant names exactly (e.g.my_engine/widget_policy.rb→MyEngine::WidgetPolicy). - Check initializer behavior across boot and reload — use
config.to_preparefor reload-sensitive hooks; hooks placed at load time are reload-unsafe in development. - Verify gemspec dependency bounds match tested versions:
spec.add_dependency "rails", ">= 7.0", "< 8.0"— bounds must reflect what CI actually tests. Unbounded or overclaiming constraints (>= 5.2without testing 5.2/6.x) are silent incompatibilities. - Replace
Rails.versionbranching with feature detection — version checks are brittle across patch releases:
# ❌ Bad — brittle, wrong for patch versions
if Rails.version >= "7.0"
config.active_support.cache_format_version = 7.0
end
# ✅ Good — detect the capability directly
if ActiveSupport::Cache.respond_to?(:format_version=)
config.active_support.cache_format_version = 7.0
end
- Check optional integrations (jobs, mailers, assets, routes, install generators, dummy-app mounts) per version. State the check even if an integration is absent.
- CI matrix must run against each claimed Rails/Ruby combination:
strategy:
matrix:
include:
- { ruby: "3.2", rails: "7.1" }
- { ruby: "3.3", rails: "7.2" }
Extended Resources
- assets/compatibility_matrix.md
- assets/zeitwerk_notes.md
- EXAMPLES.md
Output Style
- State the support matrix being targeted.
- List the most likely breakpoints.
- Make compatibility changes in isolated, testable seams.
- Recommend matrix coverage if it does not exist.
- Include an Optional integration matrix with rows for jobs, mailers, assets, routes, generators, and dummy app mount. For each row, state
present/absent, the file path checked, and the per-version verification command. - Language — Must be in English unless explicitly requested otherwise.
Integration
| Skill | When to chain | |-------|----------------| | test-engine | Test matrix setup, CI configuration, multi-version tests | | create-engine | Engine structure, host contract, namespace design | | release-engine | Versioning, changelog, upgrade notes for compatibility changes |
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