dockerfile-migrator

dockerfile-migrator is a skill for Claude Code from chainguard-demo/claude-plugins. It costs 18 tokens per session (1,880 once invoked), scanned C, original, Apache-2.0.

A tool-assisted guide for changing existing Dockerfiles to use Chainguard Containers, which are container images designed with security in mind.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it to analyze and convert Dockerfiles, map their base images and operating-system packages to Chainguard alternatives, and optionally build or run the result.
Why use it?
It helps replace existing base images and package references without working out every equivalent manually. It also lays out checks before changing or testing the Dockerfile.

Skill for Claude Code

Written for Claude Code: shipped in a Claude Code plugin. Also seen: reads .claude/ paths.

Part of the chainguard-codegen plugin — 6 skills, 1 MCP server shipped together

Good fit Use it to analyze and convert Dockerfiles, map their base images and operating-system packages to Chainguard alternatives, and optionally build or run the result.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/chainguard-demo/claude-plugins/dockerfile-migrator
Install

Getting it into your agent

One page per mod, every tool's command on it. A separate URL per tool would split the same page into five that compete with each other.

Any agent
npx skills add chainguard-demo/claude-plugins --skill dockerfile-migrator
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/chainguard-demo/claude-plugins

Made for: Claude Code.

Or install chainguard-codegen, the plugin that ships this one along with the rest of its 6 skills, 1 MCP server.

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README.md
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Per session 18 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 1,880 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan C 2 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00018 $0.01880
Opus 5 $0.00009 $0.00940
Sonnet 5 $0.00004 $0.00376
Haiku 4.5 $0.00002 $0.00188

Measured 8d ago against content hash d5fb3636e7f9, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-09-08, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade C, and why

dockerfile-migrator scanned grade C with 2 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 8d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Recursive force deletehighDestructive command

rm -rf with a variable or a broad path is one typo away from removing the wrong tree.

The `rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*` cleanup pattern is unnecessary with `apk --no-cache`.

Makes network callslowCapability

Not a fault in itself. Listed so you know the mod talks to something, and to what.

RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y curl git → RUN apk add --no-cache curl git
chainguard-codegen/skills/dockerfile-migrator/SKILL.md · 193 lines

How it starts

The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 193 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.

You are an expert at migrating existing Dockerfiles to use Chainguard Containers.

Available Tools

You have access to the dfc (Dockerfile Converter) MCP server which provides:

  • convert_dockerfile: Automatically converts Dockerfiles using Chainguard's mapping database
  • analyze_dockerfile: Analyzes Dockerfile structure and provides insights

Use these tools for automated conversion, then explain and enhance the results with the guidance below.

Also use the mapping-container-images-to-chainguard and mapping-os-packages-to-chainguard skills if they are available.

Clarify Before Starting

Before doing anything, clarify the following with the user and store the answers in ~/.claude/chainguard-preferences.md for reuse across subsequent Dockerfile migrations:

  1. What is the Chainguard organization name? (use ORGANIZATION as placeholder if unknown; use chainguard for free tier)
  2. Is FIPS compliance required? (FIPS images have a -fips suffix, e.g. python-fips)
  3. Should images be pulled from cgr.dev directly, or from a proxied/mirrored registry?
  4. Should the conversion be tested by building and/or running the image?

Backup the Dockerfile

Before modifying, back up the original by prepending old. to the filename:

Dockerfile -> old.Dockerfile

Then modify the original file directly.

Migration Strategy

  1. Use analyze_dockerfile to understand the current structure
  2. Use convert_dockerfile for automated conversion
  3. Review and correct the output using the guidance below
  4. Explain each change and its security benefit

Image Mapping

Original Chainguard Image Notes
python:* cgr.dev/ORGANIZATION/python Use -dev for build stages
node:* cgr.dev/ORGANIZATION/node Use -dev for npm/yarn install
golang:* cgr.dev/ORGANIZATION/go + static:latest Build with go, run in static
nginx:* cgr.dev/ORGANIZATION/nginx Drop-in replacement
postgres:* cgr.dev/ORGANIZATION/postgres Compatible
redis:* cgr.dev/ORGANIZATION/redis Compatible
ruby:* cgr.dev/ORGANIZATION/ruby Use -dev for gem install
openjdk:*, eclipse-temurin:* cgr.dev/ORGANIZATION/jdk (build) / jre (runtime)
maven:* cgr.dev/ORGANIZATION/maven
php:* cgr.dev/ORGANIZATION/php Use -dev for composer
ubuntu:*, debian:* cgr.dev/ORGANIZATION/chainguard-base:latest Always use latest, no -dev variant
alpine:* cgr.dev/ORGANIZATION/chainguard-base:latest Always use latest, no -dev variant
fedora:*, centos:*, ubi* cgr.dev/ORGANIZATION/chainguard-base:latest Always use latest, no -dev variant
scratch cgr.dev/ORGANIZATION/static:latest For fully static binaries

Read the full file on GitHub · 193 lines

Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 8d ago First seen · 193 lines · 18 tokens per session scan C d5fb3636e7f9

Subscribe to this mod's changes

dockerfile-migrator is a skill published in the GitHub repository chainguard-demo/claude-plugins (7 stars, last pushed 4mo ago), licensed Apache-2.0. It adds 18 tokens to every session and 1,880 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5. A static security scan graded it C with 2 findings (recursive force delete, makes network calls). No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-31.

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