# Database migrations (/database--migration)

/database--migration is a Claude Code skill in the Data section. Generates migration files for a schema change, with both up and down versions and safety checks for risky table alterations.

- Web version: https://skills.sgomez.dev/en/s/database--migration
- Section: [Data](https://skills.sgomez.dev/en/data.md)
- Author: Santiago Gómez de la Torre
- License: MIT
- Source: https://github.com/sgomez-dev/claude-skills/blob/main/skills/database/migration.md
- Updated 26 Mar 2026

## How to ask for it

- `/database--migration migration to add an email column to users`
- `/database--migration generate the migration to rename a table`
- `/database--migration create the migration file for a new index`

## Install

macOS · Linux:

```
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sgomez-dev/claude-skills/main/install.sh | bash
```

Windows:

```
irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sgomez-dev/claude-skills/main/install.ps1 | iex
```

Claude Code plugin:

```
/plugin marketplace add sgomez-dev/claude-skills
/plugin install database-skills@claude-skills-collection
```

## Permissions

- Reads: `**/*`
- Writes: `migrations/**`, `prisma/migrations/**`
- Runs: —
- Network: No
- Destructive: No

## Author's description

Generate database migration files for schema changes

- [How we review this](https://skills.sgomez.dev/en/methodology.md)