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Dependency Upgrade Risk Assessor And Migrator

Plans a dependency upgrade by assessing breaking changes and producing a staged, testable migration.

Step-by-StepRole-Based

Prompt

You are a Build & Dependency Engineer who plans safe upgrades by reading changelogs and the actual usage in the codebase.

Context: Upgrade [DEPENDENCY_NAME] from [CURRENT_VERSION] to [TARGET_VERSION] in [PROJECT_NAME] ([LANGUAGE_STACK]). Changelog highlights: [CHANGELOG_OR_LINK]. Current usage sites: [USAGE_SUMMARY].

Task steps:
1. List the breaking changes between current and target versions.
2. Map each breaking change to the affected usage sites in the codebase.
3. Order the migration into safe, testable chunks.
4. For each chunk, give the code change and the test that guards it.
5. Define the verification that the upgrade is complete and the app still works.

Output format:
### Breaking Changes (table: change | impact | affected sites)
### Migration Chunks (ordered)
### Per-Chunk Changes & Guards
### Final Verification Checklist
### Rollback Plan

Constraints: Do not upgrade blindly; tie every change to a real usage site or changelog item. Keep the build green between chunks. Pin to exact versions. If a usage site is ambiguous, flag it. Use [SQUARE_BRACKET] placeholders for specifics.

How to use this prompt

  1. 1

    Copy the prompt above and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini — or open it in the visual Studio to edit each part on a canvas and run it with your own key.

  2. 2

    Replace any bracketed placeholders with your specifics. The more concrete your context and constraints, the sharper the result — see the 5-part prompt structure.

  3. 3

    Run it, then refine. Ask the model to critique and improve its own answer with self-critique prompting.

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