Skills Directory

Use this skill when managing database schema changes in ColdBox/BoxLang using cfmigrations and commandbox-migrations. Covers migration file structure, Schema Builder API, seeding, and CLI workflows for creating, running, and rolling back migrations safely.

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Use this skill when configuring ColdBox routes, setting up RESTful resource routes, creating route groups, implementing URL pattern matching with constraints, defining named routes, or working with Router.cfc in a ColdBox application.

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Use this skill when working with WireBox Aspect-Oriented Programming (AOP) -- activating the AOP engine (Mixer listener), creating method interceptor aspects, registering aspects via mapAspect(), binding aspects to classes and methods via bindAspect(), using the Matcher DSL (any, regex, mappings, instanceOf, annotatedWith, methods, returns), auto-aspect binding via classMatcher/methodMatcher annotations, the MethodInvocation API (proceed, getArgs, getTarget, getMethod), using built-in aspects (CFTransaction, HibernateTransaction, MethodLogger), and AOP in both standalone WireBox and ColdBox applications.

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Use this skill when working with the ColdBox event object (prc/rc), managing request collections, rendering views and data responses, handling redirects with relocate(), controlling HTTP status codes, or implementing event caching in ColdBox handlers.

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Use this skill when choosing a ColdBox application layout (flat, boxlang, or modern), scaffolding a new ColdBox project, understanding project directory structure, deciding between app structure options, or migrating from one layout to another. Use when asked about flat layout, boxlang template, modern template, app structure, project skeleton, or web root separation.

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Use this skill when building RESTful APIs in ColdBox using RestHandler, creating CRUD API endpoints, implementing API versioning, handling JWT/bearer token authentication, building structured error responses, or creating resource representations with mementos.

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Use this skill when reviewing ColdBox application code for correctness, security, performance, testability, and adherence to ColdBox conventions. Covers handlers, services, models, interceptors, modules, routing, ORM/OBM usage, REST APIs, dependency injection patterns, and common anti-patterns to flag during pull request reviews.

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Use this skill when extending or overriding ColdBox framework internals via the Decorator pattern -- specifically creating a ControllerDecorator to wrap the main ColdBox controller, or a RequestContextDecorator to wrap and augment the request context (event) object with custom methods or overridden behavior.

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Use this skill when rendering views and partials in ColdBox, creating reusable view components, caching view output, passing data to views, rendering views from services, using renderView() inline, or dynamically selecting views based on context.

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Use this skill when integrating AI capabilities into a ColdBox application using the BoxLang AI library (bx-ai module) -- including simple chat, streaming, pipelines, agents, RAG with vector memory, document loading, tool calling, and injecting the AI service into handlers or models.

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Use this skill when creating ColdBox interceptors for cross-cutting concerns, listening to framework lifecycle events, implementing security checks, logging, CORS, rate limiting, request/response transformation, or firing and listening to custom interception points.

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Use this skill when working with the ColdBox RequestContext object (event), managing rc and prc collections, building URLs with buildLink(), detecting HTTP methods, accessing request metadata, working with flash scope, handling AJAX requests, or reading HTTP headers and body content.

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Use this skill when configuring a ColdBox application in ColdBox.cfc, setting up environments, managing module settings, defining datasources, configuring logging with LogBox, setting up caching with CacheBox, or wiring dependencies with WireBox settings.

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Use this skill when unit testing ColdBox model objects (services, repositories, entities, or utility classes) in isolation using BaseModelTest, accessing the pre-wired model variable, leveraging the built-in mock helpers (mockLogger, mockLogBox, mockCacheBox, mockWireBox), calling model.init() to initialize the component, mocking injected properties with prepareMock(), or scaffolding model tests with CommandBox.

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Use this skill when using the ColdBox CLI (CommandBox module) to scaffold applications, generate handlers, models, services, views, layouts, interceptors, modules, ORM artifacts, tests, or manage AI integration. Covers all `coldbox create` commands, language flags (BoxLang vs CFML), app skeleton selection, feature flags (--docker, --vite, --rest, --migrations, --ai), template token patterns, layout detection, and AI integration sub-commands.

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Use this skill when unit testing ColdBox interceptors in isolation using BaseInterceptorTest, accessing the pre-wired interceptor variable, leveraging mock helpers (mockController, mockRequestService, mockLogger, mockLogBox, mockFlash), configuring interceptor properties with configProperties, calling interceptor announce points directly, or scaffolding interceptor tests with CommandBox.

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Use this skill when building ColdBox Proxy objects to expose ColdBox event handlers to remote callers such as ColdFusion web services, Flex/AIR, event gateways, or CFC data binding -- enabling non-HTTP protocols to participate in the ColdBox event model.

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Use this skill when testing ColdBox event handlers with execute(), asserting rc/prc collections, verifying view selection and rendered output, mocking relocations, testing renderData() and getHandlerResults(), setting HTTP methods and headers, injecting mocks into handlers, or using BaseHandlerTest for isolated handler unit tests.

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Use this skill when creating ColdBox handlers (controllers), implementing CRUD actions, adding dependency injection to handlers, working with preHandler/postHandler advices, secured actions, REST handlers, or the EventHandler base class.

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Use this skill when creating reusable ColdBox modules, writing ModuleConfig.cfc, defining module-specific routes, models, settings, and interceptors, packaging modules for ForgeBox, or building internal application sub-systems as modules.

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Use this skill when implementing caching inside a ColdBox application -- configuring CacheBox via ColdBox.cfc or config/CacheBox.cfc, injecting caches with WireBox (cachebox:name), using getCache() in handlers, event/view output caching with setEventCacheableEntry(), view fragment caching with renderView(cache=true), query caching, cache listeners as ColdBox interceptors, Redis/distributed provider setup, or choosing between default and template caches.

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Use this skill to understand which ColdBox testing base class to extend for a given test type, configure test bundle annotations (appMapping, configMapping, unloadColdBox, loadColdBox, coldboxAppKey), set up the tests/ harness (Application.cfc, folder structure), or choose between integration testing (BaseTestCase), isolated handler testing (BaseHandlerTest), model unit testing (BaseModelTest), and interceptor unit testing (BaseInterceptorTest).

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Use this skill when writing or improving documentation comments for ColdBox application code -- handlers, models, services, interceptors, layouts, modules, and configuration files. Covers what to document, what to skip, ColdBox-specific patterns for @event/@rc/@prc, integration with DocBox annotations, and documentation standards that result in accurate, useful API docs.

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Use this skill when building async pipelines, working with ColdBox Futures, running parallel computations with all()/allApply()/anyOf(), registering and managing thread-pool executors, or accessing the AsyncManager via the async() helper.

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