Skills Directory
Reusable, audited skills for BoxLang & the Ortus ecosystem.
Use this skill when building AI agents with aiAgent(): instructions, custom models, tools, skills (always-on and lazy), MCP servers, memory, fluent configuration, multi-agent hierarchies, streaming, and agent middleware.
Use this skill when creating AI tools (function calling) with aiTool(): parameter descriptions, tool registries, using tools with aiChat() and agents, the aiToolRegistry() BIF, global skills with aiglobalSkills(), and best practices for tool design.
ortus-boxlang
Use this skill for secure password hashing and verification in BoxLang with the bx-password-encrypt module: BCryptHash/BCryptVerify, ArgonHash/ArgonVerify, SCryptHash/SCryptVerify, PBKDF2Hash/PBKDF2Verify, and choosing the right algorithm for your use case.
Use this skill when building RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) systems with BoxLang AI: aiDocuments() for loading and chunking documents, aiEmbed() for embeddings, vector memory providers, ingesting documents into vector stores, and wiring RAG into agents.
Use this skill when querying ORM entities: EntityLoad(), EntityLoadByPK(), EntityLoadByExample(), ORMExecuteQuery(), HQL queries, filtering, sorting, pagination, caching query results, and entity lifecycle BIFs (EntitySave, EntityDelete, EntityNew, EntityMerge).
Use this skill to render HTML forms in BoxLang using the bx-ui-forms module: bx:form, bx:input, bx:select, bx:slider, bx:textarea components, form actions and methods, preservedata for sticky forms, input types and labels, and styling considerations.
Use this skill when selecting and installing JDBC driver modules for BoxLang database connectivity: bx-derby, bx-mysql, bx-mariadb, bx-mssql, bx-postgresql, bx-sqlite, bx-oracle, bx-hypersql. Each module packages the appropriate JDBC driver.
Use this skill when configuring AI models with aiModel(): selecting providers, setting default parameters, structured output schemas, working with the service BIF aiService(), and pre-configuring providers in module settings.
ortus-boxlang
Use this skill for CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery) protection in BoxLang web apps: CSRFGenerateToken(), CSRFVerifyToken(), CSRFHiddenField(), CSRFRotate(), token scoping with keys, auto-verification, token expiration, and boxlang.json configuration.
Use this skill when working with FTP, FTPS, or SFTP operations in BoxLang: connecting to servers, uploading/downloading files, managing remote directories, listing contents, SSH key authentication, named connection pooling, and using the bx:ftp component.
Use this skill when serializing or deserializing YAML in BoxLang with the bx-yaml module: yamlSerialize(), yamlDeserialize(), yamlDeserializeFile(), serializing BoxLang classes to YAML, and custom toYAML() methods.
Use this skill when sending email in BoxLang with the bx-mail module: bx:mail component, attachments with bx:mailparam, multipart emails with bx:mailpart, SMTP configuration in boxlang.json, S/MIME signing and encryption, and server-level mail settings.
Use this skill when defining relationships between ORM entities: one-to-one, one-to-many, many-to-one, many-to-many, lazy loading, cascade options, foreign keys, link tables, singular names, and inverse relationships.
Use this skill when accessing OS and hardware information in BoxLang with the bx-oshi module: CPU usage, memory stats, disk space, network info, battery status, process info, and sensor data using getSystemInfo(), getOperatingSystem(), getHardware(), and convenience BIFs.
Use this skill for testing web-context code outside a web server in BoxLang with bx-web-support: mockServerGet/Post/Put/Delete/Patch, mockRequestNew, mockRequestRun, setting request headers/body/path, and testing handlers that depend on getHTTPRequestData(), form scope, URL scope, and other web BIFs.
Use this skill when executing Python code inside BoxLang with the bx-jython module: jythonEval(), jythonEvalFile(), the bx:jython component, variable bindings from the BoxLang variables scope, and inter-language result handling.
Use this skill when configuring bx-orm in BoxLang: Application.bx ormSettings, enabling the ORM, datasource setup, dbcreate options, dialect selection, entity paths, event handling, session management settings, and secondary cache configuration.
Use this skill when writing BoxLang AI chat code: aiChat(), aiChatAsync(), aiChatStream(), parameters (temperature, max_tokens, model), provider selection, API keys, return formats, multi-turn conversations, and error handling.
Use this skill for OWASP ESAPI encoding, decoding, and HTML sanitization in BoxLang: encodeFor(), encodeForHTML(), encodeForJavaScript(), encodeForSQL(), encodeForURL(), decodeFrom(), htmlSanitize() with AntiSamy, and context-aware output encoding to prevent XSS/injection.
Use this skill to migrate ColdFusion (Adobe CF) or Lucee CFML applications to BoxLang using the bx-compat-cfml module: zero-code migration, engine configuration, null handling differences, type coercion modes, server scope population, JSON parsing behavior, and identifying incompatibilities.
Use this skill when implementing memory in BoxLang AI: aiMemory() types (windowed, summary, session, file, cache, JDBC, vector), multi-tenant isolation with userId and conversationId, using memory with agents and pipelines, and choosing the right memory type.
Use this skill when reading or writing INI configuration files in BoxLang with the bx-ini module: getIniFile(), getProfileString(), setProfileString(), getProfileSections(), removeProfileSection(), and fluent IniFile object methods.
Use this skill to parse and create RSS/Atom feeds in BoxLang with the bx-rss module: rss() BIF to fetch feeds, bx:feed component with action read/create, filtering items, limiting results, creating RSS 2.0 and Atom feeds, and handling iTunes podcast extensions.
Use this skill when building AI pipelines with BoxLang AI: aiMessage() templates, aiModel() in pipelines, aiTransform() steps, chaining with .to() and .transform(), the _input system variable, multi-model pipelines, streaming pipelines, and structured output in pipelines.