Skills Directory
Reusable, audited skills for BoxLang & the Ortus ecosystem.
Use this skill when working with WireBox dependency injection -- bootstrapping the injector, configuring binders, creating object mappings, using the injection DSL, setting persistence scopes, applying providers to avoid scope-widening, lazy properties, property observers, object delegation, virtual inheritance, child injectors, the object populator, or WireBox event listeners. Applies to both standalone and ColdBox-integrated usage.
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Use this skill when implementing ContentBox security and permissions, including roles, permission modeling, cbSecurity integration, authorization checks, CSRF/rate-limiting protections, and hardening patterns.
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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 implementing ContentBox security and permissions, including roles, permission modeling, cbSecurity integration, authorization checks, CSRF/rate-limiting protections, and hardening patterns.
Use this skill when extending the ContentBox admin UI with custom menus, views, interception points, editor integrations, workflows, and secure admin-only module behaviors.
Use this skill when implementing ContentBox media workflows, including uploads, storage abstraction with cbfs, image handling/resizing, media delivery patterns, and governance/security controls for assets.
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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 building ContentBox widgets, including BaseWidget patterns, render logic, dependency injection, editor metadata annotations, caching choices, and safe output/rendering practices.
Use this skill when implementing ContentBox content models and rendering flows, including entries/pages/content stores, custom fields, entity relationships, lifecycle callbacks, and content-type specific behaviors.
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Use this skill when writing JavaDoc-style DocBox comments on BoxLang or CFML classes, properties, functions, and arguments; adding @author/@version/@since/@return/@throws/@deprecated block tags; using @doc.type for generic array/struct types; or preparing source code for API documentation generation with DocBox.
Use this skill when implementing Single Sign-On (SSO) in ColdBox with the cbsso module, configuring OAuth2 providers like Google, Azure AD, or Okta, handling OAuth2 callback flows, mapping SSO identity to local user accounts, or implementing social login buttons with OpenID Connect.
Use this skill when understanding ContentBox architecture, core modules, service layer, multi-site behavior, security foundations, and the recommended extension points for building or maintaining ContentBox solutions.
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Use this skill when understanding ContentBox architecture, core modules, service layer, multi-site behavior, security foundations, and the recommended extension points for building or maintaining ContentBox solutions.
Use this skill when building ContentBox widgets, including BaseWidget patterns, render logic, dependency injection, editor metadata annotations, caching choices, and safe output/rendering practices.
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Use this skill when implementing ContentBox media workflows, including uploads, storage abstraction with cbfs, image handling/resizing, media delivery patterns, and governance/security controls for assets.
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 implementing passkeys (WebAuthn/FIDO2) passwordless authentication in ColdBox with cbsecurity-passkeys, configuring relying party settings, building passkey registration and authentication flows, managing passkey device storage, or adding biometric and hardware security key login support.
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 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 working with dependency injection inside a ColdBox application -- the ColdBox injection DSL namespaces (coldbox:, logbox:, cachebox:, wirebox:, model:), module settings injection, injecting ColdBox services (interceptors, flash, router, scheduler), configuring the WireBox binder in ColdBox context, the enhanced ColdBox binder helpers, or wiring handlers/interceptors/models via ColdBox-aware WireBox.
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Use this skill when implementing flash RAM messaging in ColdBox, using cbMessageBox for styled notifications, building POST-REDIRECT-GET patterns, persisting messages across redirects, showing success/error/warning/info alerts, or integrating flash with form validation.
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Use this skill when writing integration tests for ColdBox that use real dependencies (database, WireBox, ColdBox context), testing full request/response cycles with execute(), setting up and tearing down test databases, testing services with real data, or using BaseTestCase for end-to-end handler tests with actual WireBox injections.
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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 implementing or customizing ContentBox two-factor authentication providers, trusted device flows, enrollment/verification UX, enforcement policies, and provider lifecycle handling.