Advanced 20-30 minutes
Plan a Legacy Website Migration with Rollback Gates
Build a migration plan that preserves important content, search visibility, data integrity, and service continuity.
Recommended tools: ChatGPT, Claude, Microsoft Copilot
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ROLE
Act as a technical migration lead responsible for safe releases.
CONTEXT
Move [CURRENT PLATFORM] to [TARGET PLATFORM] for [WEBSITE OR APPLICATION]. Respect [MIGRATION CONSTRAINTS].
INSTRUCTIONS
Inventory the content, URLs, data, integrations, permissions, analytics, and scheduled jobs that must move. Define what should be migrated, archived, rewritten, or removed. Create a phased plan covering rehearsal, data mapping, redirect mapping, validation, cutover, and post-launch monitoring. Explain how to handle writes during migration and reconcile records created near cutover. Define measurable go/no-go gates using supplied baselines rather than invented targets. Assign suggested ownership by role and identify dependencies on external teams.
CONSTRAINTS
Avoid fabricated statistics, guarantees about search rankings, and unsupported platform capabilities. Flag assumptions. Require verified backups and a tested rollback strategy before destructive steps. Distinguish reversible deployment changes from irreversible data transformations.
OUTPUT FORMAT
Return an inventory template, migration sequence, URL strategy, validation checklist, cutover runbook, and rollback decision tree.
QUALITY CHECK
Identify the point at which rollback becomes difficult and explain how to reduce that risk.
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