Skills Directory

Use this skill when writing xUnit-style tests in TestBox using test functions (testXxx()), setup/teardown lifecycle (beforeTests/afterTests/setup/teardown), $assert assertion object, or the Arrange-Act-Assert (AAA) pattern for unit testing services, models, and utilities in isolation.

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Use this skill when writing BDD-style tests with TestBox using describe/it blocks, feature/story/scenario/given/when/then Gherkin-style suites, lifecycle hooks (beforeAll/afterAll/beforeEach/afterEach/aroundEach), focused specs (fit/fdescribe), skipping specs (xit/xdescribe/skip()), spec data binding, asyncAll parallel specs, nested suite trees, labels, or organizing tests around behavior descriptions.

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Use this skill when running TestBox tests: CommandBox CLI (testbox run), BoxLang CLI (./testbox/run), HTML web runner, programmatic TestBox instantiation (run/runRaw/runRemote), configuring test directories or bundles, using the streaming runner (--stream flag / StreamingRunner), watcher mode, all CLI flags (--show-failed-only, --dry-run, --slow-threshold-ms, --stacktrace, --max-failures), or setting up box.json testbox configuration.

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Use this skill when implementing TestBox run listeners (callbacks): onBundleStart, onBundleEnd, onSuiteStart, onSuiteEnd, onSpecStart, onSpecEnd; building progress indicators, custom loggers, or live dashboards that react to test lifecycle events; or passing listener callbacks to TestBox's run(), runRaw(), or the standalone runner.

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Use this skill when creating mocks, stubs, and spies in TestBox using MockBox: createMock(), createEmptyMock(), prepareMock(), stubbing methods with $(), chaining $args()/$results()/$throws(), verifying call counts with $once()/$never()/$times()/$atLeast()/$atMost(), reading call logs with $callLog(), injecting mock properties with $property(), simulating queries with querySim(), or spying on real methods with $spy().

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Use this skill when generating realistic fake/mock data in tests using cbMockData (WireBox ID: MockData@cbMockData): age, boolean, date, datetime, email, fname, lname, name, num, sentence, ssn, string, tel, uuid, url, words, lorem, baconlorem, imageurl, ipaddress, autoincrement, oneof, rnd/rand; generating arrays of objects, nested objects, arrays of values, or using custom supplier closures.

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Use this skill when setting up code coverage analysis for ColdBox/ColdFusion/BoxLang applications, configuring coverage reporting, integrating coverage with CI pipelines, using TestBox coverage options, interpreting coverage metrics, or improving test coverage of untested code paths.

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Use this skill when creating test fixtures, factory patterns, or test data builders in ColdBox/TestBox, setting up shared fixture files, creating user/model factories with overrides, using cbMockData for realistic fake data generation, or managing test data setup and teardown.

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Use this skill when selecting or configuring TestBox reporters: ANTJunit, Console, Doc, JSON, JUnit, Min, MinText, Simple, Text, XML, Streaming; setting reporter options (hideSkipped, editor links for Simple reporter); or creating a custom reporter by implementing the IReporter interface.

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Use this skill when using the TestBox $assert object for xUnit-style assertions: isTrue, isEqual, includes, isEmpty, key, instanceOf, throws, between, closeTo, lengthOf, match, null, typeOf, and others; registering custom assertion functions with addAssertions(); or using BoxLang dynamic assertion methods (assertIsTrue, assertBetween, etc.).

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Use this skill when writing fluent expectations in TestBox using expect(), expectAll(), all built-in matchers (toBe, toBeTrue, toBeArray, toHaveKey, toThrow, toMatch, toBeBetween, toBeCloseTo, toInclude, etc.), the not operator (notToBe, notToBeEmpty, etc.), chaining multiple matchers on one expect(), creating custom matchers with addMatchers(), or using expectAll() over collections.

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