# Using coding agents on a migration: Three practices that mattered

DevFeed: [Using coding agents on a migration: Three practices that mattered](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/using-coding-agents-on-a-migration-three-practices-that-mattered-36090.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://temporal.io/blog/using-coding-agents-on-a-migration-three-practices-that-mattered>)

Author: Chandler Ortman

Published: 2026-09-02T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Temporal Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/temporal-blog.md>)

Topics: [migration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/migration.md>), [clickhouse](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/clickhouse.md>), [AI-assisted coding](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-assisted-coding.md>), [coding](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/coding.md>), [configuration](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/configuration.md>), [Deployment](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/deployment.md>), [Environment Variables](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/environment-variables.md>)

Tags: [cleanup](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cleanup.md>), [clickhouse](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/clickhouse.md>), [coding-agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/coding-agents.md>), [deployment](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/deployment.md>), [environment-variables](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/environment-variables.md>), [migration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/migration.md>), [prompt](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/prompt.md>), [pull-requests](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pull-requests.md>), [temporal-voices](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/temporal-voices.md>)

## AI overview

The article examines coding agents used during a migration of Temporal Cloud usage and billing data to ClickHouse. It finds that the agents were most useful for cleanup and removal work, with durable cleanup instructions and exhaustive searches helping make that work practical.

## Source excerpt

Three lessons from using coding agents during a ClickHouse migration, from cleanup automation to writing durable instructions that stay useful over time.