affaan-m/ECC · error

! ${contextDir}: invalid meta.json, continuing with defaults

Error message

! ${contextDir}: invalid meta.json, continuing with defaults (${e.message})

What it means

The CK context migration script could not JSON-parse a context's meta.json (the parse exception is included), so instead of failing it continues the v1-to-v2 migration using default metadata. A non-fatal warning: migration proceeds with defaults.

Source

Thrown at skills/ck/commands/migrate.mjs:118

      if (existing.version === 2) {
        console.log(`  ✓ ${contextDir} — already v2, skipping`);
        skipped++;
        continue;
      }
    } catch { /* fall through to migrate */ }
  }

  console.log(`\n  → Migrating: ${contextDir}`);

  try {
    // Read v1 files
    const contextMd = existsSync(contextMdPath) ? readFileSync(contextMdPath, 'utf8') : '';
    let meta = {};
    if (existsSync(metaPath)) {
      try {
        meta = JSON.parse(readFileSync(metaPath, 'utf8'));
      } catch (e) {
        console.warn(`  ! ${contextDir}: invalid meta.json, continuing with defaults (${e.message})`);
      }
    }

    // Extract fields from CONTEXT.md
    const description   = extractSection(contextMd, 'What This Is') || extractSection(contextMd, 'About') || null;
    const stackRaw      = extractSection(contextMd, 'Tech Stack') || '';
    const stack         = stackRaw.split(/[,\n]/).map(s => s.replace(/^[-*]\s+/, '').trim()).filter(Boolean);
    const goal          = (extractSection(contextMd, 'Current Goal') || '').split('\n')[0].trim() || null;
    const constraintRaw = extractSection(contextMd, 'Do Not Do') || '';
    const constraints   = parseBullets(constraintRaw);
    const decisionsRaw  = extractSection(contextMd, 'Decisions Made') || '';
    const decisions     = parseDecisionsTable(decisionsRaw);
    const nextStepsRaw  = extractSection(contextMd, 'Next Steps') || '';
    const nextSteps     = parseBullets(nextStepsRaw);
    const blockersRaw   = extractSection(contextMd, 'Blockers') || '';
    const blockers      = parseBullets(blockersRaw).filter(b => b.toLowerCase() !== 'none');
    const leftOffRaw    = extractSection(contextMd, 'Where I Left Off') || '';
    const leftOffParsed = parseLeftOff(leftOffRaw);

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Solutions

1. Fix or delete the invalid meta.json in the context directory so defaults are not silently used.
2. Validate meta.json against the expected schema to find the malformed field.

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at skills/ck/commands/migrate.mjs:118 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of affaan-m/ECC@06c5e118c4 (2026-08-18). Data as JSON: /api/errors/0b5b930518627f75. Report an issue: GitHub.