polylith-migrate-isolate-shared-and-project-logic

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[Internal sub-skill of `polylith-migrate-orchestrator`. Do not load directly — load `polylith-migrate-orchestrator` first, which drives all phases.] Identify and isolate shared and project-specific logic in monolithic components (e.g., `models`, `schemas`, or similar).

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Skill: polylith-migrate-isolate-shared-and-project-logic

📐 Scope vs sibling skills. This skill is cross-project: it separates code used by two or more projects (shared) from code used by a single project (project-specific), potentially creating new shared and project-specific components. Don't confuse with:

polylith-migrate-split-big-component — within one project; splits one component into multiple components.

polylith-migrate-split-component-internals — within one component; splits one core.py into multiple files.

polylith-migrate-dedupe — opportunistic deduplication, broader than just shared-vs-project-specific.

💡 When to skip this skill. On the first project migration there is usually no second project to compare against. Skip this skill until at least one prior project has been migrated. The orchestrator still calls it after polylith-migrate-extract-standalone-modules — that's the right place when overlap exists.

Goal

Identify and isolate shared and project-specific logic in monolithic components (e.g., models, schemas). Extract shared logic into reusable components and isolate project-specific logic into project-specific components.

Inputs

From migration/<PROJECT>/state.md:

TARGET_TOP_NS
INITIAL_BASE_NAME
Verification commands (RUN_TEST_CMD, RUN_LINT_CMD, RUN_TYPECHECK_CMD).

From migration/<PROJECT>/manifest.md:

Module map of components.

All inputs from state.md are assumed to satisfy the validation rules in polylith-migrate-discover (### Validation rules). Validate before proceeding.

Steps

1. Identify Monolithic Components

Scan the workspace for monolithic components (e.g., models, schemas).
Focus on components with large core.py files or mixed domain logic.

2. Analyze Usage

Use grep to trace imports of each definition in the component.
Classify definitions as:
- Shared: Used by multiple projects.
- Project-Specific: Used by only one or a few projects.
- Similar: Definitions that could reuse shared logic (e.g., similar models).

3. Extract Shared Logic

Create a new shared component (e.g., models_shared, schemas_shared).
Move shared definitions into the new component.
Update imports in all projects to reference the shared component.

4. Isolate Project-Specific Logic

Create project-specific components (e.g., models_project_a, schemas_project_b).
Move project-specific definitions into the appropriate component.
Update imports in the relevant projects.

5. Refactor Similar Models

For similar models, extract shared logic into the shared component.
Update the project-specific models to reuse the shared logic.

6. Update `pyproject.toml`

Add the new shared and project-specific components to the workspace's pyproject.toml.
Update the project's pyproject.toml to reference the new components.

7. Verify Changes

Run RUN_TEST_CMD to ensure no regressions.
Run RUN_LINT_CMD and RUN_TYPECHECK_CMD if set.
Run POLY_CMD_PREFIX check to validate the workspace structure.

Verify

All tests pass (RUN_TEST_CMD).
Linting and type-checking pass (if set).
The workspace structure is valid (POLY_CMD_PREFIX check).

Common failure modes

Symptom	Likely cause	Remediation
Only one project exists in the workspace, so there's nothing to compare against	Running this skill on the first project migration.	Skip the skill entirely. Record `polylith-migrate-isolate-shared-and-project-logic: skipped (single-project workspace)` in `migration/<PROJECT>/state.md` and proceed to `polylith-migrate-distribute-wiring`. Revisit when a second project is migrated.
A definition looks shared but is actually used by one project via two different bases inside that project	Bases within one project both use it — still single-project usage.	Leave it project-specific. Cross-project sharing requires consumers in different projects under `projects/`.
Two projects each have a "same" class with subtle field differences (extra fields, different defaults)	Silent merging would change behaviour.	Do not merge silently. Either create a shared base class + project-specific subclasses, or keep the implementations separate and accept the duplication. Confirm with the user.

Done When

Shared logic is extracted into reusable components.
Project-specific logic is isolated into project-specific components.
Similar models reuse shared logic where possible.
All tests and checks pass.
The workspace structure is valid.

Commit

After verification passes, commit this phase to the migration branch:

git add -A && git commit -m "migrate(<PROJECT>): phase <N> — isolate-shared-and-project-logic"

Substitute <PROJECT>, <N>, and <phase-name> from state.md and the orchestrator's phase table. Do not proceed to the next phase without a clean commit — the per-phase commit is the rollback point for the next phase's failure-mode tables.