Skills Directory

Use when designing, implementing, or reviewing secure software systems with practical threat modeling and defense-in-depth controls. Invoke for authentication, authorization, secrets handling, input validation, secure coding standards, and remediation planning.

ortus-solutions

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Use this skill when creating dynamic Java-compatible proxies of ColdBox/BoxLang components using cbproxies. Covers ProxyFactory injection, creating proxies for Java interfaces, lazy-loading components, method interception, and integration with Java frameworks that require interface implementations (JDBC, Hibernate, Java threading, etc.).

coldbox

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Use this skill when adding internationalization (i18n) and localization (l10n) to a ColdBox/BoxLang application with the cbi18n module. Covers installation, resource bundle formats (.properties and JSON), locale management, translation helpers ($r / getResource), positional and named substitutions, multiple bundles, locale switching, and date/number formatting.

coldbox

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Use this skill when implementing server-side pagination in ColdBox/BoxLang using cbpaginator. Covers installation, Paginator service configuration, generating pagination metadata for APIs and views, integrating with QB QueryBuilder, rendering Bootstrap pagination controls, and building pageable collection responses.

coldbox

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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.

coldbox

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Use this skill whenever working with LogBox -- standalone or inside a ColdBox application. Covers installation, configuration DSL (appenders, root logger, categories), all built-in appender types with their properties, logger injection via WireBox DSL, category inheritance, structured logging with extraInfo, performance patterns (can{} methods, closure messages), custom appenders, custom layouts, async logging, environment-specific config, and production best practices.

coldbox

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Use this skill when managing database schema changes in ColdBox/BoxLang using cfmigrations and its Schema Builder. Covers migration file structure, the Schema Builder API (create/alter/drop tables, column types, indexes, foreign keys), seed files, and running migrations via CommandBox CLI.

coldbox

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Use this skill when converting Markdown to HTML in a ColdBox/BoxLang application using the cbmarkdown module. Covers installation, injecting the Processor, converting Markdown strings to HTML, using in views, supported syntax (GFM, tables, code blocks), and security considerations for user-generated Markdown.

coldbox

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Use this skill when implementing user authentication with the cbauth module in ColdBox/BoxLang applications. Covers installation, IUserService and IAuthUser interfaces, session-based login/logout, manual login, authentication checks, CBStorages integration, Flash RAM messaging, and security patterns for credential handling.

coldbox

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Use this skill when generating OpenAPI 3.x (Swagger) documentation for ColdBox/BoxLang REST APIs using cbswagger. Covers installation, module configuration, handler/action JSDoc annotations, request/response schemas, security definitions, parameter documentation, and accessing the generated spec.

coldbox

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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.

coldbox

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Use this skill when integrating Elasticsearch into a ColdBox/BoxLang application with the cbelasticsearch module. Covers installation, cluster configuration, document indexing (single and bulk), full-text search with the query DSL, aggregations, highlighting, scroll/pagination, index alias management, and production best practices.

coldbox

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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.

coldbox

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Use this skill when managing database schema changes in ColdBox/BoxLang using cfmigrations and commandbox-migrations. Covers migration file structure, Schema Builder API, seeding, and CLI workflows for creating, running, and rolling back migrations safely.

coldbox

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Use this skill when working with Hibernate ORM in ColdBox/BoxLang using the cborm module. Covers BaseORMService, VirtualEntityService, the Criteria Builder (restrictions, projections, joins, sub-queries, pagination), transaction management, event interceptions, and production patterns for data access layers.

coldbox

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Use this skill when working with BCrypt password hashing in ColdBox/BoxLang applications. Covers installation, work-factor configuration, hashing passwords, verifying credentials, generating salts, mixin helpers in handlers/interceptors, user registration, authentication, password change/reset, and security best practices for credential handling.

coldbox

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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.

coldbox

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Use this skill when validating user input in ColdBox/BoxLang using cbvalidation. Covers constraint definitions, validate()/validateOrFail() calls, built-in validators, custom validators, shared constraint files, error handling in handlers, and integrating validation results with views and REST APIs.

coldbox

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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.

coldbox

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Use this skill when dynamically loading Java JAR libraries at runtime in a ColdBox application using cbjavaloader. Covers installation, classpath configuration, creating Java objects from JARs, reloading in development, and common use cases (PDF processing, Apache POI, image manipulation).

coldbox

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Use this skill for all ColdBox-specific logging concerns: configuring LogBox inside a ColdBox application (config/LogBox.cfc, inline DSL, configFile pointer), per-environment log levels, injecting loggers into handlers/interceptors/services via the WireBox logbox DSL, accessing logbox from the ColdBox proxy, and logging best practices specific to the ColdBox lifecycle.

coldbox

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Use this skill when making HTTP requests from ColdBox/BoxLang applications using the Hyper HTTP client. Covers HyperBuilder injection, fluent request construction, GET/POST/PUT/DELETE shortcuts, headers, authentication, timeout configuration, response handling, error handling, and production patterns for REST API integrations.

coldbox

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Use this skill when implementing Single Sign-On (SSO) in ColdBox/BoxLang using the cbsso module. Covers SAML2 and OAuth2/OIDC configuration, the SSOService API, redirect-to-provider flow, callback processing, token validation, user provisioning on first login, and session management.

coldbox

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Use this skill when implementing asynchronous background job processing in ColdBox/BoxLang with cbq. Covers job class creation, queue configuration (database, Redis, SQS), dispatching jobs, delayed dispatch, queue routing, retry handling, worker pool management, and monitoring patterns.

coldbox

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