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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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 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.

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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.

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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.

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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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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.

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Use this skill when creating or running database migrations in ColdBox with cfmigrations and commandbox-migrations, defining schema changes with the SchemaBuilder API, creating tables and columns, adding indexes and foreign keys, writing seed data, or rolling back schema changes.

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Use this skill when building SQL queries with the QB query builder in ColdBox, using the fluent where/join/orderBy/groupBy/having API, constructing complex subqueries, performing aggregate functions (count/sum/avg/min/max), inserting/updating/deleting records with QB, or using raw expressions.

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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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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.

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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.

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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 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.

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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 configuring CommandBox to run BoxLang server instances, using the BoxLang REPL, running BoxLang task runners, and managing BoxLang modules via CommandBox. Covers server.json BoxLang configuration, CLI commands, module installation, and the BoxLang-specific CommandBox workflow.

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Use this skill when working with CacheBox as a standalone caching framework (outside ColdBox) -- installing, creating and bootstrapping the CacheFactory, configuring the DSL, choosing object stores and eviction policies, selecting cache providers (CacheBoxProvider, CF, Lucee), implementing cache-aside/stampede-protection patterns, registering standalone listeners, named caches, disk/JDBC stores, reaping, shutdown, or monitoring cache performance.

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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.

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Use this skill when implementing Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) in ColdBox, creating role and permission management services, building hierarchical role structures, assigning roles and permissions to users, checking permissions in handlers with cbsecurity, or when designing a group-based access control system.

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Use this skill when implementing CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery) protection in ColdBox forms, using cbcsrf to generate and validate tokens, adding csrf() tokens to HTML forms, validating tokens in POST/PUT/DELETE handlers, configuring the cbcsrf module, or excluding API routes from CSRF verification.

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