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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 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 using the ColdBox CLI (CommandBox module) to scaffold applications, generate handlers, models, services, views, layouts, interceptors, modules, ORM artifacts, tests, or manage AI integration. Covers all `coldbox create` commands, language flags (BoxLang vs CFML), app skeleton selection, feature flags (--docker, --vite, --rest, --migrations, --ai), template token patterns, layout detection, and AI integration sub-commands.

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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 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 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 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 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.

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Use this skill when creating ColdBox interceptors for cross-cutting concerns, listening to framework lifecycle events, implementing security checks, logging, CORS, rate limiting, request/response transformation, or firing and listening to custom interception points.

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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 creating or customizing ContentBox themes, including theme structure, metadata/settings, layout and view composition, collection templates, widget overrides, and theme lifecycle callbacks.

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Use this skill when implementing or maintaining ContentBox multi-site setups, including domain/site resolution, site-specific content and themes, settings isolation, menu behavior, and operational best practices.

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Use this skill when integrating AI capabilities into a ColdBox application using the BoxLang AI library (bx-ai module) -- including simple chat, streaming, pipelines, agents, RAG with vector memory, document loading, tool calling, and injecting the AI service into handlers or models.

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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 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 implementing or customizing ContentBox two-factor authentication providers, trusted device flows, enrollment/verification UX, enforcement policies, and provider lifecycle handling.

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Use this skill when configuring DocBox to generate API documentation, choosing output strategies (HTML, JSON, UML, CommandBox), setting up single or multiple source directories, running DocBox from BoxLang CLI or CommandBox CLI, customizing HTML themes, excluding files/folders from output, or building custom output strategies.

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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 implementing API key authentication in ColdBox REST APIs, generating and validating API keys, caching API key lookups with CacheBox, implementing bearer token middleware, managing API key scopes and revocation, or adding an API key interceptor to protect REST endpoints.

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Use this skill when implementing user authentication in ColdBox with CBAuth, creating user services with retrieveUserById/retrieveUserByUsername, hashing passwords with BCrypt, managing login/logout sessions, implementing remember me functionality, or setting up the CBAuth module configuration.

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Use this skill when implementing authorization in ColdBox with CBSecurity, defining security rules for events and URLs, checking user roles with cbsecurity.has(), checking permissions with cbsecurity.can(), implementing role-based route protection, using @secured annotations on handler actions, or blocking unauthorized access.

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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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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 setting up the full CBSecurity framework in ColdBox, configuring the security firewall, creating authentication services, implementing security event handlers, configuring security rules and validators, or building a complete security layer for a ColdBox application.

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