How does Atlas ensure it finds *all* deprecated API calls in a Qwik project?

Atlas combines `lsp findReferences` for static analysis with `grep` for dynamic or string-based usages, ensuring a complete enumeration of deprecated API calls across your Qwik codebase, including those in `src/routes` and `vite.config.ts`.

Can Atlas handle Qwik-specific code patterns during migration, like `$` boundaries?

Yes, Atlas indexes code by AST declarations using tree-sitter, giving it a deep understanding of Qwik's structure. It can assist in moving eager work behind a `$` boundary or updating `useSignal` and `useStore` state, ensuring Qwik's resumability is maintained.

What happens if a Qwik file changes while Atlas is migrating it?

Atlas's `apply_patch` tool uses context-anchored patches. If the target Qwik file has drifted from the expected state, `apply_patch` will throw 'Failed to find expected lines' rather than misapplying changes, ensuring data integrity in your `src/routes` components.

How does Atlas integrate with Qwik's testing workflow?

Atlas integrates directly by using its `bash` tool to run `pnpm vitest` after each file modification. This ensures that every change made during the migration of a deprecated Qwik API is immediately validated against your existing test suite.

Is it safe to let Atlas modify my Qwik codebase?

Yes, Atlas prioritizes safety. It drafts a plan in a read-only agent, requires explicit approval for every tool call via permission-gated rules, and presents a unified diff for every file edit before writing, allowing you to review and approve all changes to your Qwik project.

How does Atlas track progress for a large Qwik API migration?

Atlas uses its `todowrite` tool to create an entry for each deprecated API callsite. This provides visible, granular progress tracking, ensuring no call is silently skipped and allowing you to monitor the migration's completion across your Qwik project.

Can Atlas help with formatting Qwik components after migration?

Yes, after applying changes, Atlas can run `pnpm prettier --write` over the touched Qwik components using its `bash` tool, ensuring your codebase adheres to your project's formatting standards, such as those defined for `src/routes/**/*.tsx`.

Does Atlas keep my Qwik code private during the migration process?

Yes, Atlas can build its code index with local Ollama embeddings, keeping your Qwik code off third-party servers. This ensures your proprietary codebase remains private and secure throughout the migration workflow.

Migrate a deprecated API across every callsite in Qwik with Atlas in 2026

To migrate a deprecated API across every callsite in a Qwik codebase, Atlas leverages its `lsp` and `todowrite` tools to enumerate all usages, then systematically applies patches with `apply_patch`, running `pnpm vitest` after each change to ensure correctness before marking the task complete. This ensures a thorough and verified transition for your Qwik project.

How Atlas finds all deprecated API calls in Qwik

Atlas ensures no deprecated API callsite is missed in your Qwik project by using its `lsp` tool's `findReferences` operation, which leverages the language server to identify every usage. This process, crucial for a complete migration in 2026, is cross-checked with `grep` for any dynamic or string-based invocations that might evade static analysis.

Migrating a deprecated API in Qwik demands a complete enumeration of all calls to avoid leaving behind broken functionality. Atlas addresses this by first employing its `lsp` tool. The `lsp findReferences` operation queries the language server, which has a deep understanding of your Qwik project's structure, including `component$` definitions, `useSignal` and `useStore` state, and `routeLoader$` exports under `src/routes`. This yields a comprehensive list of static references to the deprecated symbol. To catch any elusive dynamic or string-based usages that might not be picked up by the language server, Atlas then performs a cross-check using its `grep` tool. This dual approach guarantees that Atlas identifies every single callsite, preventing the 'half-measures' that often plague large-scale API migrations in Qwik codebases.

Systematic migration of Qwik API calls with context-anchored patches

Atlas systematically migrates each deprecated API callsite in Qwik using its `apply_patch` tool, which generates context-anchored patches. This method ensures that edits are precise and fail safely if the file has drifted, preventing misapplications across your 2026 Qwik codebase and maintaining code integrity.

Once all deprecated API calls in your Qwik project are identified, Atlas moves to systematic migration. For each callsite, Atlas creates a `todowrite` entry, making partial progress visible and ensuring no task is silently skipped. The actual modification is performed by the `apply_patch` tool. This tool generates context-anchored patches, meaning it seeks specific `old_lines` within a defined context. If the target Qwik file, such as a component in `src/routes/`, has changed since the patch was generated, `apply_patch` will throw a 'Failed to find expected lines' error rather than attempting a potentially incorrect modification. This robust mechanism prevents misapplication of changes, which is especially critical when dealing with Qwik's unique idioms like moving eager work behind a `$` boundary or updating `routeAction$` definitions, ensuring every edit is precise and safe.

Verifying Qwik API migrations with `vitest` and `prettier`

After each file modification during a deprecated API migration in Qwik, Atlas runs the affected tests using `bash` to execute `pnpm vitest`. This critical step ensures that 100% of changes are functionally correct before marking a `todowrite` entry as complete, maintaining the integrity of your `src/routes` components.

