Skills Directory
Reusable, audited skills for BoxLang & the Ortus ecosystem.
Use this skill when creating custom BoxLang components (tags): component file structure, attribute declarations, body/output handling, registering component paths in modules, the difference between components and classes, and testing custom components.
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Use this skill when working with BoxLang asynchronous programming: BoxFuture (CompletableFuture extension), AsyncService, executor types (VIRTUAL/FIXED/CACHED/SCHEDULED), BaseScheduler, ScheduledTask fluent API, scheduling with cron constraints, task lifecycle callbacks, and registerring schedulers via ModuleConfig.bx.
Use this skill when creating BoxLang interceptors: Observer/Intercepting Filter patterns, interceptor pools, BoxLang class vs Java interceptors, lambda interceptors, registration via BIFs/InterceptorService/ModuleConfig, interception points, and announcing custom events.
Use this skill when creating custom BoxLang built-in functions (BIFs): @BoxBIF annotation, invoke() method, argument handling, accessing BoxRuntime and services, BoxLang vs Java BIF implementations, member functions, and registering BIFs via modules.
Use this skill when working with BoxLang logging: obtaining loggers via LoggingService, using BoxLangLogger (trace/debug/info/warn/error), pre-configured common loggers, creating named loggers, parameterized messages, accessing loggers from context and interceptors, and logging configuration in boxlang.json.
Use this skill when creating a BoxLang module: ModuleConfig.bx structure, lifecycle methods (configure/onLoad/onUnload), module metadata, registering interceptors and BIFs, Gradle build setup, publishing to ForgeBox, or using the official module template.
Use this skill when understanding BoxLang internals: BoxRuntime services, IBoxContext hierarchy, scope chain resolution, DynamicObject, type system (IBoxType), parsing pipeline (source to bytecode), class loader isolation, virtual threads, or using --bx-printast for AST debugging.