Skills Directory

Reusable, audited skills for BoxLang & the Ortus ecosystem.

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Use this skill when building Active Record-style ORM models in ColdBox/BoxLang with Quick. Covers entity definition, CRUD operations, relationships (hasOne, hasMany, belongsTo, belongsToMany), query scopes, eager loading, accessors/mutators, global scopes, lifecycle hooks, and production patterns for service-layer data access.

Use this skill when working with Hibernate ORM in ColdBox/BoxLang using the cborm module. Covers BaseORMService, VirtualEntityService, the Criteria Builder (restrictions, projections, joins, sub-queries, pagination), transaction management, event interceptions, and production patterns for data access layers.

Use this skill when building database queries with qb (Query Builder) in ColdBox/BoxLang. Covers QueryBuilder injection, select/from/where/join/group/order/limit clauses, aggregates, inserts, updates, deletes, raw expressions, sub-queries, chunking, and grammar configuration for MySQL, Postgres, MSSQL, and SQLite.

route-visualizer modules

Use this skill when inspecting all registered ColdBox routes using the route-visualizer module. Covers installation as a development dependency, accessing the route-visualizer UI, understanding the route table output, and restricting access to development environments.

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Use this skill when building dynamic, reactive UI components in ColdBox/BoxLang without writing JavaScript using cbwire (a Livewire-inspired library). Covers component creation, reactive data properties, wire:model / wire:click directives, lifecycle hooks, actions, computed properties, events, and production patterns for forms and live search.

cbantisamy modules

Use this skill when sanitizing HTML/XML user input to prevent XSS attacks using the OWASP AntiSamy library via the cbantisamy module. Covers installation, policy selection (strict/relaxed/slashdot/ebay/myspace), custom XML policy files, fluent sanitization API, ColdBox validation integration, and safe rendering of rich user-generated HTML.

socketbox modules

Use this skill when building real-time WebSocket applications in ColdBox/BoxLang using socketbox. Covers event handler setup, onConnect/onDisconnect/onMessage hooks, broadcasting to rooms, client-side JavaScript integration, and production patterns for live notifications and chat.

cbsecurity modules

Use this skill when securing ColdBox/BoxLang applications with cbsecurity. Covers firewall rule configuration, annotation-based security on handlers/actions, JWT authentication, role and permission checks, security context helpers, custom validators, interceptor events, and production hardening patterns.

Use this skill when working with Amazon S3 (or S3-compatible storage) in ColdBox/BoxLang using the s3sdk module. Covers injection, bucket operations, object upload/download/delete, presigned URLs, metadata, ACLs, multipart uploads, and integration with cbfs or direct usage.

cbswagger modules

Use this skill when generating OpenAPI 3.x (Swagger) documentation for ColdBox/BoxLang REST APIs using cbswagger. Covers installation, module configuration, handler/action JSDoc annotations, request/response schemas, security definitions, parameter documentation, and accessing the generated spec.

cbmailservices modules

Use this skill when sending email from a ColdBox/BoxLang application using cbmailservices. Covers installation, SMTP/Postmark/SendGrid protocol configuration, fluent mail builder API, body templates, token replacement, attachments, CC/BCC/replyTo, async sending, and production best practices.

Use this skill when modeling REST APIs with the Relax DSL, defining routes with parameters and response schemas, generating API documentation, and producing JSON/XML specification output for ColdBox-based REST services.

cbmessagebox modules

Use this skill when displaying flash-scope messages (info, success, warning, error) in ColdBox/BoxLang views using the cbmessagebox module. Covers installation, setting messages in handlers, rendering in views/layouts, checking for messages, clearing messages, and Bootstrap-compatible output patterns.

Use this skill when configuring Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) for ColdBox/BoxLang REST APIs using the cors module. Covers allowed origins, methods, headers, credentials, preflight OPTIONS handling, dynamic origin functions, and production hardening.

Use this skill when working with the cbfs file system abstraction module in ColdBox/BoxLang applications. Covers installation, disk configuration (local, S3, RAM, FTP), CRUD file operations, streaming, URL generation, file uploads, directory listing, and multi-provider patterns for different environments.

cbproxies modules

Use this skill when creating dynamic Java-compatible proxies of ColdBox/BoxLang components using cbproxies. Covers ProxyFactory injection, creating proxies for Java interfaces, lazy-loading components, method interception, and integration with Java frameworks that require interface implementations (JDBC, Hibernate, Java threading, etc.).

unleashsdk modules

Use this skill when implementing feature flags and gradual rollouts in ColdBox/BoxLang using the unleashsdk module. Covers UnleashClient configuration, isEnabled() checks, getVariant() for A/B testing, custom context, gradual rollout strategies, and production patterns for safe feature releases.

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cfmigrations modules

Use this skill when managing database schema changes in ColdBox/BoxLang using cfmigrations and its Schema Builder. Covers migration file structure, the Schema Builder API (create/alter/drop tables, column types, indexes, foreign keys), seed files, and running migrations via CommandBox CLI.

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commandbox-migrations modules

Use this skill when running database migrations from the CommandBox CLI using commandbox-migrations, including migrate up/down/reset/refresh, creating migration files, running seeders, and checking migration status. Covers CI/CD usage, configuration, and all CLI commands for cfmigrations.

cbmarkdown modules

Use this skill when converting Markdown to HTML in a ColdBox/BoxLang application using the cbmarkdown module. Covers installation, injecting the Processor, converting Markdown strings to HTML, using in views, supported syntax (GFM, tables, code blocks), and security considerations for user-generated Markdown.

cbplaywright modules

Use this skill when writing end-to-end browser tests in ColdBox/BoxLang using the cbplaywright module (a Playwright wrapper). Covers test bundle setup, browser/page lifecycle, navigation, selectors, assertions, form interactions, screenshots, network interception, the Page Object pattern, and CI pipeline integration.

cbdebugger modules

Use this skill when installing, configuring, or using the CBDebugger visual debugging panel in a ColdBox application. Covers enabling the panel in development, performance profiling, SQL query tracking, cache monitoring, request inspection, and ensuring the debugger is disabled in production.

mementifier modules

Use this skill when serializing ColdBox/BoxLang ORM entities or model objects to structs/JSON using mementifier. Covers this.memento configuration, getMemento() usage, defaultIncludes/ defaultExcludes/neverInclude, computed properties via mappers, relationship serialization, named profiles, and production API response patterns.

Use this skill when implementing asynchronous background job processing in ColdBox/BoxLang with cbq. Covers job class creation, queue configuration (database, Redis, SQS), dispatching jobs, delayed dispatch, queue routing, retry handling, worker pool management, and monitoring patterns.