A successful API migration in Qwik is not just about changing code; it's about ensuring the changed code still works. Atlas integrates directly with your Qwik project's testing workflow. After `apply_patch` modifies a file, Atlas uses its `bash` tool to execute `pnpm vitest` for the affected tests. This immediate feedback loop is crucial: only when the tests pass is the corresponding `todowrite` entry marked as completed. This prevents regressions and ensures that your Qwik application, including complex interactions with `useSignal` or `routeLoader$`, remains functional. Furthermore, to maintain code consistency, Atlas can also run `pnpm prettier --write` over the touched components, ensuring all modified `src/routes/**/*.tsx` files adhere to your project's formatting standards.

Atlas's safety and review mechanisms for Qwik migrations

Atlas provides robust safety and review mechanisms for Qwik API migrations, ensuring every change is transparent and approved. Before any tool execution, Atlas uses permission-gated rules, and it drafts a plan in a read-only agent, presenting a unified diff for every file edit for your approval, preventing unintended modifications in your 2026 project.

Migrating a deprecated API across a large Qwik codebase requires confidence and control. Atlas is designed with multiple layers of safety. Every Atlas tool call is permission-gated, requiring explicit 'allow', 'ask', or 'deny' rules before execution. Before making any changes, Atlas drafts a comprehensive plan in a read-only plan agent, which you must approve before it switches to a build agent. For every file edit, Atlas computes a unified diff and surfaces it for your approval, giving you granular control over each modification to your Qwik components or `vite.config.ts`. Atlas also reads git branches, status, and diffs, and can stage and create commits on your behalf. It snapshots file changes as git patches, allowing edits to be easily diffed and rolled back, providing a secure and auditable migration path for your Qwik project.

Step by step

01Enumerate all deprecated symbol calls in your Qwik project using `atlas lsp findReferences <deprecated_symbol>` and cross-check with `atlas grep <deprecated_symbol>` for dynamic usages.
02Create one `todowrite` entry for each identified Qwik callsite to track progress and ensure no caller is missed.
03Migrate each Qwik callsite by applying context-anchored patches with `atlas apply_patch`, ensuring precise and safe modifications to files like `src/routes/index.tsx`.
04Run the affected Qwik tests immediately after each file modification by executing `atlas bash pnpm vitest`.
05Mark the `todowrite` entry for the specific callsite as completed only once its corresponding `pnpm vitest` tests pass.
06Confirm zero remaining deprecated symbols in your Qwik codebase by running `atlas grep <deprecated_symbol>` one final time.
07Delete the old deprecated Qwik implementation from your project.
08Format all touched Qwik components and files with `atlas bash pnpm prettier --write src/routes/**/*.tsx` to maintain code style.

Frequently asked questions

How does Atlas ensure it finds *all* deprecated API calls in a Qwik project?: Atlas combines `lsp findReferences` for static analysis with `grep` for dynamic or string-based usages, ensuring a complete enumeration of deprecated API calls across your Qwik codebase, including those in `src/routes` and `vite.config.ts`.
Can Atlas handle Qwik-specific code patterns during migration, like `$` boundaries?: Yes, Atlas indexes code by AST declarations using tree-sitter, giving it a deep understanding of Qwik's structure. It can assist in moving eager work behind a `$` boundary or updating `useSignal` and `useStore` state, ensuring Qwik's resumability is maintained.
What happens if a Qwik file changes while Atlas is migrating it?: Atlas's `apply_patch` tool uses context-anchored patches. If the target Qwik file has drifted from the expected state, `apply_patch` will throw 'Failed to find expected lines' rather than misapplying changes, ensuring data integrity in your `src/routes` components.
How does Atlas integrate with Qwik's testing workflow?: Atlas integrates directly by using its `bash` tool to run `pnpm vitest` after each file modification. This ensures that every change made during the migration of a deprecated Qwik API is immediately validated against your existing test suite.
Is it safe to let Atlas modify my Qwik codebase?: Yes, Atlas prioritizes safety. It drafts a plan in a read-only agent, requires explicit approval for every tool call via permission-gated rules, and presents a unified diff for every file edit before writing, allowing you to review and approve all changes to your Qwik project.
How does Atlas track progress for a large Qwik API migration?: Atlas uses its `todowrite` tool to create an entry for each deprecated API callsite. This provides visible, granular progress tracking, ensuring no call is silently skipped and allowing you to monitor the migration's completion across your Qwik project.
Can Atlas help with formatting Qwik components after migration?: Yes, after applying changes, Atlas can run `pnpm prettier --write` over the touched Qwik components using its `bash` tool, ensuring your codebase adheres to your project's formatting standards, such as those defined for `src/routes/**/*.tsx`.
Does Atlas keep my Qwik code private during the migration process?: Yes, Atlas can build its code index with local Ollama embeddings, keeping your Qwik code off third-party servers. This ensures your proprietary codebase remains private and secure throughout the migration workflow.

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