to-java-migration

to-java-migration is a skill for Claude Code, Codex from OpenHands/extensions. It costs 31 tokens per session (450 once invoked), scanned A, original, MIT.

A guide for converting COBOL, a programming language widely used in older business systems, into idiomatic Java while preserving the original business rules.

In plain words
What is it for?
Use it in COBOL modernization projects, including code conversion, input and error handling, configuration, documentation, and JUnit tests when fixtures exist.
Why use it?
It helps modernize legacy programs without relying on literal translations that are difficult to maintain or verify.

Skill for Claude CodeCodex

Written for no agent in particular: nothing here depends on one.

Good fit Use it in COBOL modernization projects, including code conversion, input and error handling, configuration, documentation, and JUnit tests when fixtures exist.

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Install with agentmods
npx agentmods add skills/openhands/extensions/to-java-migration
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 OpenHands/extensions --skill to-java-migration
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/OpenHands/extensions

Made for: Claude Code, Codex.

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Per session 31 Skills are progressive disclosure: only the name and description are preloaded; the body loads when the skill is used.
When invoked 450 The whole file, excluding the scripts and references it only reads on demand.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe. Third-party audits
  • NVIDIA SkillSpector pass 7 Sept 2026
How audits are shown
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 $0.00031 $0.00450
Opus 5.5 $0.00012 $0.00180
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00006 $0.00090
Haiku 4.5 $0.00003 $0.00045

Measured 1mo ago against content hash 59e8581f4935, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

to-java-migration scanned grade A with 0 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 1mo 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.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

plugins/cobol-modernization/skills/to-java-migration/SKILL.md · 60 lines

What it actually says

Migrate COBOL code to idiomatic Java, preserving all business logic.

Code Style Requirements

Write idiomatic Java, NOT literal COBOL translations:

  • Use Java conventions: camelCase names, standard collections (List, Map)
  • Use Java standard library instead of rolling your own
  • No god classes — split into cohesive, single-responsibility classes
  • No TODO comments or stub implementations — fully implement everything

Robustness Requirements

  • Validate inputs at method entry (null checks, range validation)
  • Use try-catch for all I/O and external operations
  • Use try-with-resources for files, streams, connections
  • Handle errors gracefully with meaningful messages

Configuration Requirements

  • No hardcoded file paths or credentials — use environment variables
  • No magic numbers — use named constants
  • Make limits and timeouts configurable

Documentation Requirements

  • Add COBOL references: // COBOL equivalent: BNK1CRA.cbl 145-167
  • Document assumptions made during conversion
  • Add Javadoc to public methods

Testing Requirements

If test fixtures exist (see cobol-build-setup skill):

  • Create a JUnit test class for each migrated program
  • Load inputs from fixtures, assert output matches expected (golden) output
  • All tests must pass before migration is complete

References

Done When

✓ Code compiles without errors ✓ All JUnit tests pass (Java output matches COBOL golden output) ✓ No TODO or stub implementations remain ✓ COBOL references documented in comments

Files

What ships with it

2 files beside SKILL.md in the same directory: the scripts, references and assets a skill reads on demand. Not counted in the per-session cost; read them before you install if any of them is executable.

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. 1mo ago First seen · 60 lines · 31 tokens per session scan A 59e8581f4935

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to-java-migration is a skill published in the GitHub repository OpenHands/extensions (167 stars, last pushed today), licensed MIT. It adds 31 tokens to every session and 450 once invoked, about $0.0001 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.

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