migrate-brizy-to-gutenberg

Migrate Brizy to Gutenberg

Version: 2.1.0 Updated: 2026-08-04 Freshly updated: v2.1.0 adds design-token awareness: conversion writes now register the colors and typography they carry as named design tokens in the block editor's own global styles, and converted pages reference those tokens instead of carrying value copies. Reuse registered tokens instead of re-inlining raw values, and report the registration in the migration summary.

Full-site migration from Brizy Builder to the WordPress block editor (Gutenberg). Audits every Brizy-built page, maps components to their Gutenberg block equivalents, builds a migration plan for approval, and executes page-by-page conversion into native block markup — all through duplicates so your live site stays untouched. Use this skill whenever someone mentions migrating from Brizy to Gutenberg, switching from Brizy to blocks, converting Brizy pages to the block editor, or moving away from Brizy to native WordPress.

What This Skill Does

Brizy uses a proprietary content format with its own component system, storing data in brizy_post_uid and related custom meta fields. Gutenberg uses a flat block structure in post_content with HTML comment delimiters. The migration requires extracting Brizy's custom format, identifying each component type, and translating it to equivalent core Gutenberg blocks.

This skill reads every Brizy page, extracts the builder content, translates each component to its Gutenberg block equivalent, and writes the result to duplicate pages in native block markup — giving you a complete parallel version of your site to review before going live.

Handles:

• Section → Group block mapping
• Row/Column → Columns/Column block mapping
• Text components → Paragraph/Heading blocks
• Image components → Image block
• Button components → Buttons/Button block
• Video components → Video/Embed block
• Icon components → basic equivalents
• Spacer/Divider → Spacer/Separator blocks
• Map component → basic embed fallback
• Form elements → flagged for manual handling (Contact Form 7 or similar)
• Custom HTML/embed content

What This Skill Does NOT Do

• Migrate Brizy's global styling system — must be recreated in theme settings or Global Styles
• Convert Brizy popup designs — Gutenberg has no native popup system
• Replicate Brizy's built-in form submissions — a separate form plugin is needed
• Migrate Brizy Cloud templates or synced content
• Convert Brizy Pro dynamic content features — flagged for manual handling
• Preserve Brizy's hover effects and animations — Gutenberg has limited animation support
• Guarantee pixel-perfect visual parity — different rendering approaches

Requirements

• Respira for WordPress plugin installed and connected
• MCP connection active (desktop or WebMCP)
• Brizy Builder active on the source site
• Read access to scan Brizy content
• Write access to create duplicates with Gutenberg content

Trigger Phrase

• "migrate brizy to gutenberg"

Alternative Triggers

• "convert brizy to blocks"
• "switch from brizy to gutenberg"
• "move brizy to block editor"
• "replace brizy with gutenberg"
• "brizy to wordpress blocks"
• "migrate brizy to native wordpress"

Builder Technical Context

Source: Brizy

• Content stored in post_meta key brizy_post_uid and Brizy's custom format
• Proprietary component structure with sections, rows, columns, and elements
• Read via respira_extract_builder_content with builder=brizy
• Components: sections, rows, columns, text, image, button, video, icon, spacer, map, form, embed, etc.

Target: Gutenberg (Block Editor)

• Content stored in post_content as HTML with block comment delimiters
• Format: <!-- wp:paragraph --><p>Text</p><!-- /wp:paragraph -->
• Write via standard WordPress content tools (respira_update_page / respira_update_post)
• Core blocks: paragraph, heading, image, buttons, columns, group, html, video, separator, spacer, embed, etc.

Execution Workflow

Phase 1: Pre-Migration Audit

1. Verify Respira + MCP connection via respira_get_site_context. If unavailable, stop and show setup guidance.
2. Detect Brizy presence via respira_get_builder_info or respira_list_plugins.
3. Inventory all Brizy-built content:
   • respira_list_pages and respira_list_posts — identify all content
   • respira_find_builder_targets with builder=brizy — find Brizy-managed pages
4. For each Brizy page, extract content:
   • respira_extract_builder_content with builder=brizy
   • Catalog: component types used, nesting depth, popups, forms, dynamic content usage
5. Produce an Audit Report:
   • Total pages/posts using Brizy
   • Component type frequency (how many sections, text blocks, images, etc.)
   • Complexity flags (popups, forms, dynamic content, Brizy Pro features)
   • Estimated migration difficulty per page (simple / moderate / complex)

Phase 2: Migration Plan

Present a structured migration plan:

## Brizy → Gutenberg Migration Plan

### Site Overview
- Total Brizy pages: X
- Simple pages (direct mapping): X
- Moderate pages (some manual review needed): X
- Complex pages (significant manual work): X

### Component Mapping
| Brizy Component | Gutenberg Block | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Section | Group | Container mapping |
| Row / Columns | Columns / Column | Layout structure |
| Text | Paragraph / Heading | Content parsed into blocks |
| Image | Image | Direct mapping |
| Button | Buttons > Button | Wrapped in container |
| ... | ... | ... |

### Migration Order
1. [Page Title] — Simple — estimated 2 min
2. [Page Title] — Moderate — estimated 5 min
...

### Items Requiring Manual Attention
- [Page X] — Brizy popup (no Gutenberg equivalent)
- [Page Y] — Brizy form (needs form plugin replacement)
- Global styles — must be configured in theme settings

Then ask:

Here's the migration plan. Would you like me to:

1. Migrate all pages (creates duplicates for review)
2. Migrate only simple pages first
3. Migrate specific pages you choose
4. Just keep this as a reference — no changes

Wait for explicit confirmation before proceeding.

