Skills Directory
Reusable, audited skills for BoxLang & the Ortus ecosystem.
Use this skill when building BoxLang web applications: Application.bx lifecycle, request/response handling, sessions, forms, REST APIs, HTTP clients (including binary and SSE response streaming), routing, CSRF protection, Server-Sent Events, or configuring CommandBox/MiniServer.
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Use this skill when configuring BoxLang runtime settings via boxlang.json, setting environment variables for config overrides, configuring datasources, caches, executors, modules, logging, security, or schedulers — or when helping someone understand the BoxLang configuration system.
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Use this skill when designing or debugging Application.bx behavior: app discovery and nesting, multi-application isolation, lifecycle events, pseudo-constructor settings, session management, mappings/javaSettings resolution, and app-scoped schedulers/watchers via this.schedulers and this.watchers.
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Use this skill when installing, configuring, or using BoxLang modules: box install, boxlang.json module settings, BoxLang+ premium modules (bx-pdf, bx-redis, bx-csv, bx-spreadsheet), CFML compatibility, ORM, mail, and module introspection.
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Use this skill when working with MatchBox, the Rust runtime for BoxLang (alongside the JVM runtime): installing it with MVM, running scripts and the REPL, choosing a target (native, js, wasm, wasi, esp32, AWS Lambda preview), the built-in web and app server, bytecode (.bxb), fibers, the tiered JIT, and what differs from BoxLang on the JVM.
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Use this skill when writing Rust for MatchBox Native Fusion: exposing Rust functions as BoxLang BIFs with #[matchbox_fn], Rust structs as native objects with #[matchbox_class] and #[matchbox_methods], register_bifs and register_classes, native/Cargo.toml crates, and Rust code that calls back into BoxLang functions through the BxVM trait.
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Use this skill when installing or managing MatchBox versions with MVM, the MatchBox Version Manager: the install script, mvm install latest or snapshot, mvm use, per-project .mvmrc pinning, mvm list, mvm doctor, updating MVM, SHA-256 verified downloads, and CI setup.
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Use this skill when compiling BoxLang applications to server-side WebAssembly (WASM) using MatchBox's --target wasm flag, running WASM with Wasmtime or WasmEdge, building minimal OCI containers from WASM binaries, and deploying to edge platforms like Fastly Compute or Cloudflare Workers (WASI).
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Use this skill when deploying BoxLang to ESP32 microcontrollers using MatchBox's --target esp32 flag, flashing firmware (full-flash vs fast-deploy), using watch mode for rapid iteration, accessing hardware via BoxLang BIFs, detecting the ESP32 runtime, and understanding FreeRTOS task constraints.
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Use this skill when compiling BoxLang scripts to standalone native executables with MatchBox's --target native flag, shipping them (containers, GitHub release builds), understanding binary size and what a native build includes, and when to reach for Native Fusion Rust interop.
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Use this skill when writing, running, or debugging tests for BoxLang applications using TestBox: BDD-style describe/it specs, xUnit-style test classes, expectations (expect/toBe matchers), assertions ($assert), life-cycle methods (beforeAll/afterAll/beforeEach/afterEach/aroundEach), MockBox mocking (createMock/prepareMock/$()/$results()), mock data generation (mockData()), async testing, exception testing, focused/skipped specs, attaching files to specs (attach()), spec retries (it retries argument, retries annotation, --retries), rerunning only failures (--failed, the Run Failed button of the HTML reports, TestResult.getFailedTargets()), choosing reporters (HTML reporters with Run Failed and Ask AI, the Agent reporter for AI agents), and running tests via the BoxLang CLI runner. For browser tests (the @browser annotation, ColdBox BaseTestCase with @browser) also load bx-playwright-testing.
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Use this skill when writing BoxLang markup templates (.bxm files), mixing HTML with BoxLang output expressions, using template components like bx:output, bx:loop, bx:if, bx:include, bx:script, building views, or creating any HTML-generating template files.
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Use this skill when generating API documentation for BoxLang or CFML projects with DocBox, including installation, CLI usage, programmatic configuration, HTML/JSON/UML/CommandBox output strategies, HTML themes, multiple sources, excludes patterns, and creating custom strategies. DocBox reads JavaDoc-style comments from your source code — see the code-documenter skill for annotation conventions.
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Use this skill when reviewing BoxLang code or applications for security vulnerabilities, configuring security settings, preventing injection attacks, handling file uploads safely, managing secrets, or applying secure coding patterns drawn from OWASP Top 10 and CFML/Java security history.
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Use this skill when containerizing BoxLang applications with Docker, including choosing the right image variant, running scripts, the MiniServer web runtime, environment variables, health checks, volume mounts, Docker Compose, and production deployment patterns.
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Use this skill when deploying BoxLang applications: CommandBox server setup, Docker containers, serverless (AWS Lambda, Google Cloud Functions, Azure Functions - see their dedicated runtime-* skills), GitHub Actions CI/CD, BoxLang Version Manager (BVM), boxlang.json runtime config, environment variables, or Spring Boot integration.
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Use this skill when writing, reviewing, or improving BoxLang code to ensure it follows community best practices for naming, structure, scoping, error handling, performance, and maintainability.
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Use this skill when compiling BoxLang to WebAssembly or JavaScript ES modules for use in web browsers and Node.js using MatchBox's --target js or --target wasm flags, integrating with HTML pages, bundlers (Webpack/Vite), and Node.js projects.
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Use this skill when building, deploying, or debugging BoxLang applications on AWS Lambda — including the handlers/ routing convention, manifest.json, Lambda.bx/Application.bx structure, environment variables, SAM CLI local testing, performance tuning, and the boxlang-starter-aws-lambda project.
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Use this skill when embedding BoxLang into Java applications via the JSR-223 scripting API, evaluating BoxLang code from Java, sharing data between Java and BoxLang via Bindings, building rules engines, template processors, or configurable logic using BoxLang as a scripting engine inside a JVM application.
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Use this skill when implementing caching in BoxLang applications: cache providers, cachePut/cacheGet BIFs, output caching, cache regions, distributed caching with Redis or Couchbase, TTL policies, and distributed locking.
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Use this skill when writing, reviewing, or formatting any Ortus Solutions code (BoxLang, CFML, or Java) to ensure it follows the official Ortus coding standards: indentation, spacing, brace placement, naming, alignment, comments, and structural conventions.
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Use this skill when building BoxLang desktop applications with Electron and the BoxLang MiniServer, including process lifecycle wiring, miniserver.json-driven development control, runtime/Package.bx packaging, .boxlang-dev.json versus .boxlang.json behavior, default /app and /public mappings, and cross-platform packaging constraints.
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Use this skill to validate BoxLang and CFML source files for syntax errors without executing them, using the `boxlang check` command: check files or directories after editing code, read text or JSON results, interpret exit codes, and wire syntax checks into agent loops, git hooks, and CI.
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