Skills Directory
Reusable, audited skills for BoxLang & the Ortus ecosystem.
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 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 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 working with BoxLang logging: obtaining loggers via LoggingService, using BoxLangLogger (trace/debug/info/warn/error), pre-configured common loggers, creating named loggers, parameterized messages, accessing loggers from context and interceptors, and logging configuration in boxlang.json.
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 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 integrating BoxLang with Java: createObject, static method calls, type conversion, importing classes, passing closures as functional interfaces, including JARs, JSR-223 scripting, or using Java libraries from BoxLang code.
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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 reviewing BoxLang code for quality, correctness, security vulnerabilities, performance issues, style violations, or when providing structured code review feedback following BoxLang best practices and security guidelines.
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Use this skill when writing BoxLang database code: queryExecute, bx:query, datasource configuration, parameterized queries, transactions, stored procedures, query manipulation, or preventing SQL injection.
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Use this skill when writing BoxLang CLI scripts and classes, handling command-line arguments, using the BoxLang REPL, running action commands (compile, cftranspile, featureaudit), detecting runtime context, and leveraging CLI-specific built-in functions.
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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 creating custom BoxLang built-in functions (BIFs): @BoxBIF annotation, invoke() method, argument handling, accessing BoxRuntime and services, BoxLang vs Java BIF implementations, member functions, and registering BIFs via modules.
Use this skill when creating BoxLang interceptors: Observer/Intercepting Filter patterns, interceptor pools, BoxLang class vs Java interceptors, lambda interceptors, registration via BIFs/InterceptorService/ModuleConfig, interception points, and announcing custom events.
Use this skill when integrating BoxLang with Spring Boot applications, including the starter dependency, MVC view resolution, template structure, accessing Spring Model attributes, configuration via application.properties, and returning BoxLang views from Spring controllers.
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Use this skill when creating, extracting, listing, or modifying ZIP archives in BoxLang using the bx:zip component: compressing directories or files, filtering entries, reading archive contents, downloading files as a ZIP, or building backup/restore workflows.
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Use this skill when implementing BoxLang filesystem watchers: watcherNew/watcherStart/watcherStop lifecycle BIFs, WatcherInstance APIs, event payload handling, recursive directory monitoring, debounce/throttle/atomicWrites tuning, errorThreshold auto-stop behavior, and listener patterns (closure, struct, class, class name string).
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Use this skill when creating or managing BoxLang scheduled workloads: Scheduler DSL classes, BaseScheduler/ScheduledTask fluent APIs, schedulerStart/schedulerGet/schedulerStats BIFs, cron expressions, frequency constraints, lifecycle callbacks, or HTTP-driven tasks with the bx:schedule component.
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Use this skill when writing BoxLang asynchronous code: BoxFuture, futureNew, asyncRun, asyncAll, asyncAny, asyncAllApply, executors, schedulers, thread components, parallel pipelines, file watchers, or distributed locking with bx:lock.
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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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