Skills Directory
Reusable, audited skills for BoxLang & the Ortus ecosystem.
Use this skill when accessing OS and hardware information in BoxLang with the bx-oshi module: CPU usage, memory stats, disk space, network info, battery status, process info, and sensor data using getSystemInfo(), getOperatingSystem(), getHardware(), and convenience BIFs.
Use this skill when working with the network in bx-playwright: mocking and blocking requests with page.intercept() (respondJson, respond, abort, resume, handle), listening to console, requests, responses, page errors and dialogs, HTTP API testing with playwright().request(), cookies and permissions, and saving/reusing logged-in sessions with playwright().session().
Use this skill when installing or configuring bx-playwright (BoxLang browser automation with Playwright): the bx-playwright vs bx-playwright-full distributions, the bxPlaywright CLI (install, doctor, devices, profiles, codegen, show-trace, mcp), module settings in boxlang.json, built-in and custom profiles, BX_PLAYWRIGHT_* environment variables, and CI setup.
Use this skill when driving a browser from BoxLang with bx-playwright: the playwright() BIF, visit(), browse(), newPage()/newContext(), smart selectors (@testId, CSS, visible text), chainable actions (click, fill, check, select, press, upload), finders (byRole, byText, byLabel), locators (nth, filter, texts), within(), frames, waiting, popups, downloads, evaluate, and cleanup., and automation scripts (.bxs jobs with cliGetArgs(), codegen recording, retries, exit codes, cron or boxlang schedule)
Use this skill when connecting AI agents to a browser with bx-playwright: accessibility snapshots in ai mode with element refs (page.snapshot, ref=e12 selectors), playwright().aiTools() for bx-ai agents, aiToolDefinitions() and models.AiBrowser for other frameworks, the Playwright MCP server (bxPlaywright mcp), recording BoxLang code with bxPlaywright codegen, and API self-description with help().
Use this skill when creating AI tools (function calling) with aiTool(): parameter descriptions, tool registries, using tools with aiChat() and agents, the aiToolRegistry() BIF, global skills with aiglobalSkills(), and best practices for tool design.
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Use this skill when sending email in BoxLang with the bx-mail module: bx:mail component, attachments with bx:mailparam, multipart emails with bx:mailpart, SMTP configuration in boxlang.json, S/MIME signing and encryption, and server-level mail settings.
Use this skill when working with FTP, FTPS, or SFTP operations in BoxLang: connecting to servers, uploading/downloading files, managing remote directories, listing contents, SSH key authentication, named connection pooling, and using the bx:ftp component.
Use this skill for CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery) protection in BoxLang web apps: CSRFGenerateToken(), CSRFVerifyToken(), CSRFHiddenField(), CSRFRotate(), token scoping with keys, auto-verification, token expiration, and boxlang.json configuration.
Use this skill when configuring AI models with aiModel(): selecting providers, setting default parameters, structured output schemas, working with the service BIF aiService(), and pre-configuring providers in module settings.
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Use this skill when selecting and installing JDBC driver modules for BoxLang database connectivity: bx-derby, bx-mysql, bx-mariadb, bx-mssql, bx-postgresql, bx-sqlite, bx-oracle, bx-hypersql. Each module packages the appropriate JDBC driver.
Use this skill when querying ORM entities: EntityLoad(), EntityLoadByPK(), EntityLoadByExample(), ORMExecuteQuery(), HQL queries, filtering, sorting, pagination, caching query results, and entity lifecycle BIFs (EntitySave, EntityDelete, EntityNew, EntityMerge).
Use this skill when building AI agents with aiAgent(): instructions, custom models, tools, skills (always-on and lazy), MCP servers, memory, fluent configuration, multi-agent hierarchies, streaming, and agent middleware.
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 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 when generating PDF documents in BoxLang with the bx-pdf module: bx:document component, headers/footers with bx:documentitem, multi-section PDFs with bx:documentsection, saving to file, capturing PDF as binary variable, encryption, and page settings.
Use this skill when you need the evaluate() BIF in BoxLang for legacy CFML migration or dynamic expression evaluation. This module is explicitly opt-in due to security risks and should be avoided in new code.
Use this skill for ORM transactions and session management in BoxLang: transaction{} blocks, automatic flush/rollback, transactionCommit(), transactionRollback(), savepoints, ORMFlush(), ORMClearSession(), multi-entity saves, error handling within transactions.
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 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 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.