Limitations — what cannot migrate

AgentMove would rather tell you “no” than pretend. This page is the complete, honest list of what does not migrate, and why. Everything here is also surfaced as a runtime warning when it affects your migration.

Memory

Memory is the least portable layer, because most clients don’t store it in user-editable files:

Client	Boundary
Cursor	Memories live in the app’s internal database. Cannot be exported or imported at all.
Claude Code	Auto-memory is session/project-scoped and client-managed. Not exported. Durable notes in CLAUDE.md migrate fine (as instructions).
Codex CLI	Client-managed memories are not readable as files. Not exported. Imported memory is appended to ~/.codex/AGENTS.md — the agent will read it, but it won’t live in Codex’s own memory store.
Gemini CLI	Only the “Gemini Added Memories” section of GEMINI.md migrates.
Qwen Code	Only the “Qwen Added Memories” section of QWEN.md migrates.
goose	Memory-extension files (~/.config/goose/memory/*.txt) migrate both directions; category names and # tag lines are not portable.
Windsurf	Cascade memories are app-managed. Cannot be exported or imported. Durable rules in global_rules.md migrate as instructions.
Amp	No durable memory store — imported memory is appended to ~/AGENTS.md (approximated, warned).
CodeBuddy	Auto-memory is app-managed runtime data — imported memory is skipped with a warning (CODEBUDDY.md migrates as instructions).
Qoder CLI	Auto-memory is app-managed runtime data — imported memory is skipped with a warning (~/.qoder/AGENTS.md migrates as instructions).
Cline / Zed / OpenHands / Copilot CLI / OpenCode / Claude Desktop / VS Code / Kiro / Roo Code / Continue / Crush / Antigravity / Droid / Amazon Q Developer CLI / Warp / Junie / LM Studio / Trae	No durable user-editable memory store — imported memory is skipped with a warning (carry it with --mif instead).
OpenClaw / Hermes	File-based (MEMORY.md, daily files, § entries) — migrates fully, both directions.

Practical consequence: OpenClaw ↔ Hermes ↔ goose memory migration is file-level; Gemini/Qwen migrate their “Added Memories” sections; migrating memory into most other clients is an instructions-level approximation; migrating memory out of Cursor / Claude Code / Codex / Windsurf is not possible.

Persona

Only OpenClaw and Hermes have a native persona slot (SOUL.md). For every other target, the persona is appended to the instructions file under an Imported by agentmove heading and the migration is flagged approximated. The agent will behave similarly, but the client’s UI won’t treat it as a persona, and a later export won’t recover it as a separate persona.md.

Skills

• SKILL.md directories migrate natively between OpenClaw, Hermes, Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode, Qwen Code, goose, Amp, Kiro, Roo Code, Crush, Antigravity, Droid, and Junie (plus project scope for OpenHands).
• Gemini CLI has no SKILL.md mechanism — skills are skipped (a Gemini extension would be the manual equivalent).
• Cursor, Windsurf, Cline, Zed, Copilot CLI, VS Code, Continue, Claude Desktop, Amazon Q Developer CLI, Warp, and LM Studio have no user-level skills directory — skipped with a warning.
• Trae global skills live in ~/.trae/skills/ and migrate natively; project skills in .trae/skills/ migrate with --project.
• CodeBuddy global skills live in ~/.codebuddy/skills/ and migrate natively; project skills in .codebuddy/skills/ migrate with --project.
• Qoder CLI global skills live in ~/.qoder/skills/ and migrate natively; project skills in .qoder/skills/ migrate with --project.
• Binary assets inside skill directories are currently skipped with a warning.

MCP servers

Near-lossless, with these edges:

• OpenClaw toolFilter and Hermes tool include/exclude lists have no portable equivalent — dropped with a warning.
• HTTP headers are not documented for Hermes — dropped when importing there.
• disabled flags don’t exist in Claude Code / Cursor / Gemini / Copilot CLI / Qwen Code / Windsurf / Zed / OpenHands / Amp / VS Code / Continue / Claude Desktop / Warp / Junie / LM Studio / Trae / Qoder CLI — servers are emitted enabled, with a warning. (Cline, OpenCode, Kiro, Roo Code, Crush, Antigravity, Droid, Amazon Q Developer CLI, and goose keep the flag natively; CodeBuddy keeps it via its top-level disabledMcpServers name list.)
• goose builtin/platform extensions are goose-internal — not exported; available_tools filters and keyring env_keys are not portable (warned).
• JSON5/JSONC comments (openclaw.json, Zed settings.json, opencode.jsonc) are not preserved on rewrite (warned).

See Supported clients for the full per-client lossy-edge list.

Scope

By default AgentMove migrates user-level (home directory) setups. Project-scoped files (.mcp.json, .cursor/rules/*.mdc, per-repo AGENTS.md, …) migrate with --project <dir> — supported for every client except OpenClaw and Hermes, which have no project scope. See Commands for details.