Phase 3: Page-by-Page Migration

For each approved page:

1. Extract Brizy content via respira_extract_builder_content with builder=brizy
2. Map each Brizy component to Gutenberg blocks:
   • Sections → <!-- wp:group --> blocks
   • Rows/Columns → <!-- wp:columns --> with <!-- wp:column --> children
   • Text → Parse into <!-- wp:paragraph --> and <!-- wp:heading --> blocks
   • Image → <!-- wp:image --> with src, alt, caption
   • Button → <!-- wp:buttons --> wrapper with <!-- wp:button --> child
   • Video → <!-- wp:video --> or <!-- wp:embed --> block
   • Spacer → <!-- wp:spacer --> block
   • Custom HTML → <!-- wp:html --> block
   • Preserve text content, image URLs, link targets
   • Flag unmappable components with <!-- wp:paragraph --><p>[MIGRATION NOTE: ...]</p><!-- /wp:paragraph -->
3. Assemble the complete Gutenberg block markup
4. Take a respira_get_snapshot checkpoint of the target before any write, so the page can be restored exactly if the conversion needs unwinding
5. Create a duplicate via respira_create_page_duplicate or respira_create_post_duplicate
6. Write the Gutenberg markup into the duplicate's post_content via respira_update_page or respira_update_post
7. Surgical fixes (not a rewrite): when a single block lands wrong — a heading, a button label, a spacing value — locate it with respira_find_element and correct it in place with respira_update_element. For repeated corrections across many blocks or several migrated pages, batch them with respira_batch_update rather than regenerating and re-writing whole pages.
8. Log the migration result (success, warnings, manual review items)

Phase 4: Post-Migration Verification

1. Summarize all migrated pages with status:
   • Design tokens registered in the block editor's global styles (token names and counts)
   • Clean migrations (no issues)
   • Migrations with warnings (flagged items needing review)
   • Failed migrations (if any)
2. List all manual review items:
   • Popups that need a separate popup plugin solution
   • Forms that need a WordPress form plugin (Contact Form 7, WPForms, etc.)
   • Dynamic content that needs reconnecting
   • Brizy Pro features that have no Gutenberg equivalent
3. Provide review instructions:
   • Where to find duplicates in WordPress admin
   • How to preview pages in the block editor
   • How to delete duplicates if not wanted

Design Tokens

Conversion writes now register the colors and typography they carry as named design tokens in the block editor's own global styles, and the converted pages reference those tokens instead of carrying value copies. When fixing or extending a migrated page, reuse the registered tokens (respira_list_design_tokens shows them) rather than re-inlining raw hex values or font stacks. And say so when you finish: the migration summary should name the tokens that were registered and note that migrated pages reference them.

Safety Model

• Read-only analysis first — full Brizy content audit before any changes
• Explicit user confirmation before creating any duplicates
• Snapshot before every write — respira_get_snapshot captures the target so it can be returned to its exact prior state
• Duplicate-first only — never modifies live/published Brizy content
• Never auto-publishes duplicates
• Explicit rollback path — restore the snapshot via respira_restore_snapshot, or delete the draft duplicates, to undo a migration cleanly
• Preserves all original Brizy content untouched

Honest Disclaimer

This skill converts Brizy page structures to Gutenberg block markup and creates duplicates for review.

It cannot:

• Guarantee pixel-perfect visual parity between builders
• Migrate Brizy popups or forms automatically
• Convert Brizy Pro dynamic content features
• Replicate hover effects or animations
• Replace a thorough manual QA pass on every page

It can:

• Map 65-80% of standard Brizy components to core Gutenberg blocks
• Preserve content, images, links, and basic layout structure
• Move you off a third-party builder dependency to native WordPress
• Save days of manual rebuild work
• Identify exactly what needs manual attention

Tooling

Core WordPress tools

• respira_get_site_context
• respira_get_builder_info
• respira_list_pages
• respira_list_posts
• respira_list_plugins
• respira_find_builder_targets
• respira_extract_builder_content
• respira_get_snapshot
• respira_restore_snapshot
• respira_find_element
• respira_update_element
• respira_batch_update
• respira_create_page_duplicate
• respira_create_post_duplicate
• respira_update_page
• respira_update_post
• respira_read_page
• respira_read_post

Telemetry

After run completion, send fire-and-forget usage tracking to:

• POST https://www.respira.press/api/skills/track-usage

Include:

• skill_slug = migrate-brizy-to-gutenberg
• site/version context
• duration and success
• pages audited, pages migrated, warnings count
• tools used

Never block user flow on telemetry failure.

Related Skills

• WordPress Site DNA (understand site structure before migrating)
• Technical Debt Audit (clean up before or after migration)
• SEO & AEO Amplifier (verify SEO preservation post-migration)

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