alembic

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Generates and manages database migrations with Alembic for the Bookkeep backend. Use when: creating database migrations, modifying models, adding columns, creating tables, or running schema changes.

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Alembic Skill

Alembic manages schema migrations for Bookkeep's SQLAlchemy models. Migrations live in backend/alembic/versions/ with numeric prefixes (001, 002, etc.). The project supports both PostgreSQL (production) and SQLite (development) with idempotent migrations using existence checks.

Quick Start

Generate Migration

cd backend
alembic revision --autogenerate -m "add_column_to_table"

Apply Migrations

cd backend
alembic upgrade head     # Apply all pending
alembic upgrade +1       # Apply next migration only
alembic downgrade -1     # Roll back one migration

Check Status

cd backend
alembic current          # Show current revision
alembic history          # List all migrations

Key Concepts

Concept	Usage	Example
Numeric prefix	Sequential ordering	`022_add_download_system.py`
Idempotent checks	Safe reruns	`if not table_exists('download_tasks'):`
batch_alter_table	SQLite compatibility	`with op.batch_alter_table('books'):`
Data migrations	Transform existing data	`op.execute("UPDATE books SET ...")`

Project Configuration

alembic.ini: backend/alembic.ini
env.py: backend/alembic/env.py (loads DATABASE_URL from app.database)
versions: backend/alembic/versions/ (30 migrations)
Models: backend/app/models.py

Common Patterns

Add Column with Default

if not column_exists('users', 'can_download'):
    op.add_column('users', sa.Column(
        'can_download', 
        sa.Boolean(), 
        nullable=True, 
        server_default='true'
    ))

Create Table with Indexes

if not table_exists('download_tasks'):
    op.create_table('download_tasks',
        sa.Column('id', sa.Integer(), primary_key=True),
        sa.Column('book_id', sa.Integer(), nullable=False),
        sa.ForeignKeyConstraint(['book_id'], ['books.id']),
    )
if not index_exists('download_tasks', 'ix_download_tasks_book_id'):
    op.create_index('ix_download_tasks_book_id', 'download_tasks', ['book_id'])

Related Skills

See the sqlalchemy skill for model definitions
See the python skill for Python backend conventions
See the fastapi skill for API integration after migrations