Skills Directory
Reusable, audited skills for BoxLang & the Ortus ecosystem.
Use when creating or editing GitBook documentation: frontmatter, hint blocks, content-ref, embed blocks, tabs, code blocks, tables, SUMMARY.md navigation, and GitBook-specific syntax for use in external editors such as Cursor, Claude Code, or VS Code.
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Use when authoring or debugging composite GitHub Actions: adding platform support (Windows/Linux/macOS), fixing PATH issues on runners, updating action inputs/outputs/steps, writing PowerShell steps, debugging installer flag ordering, or adding CI test jobs.
ortus-solutions
Use when writing, reviewing, or formatting any Ortus Solutions code (BoxLang, CFML, or Java) to ensure it follows the official Ortus coding standards: indentation, spacing, brace placement, naming, alignment, comments, and structural conventions.
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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 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 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 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 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 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 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 RESTful APIs in ColdBox using RestHandler, creating CRUD API endpoints, implementing API versioning, handling JWT/bearer token authentication, building structured error responses, or creating resource representations with mementos.
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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 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 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 to understand which ColdBox testing base class to extend for a given test type, configure test bundle annotations (appMapping, configMapping, unloadColdBox, loadColdBox, coldboxAppKey), set up the tests/ harness (Application.cfc, folder structure), or choose between integration testing (BaseTestCase), isolated handler testing (BaseHandlerTest), model unit testing (BaseModelTest), and interceptor unit testing (BaseInterceptorTest).
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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 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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