Introduction

The team still has a large number of Android or Java projects built with Gradle. When you need to integrate with a pipeline that only recognizes pom.xml, unify Maven private server strategies, or align with modules that still use Maven as the primary build system, manually writing a POM based on build.gradle / build.gradle.kts often involves handling dependency coordinates, plugins, multi-module structures, and repository declarations. This process is time-consuming and prone to missing items. Below, we introduce the community Skill “Gradle to Maven” on SkillHub. This transfers the migration process to an AI Agent equipped with this Skill, guiding you through the specifications, while you complete file modifications and verification locally.

What is this

“Gradle to Maven” is a general-purpose Agent Skill for Gradle → Maven migration. Its coordinate is @user_50dee564/gradle2maven, current version is 0.1.0, source is community, maintained by publisher user_50dee564, and categorized under dev-programming on SkillHub. The official description positions it as a general-purpose capability for migrating from Gradle to Maven; the tag requires_api_key=false indicates that installation and usage do not rely on an additional API Key.

Skill Page and API Entry:

  • Display Page: https://www.skillhub.cn/skills/user_50dee564/gradle2maven
  • API: https://api.skillhub.cn/user_50dee564/gradle2maven

Core Features

Based on the public description on SkillHub, the verifiable capability boundaries of this Skill are as follows:

  1. Clear Migration Target: Focused on migrating Gradle build systems to Maven (pom.xml and Maven-idiomatic directory and dependency expressions), rather than general build tool inquiries.
  2. Generality: Described as a “general-purpose” migration Skill, not bound to a specific Gradle version or a single framework template; specific steps and checklists are subject to the SKILL.md within the installed package.
  3. Local Execution, Self-Responsibility: The author describes this as a无偿 (free) share. Users must control the risks of local modifications themselves; the author is not responsible for the final results or output quality.

Page Statistics (based on SkillHub scraping): Rating 100000, Downloads 769, Installation Count 0 (statistics may change as the platform updates).

Installation and Enablement

The Skill follows the general SKILL.md format. The recommended installation method on SkillHub is to let the AI operate according to the official installation documentation, specifying the coordinate of this Skill.

1. Install SkillHub CLI (if not already installed)

First, check if skillhub is available:

command -v skillhub && skillhub --version

If not installed, you can perform a full installation or CLI-only installation according to the SkillHub installation documentation:

curl -fsSL https://skillhub-1388575217.cos.ap-guangzhou.myqcloud.com/install/install.sh | bash

curl -fsSL https://skillhub-1388575217.cos.ap-guangzhou.myqcloud.com/install/install.sh | bash -s -- --cli-only

Instructions: https://skillhub.cn/install/skillhub.md

2. Install this Skill to the current Agent’s skills directory

During installation, you must use --dir to point to the skills directory recognized by the current Agent; otherwise, it defaults to ./skills/ which may not be loaded.

In Cursor, the common path is:

skillhub install user_50dee564/gradle2maven --dir ~/.cursor/skills/

Paths for other clients follow Section 4 of the installation documentation, e.g., Claude Code is ~/.claude/skills/, Codex is ~/.codex/skills/ or .agents/skills/ under the project. The coordinate in the CLI is usually written as user_50dee564/gradle2maven (corresponding to @user_50dee564/gradle2maven on the page).

3. Let AI install via prompt (Official page copy)

The installation prompt provided by the SkillHub skill page is:

Please install `@user_50dee564/gradle2maven` according to https://skillhub.cn/install/skillhub.md.

Send the above content to an AI client that supports Skills, and the Agent will complete the CLI check, directory selection, and installation according to the documentation. After installation, restart or refresh the Skill list as required by the client to activate gradle2maven.

Typical Usage

Public materials do not list a separate step-by-step command-line migration example; however, the reproducible entry points are as follows:

  1. Complete the installation as described in the previous section and confirm that the Skill appears in the current Agent’s skills directory.
  2. Open a conversation in the workspace of the Gradle project to be migrated, explain the goal (e.g., generating a root pom.xml, aligning sub-modules, migrating dependencies and repository configurations), and reference this Skill’s name or coordinate, allowing the Agent to proceed according to the flow in SKILL.md.
  3. Execute the mvn verification suggested by the Agent locally (such as mvn -q validate, mvn test, etc.), and use a Git branch to retain the Gradle-side files until verification passes.

If you need to verify whether the Agent’s behavior matches the author’s intent, you can directly read the SKILL.md inside the Skill package after installation, and then adjust the steps based on the actual situation of the current repository’s settings.gradle and build.gradle.

Use Cases and Notes

Who is it for

  • Developers who need to migrate existing Gradle projects to Maven and wish to collaboratively sort out dependency and module structures step-by-step via conversation.
  • Teams already using AI clients like Cursor, Claude Code, or Codex that support SkillHub installation methods.

Limitations and Notes

  • Community Skill (community), version 0.1.0; migration results require self-review and testing. Complex custom plugins, Kotlin DSL-specific logic, and task chains strongly bound to Gradle may not be mapable to Maven equivalently with a single click.
  • The author has declared no responsibility for the final quality. Please back up and iterate on a branch before migrating in a production environment.
  • No API Key is required, but migration still involves modifying build scripts and dependencies. Be careful not to mistakenly submit private server credentials and settings.xml.

Conclusion

“Gradle to Maven” converges the migration from Gradle to Maven into an installable Agent Skill, which can be integrated into environments like Cursor along with the SkillHub installation flow. Migration details are subject to the SKILL.md after installation. Official display page: https://www.skillhub.cn/skills/user_50dee564/gradle2maven