Skills Directory
Reusable, audited skills for BoxLang & the Ortus ecosystem.
Use this skill when implementing caching in BoxLang applications: cache providers, cachePut/cacheGet BIFs, output caching, cache regions, distributed caching with Redis or Couchbase, TTL policies, and distributed locking.
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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 writing, reviewing, or improving BoxLang code to ensure it follows community best practices for naming, structure, scoping, error handling, performance, and maintainability.
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Use this skill when building, testing, or deploying BoxLang applications on Google Cloud Functions Gen 2, including the handlers/ routing convention, manifest.json, FunctionRunner entry point, environment variables, local development with the GCF invoker, and the boxlang-starter-google-functions project.
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Use this skill when deploying BoxLang applications: CommandBox server setup, Docker containers, serverless (AWS Lambda, Google Cloud Functions, Azure Functions - see their dedicated runtime-* skills), GitHub Actions CI/CD, BoxLang Version Manager (BVM), boxlang.json runtime config, environment variables, or Spring Boot integration.
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Use this skill when running BoxLang as a lightweight web server using the BoxLang MiniServer (Undertow-based), configuring miniserver.json, using the .boxlang.json project convention, enabling health checks, warmup URLs, environment variable overrides, and tuning for development and production.
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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 reviewing BoxLang code or applications for security vulnerabilities, configuring security settings, preventing injection attacks, handling file uploads safely, managing secrets, or applying secure coding patterns drawn from OWASP Top 10 and CFML/Java security history.
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Use this skill when setting up or developing BoxLang on a Chromebook, including enabling Linux development environment, installing Java 21, installing BoxLang, setting up VS Code with the BoxLang extension, and troubleshooting ARM/Intel Chromebook issues.
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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 working with BoxLang asynchronous programming: BoxFuture (CompletableFuture extension), AsyncService, executor types (VIRTUAL/FIXED/CACHED/SCHEDULED), BaseScheduler, ScheduledTask fluent API, scheduling with cron constraints, task lifecycle callbacks, and registerring schedulers via ModuleConfig.bx.
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Use this skill when deploying BoxLang as an enterprise Java servlet application using CommandBox, configuring server.json for BoxLang, installing BoxLang modules, enabling SSL and rewrites, using BoxLang+ or BoxLang++ subscriptions with CommandBox PRO features, and production server configuration.
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Use this skill when deploying BoxLang applications to DigitalOcean App Platform using the official BoxLang starter kit, setting up auto-deployment from GitHub, and understanding the MiniServer + multi-stage Docker build architecture used in the starter.
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Use this skill when defining relationships between ORM entities: one-to-one, one-to-many, many-to-one, many-to-many, lazy loading, cascade options, foreign keys, link tables, singular names, and inverse relationships.
Use this skill to render HTML forms in BoxLang using the bx-ui-forms module: bx:form, bx:input, bx:select, bx:slider, bx:textarea components, form actions and methods, preservedata for sticky forms, input types and labels, and styling considerations.
Use this skill when working with BoxLang lambdas, closures, arrow functions, higher-order functions, functional array/struct pipelines (map, filter, reduce, flatMap, groupBy, etc.), destructuring, or spread syntax.
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Use this skill when setting up GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines for BoxLang projects, including the setup-boxlang action, supported inputs/outputs, installing modules, CommandBox integration, multi-engine testing, and complete workflow templates.
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Use this skill when parsing, querying, or sanitizing HTML in BoxLang with the bx-jsoup module: htmlParse(), htmlClean(), CSS selectors, XSS protection, HTML to JSON/XML conversion, and safe HTML allowlisting.
Use this skill to create charts and graphs in BoxLang with the bx-charts module: bx:chart, bx:chartseries, bx:chartdata, chart types (bar, line, pie, doughnut, radar, polarArea, area, horizontalbar, scatter, bubble), responsive charts, custom colors, legends, and axis configuration.
Use this skill to generate API documentation from BoxLang source code using DocBox: CLI usage, programmatic DocBox.addStrategy().generate(), HTML themes (default SPA and frames), JSON output, UML/XMI output, project title configuration, source exclusions, and commandbox integration.
Use this skill when converting Markdown to HTML or HTML to Markdown in BoxLang using the bx-markdown module. Covers markdown() and HtmlToMarkdown() BIFs.
Use this skill when defining BoxLang ORM entities: the persistent annotation, entity names, table mapping, property annotations, fieldtype, ormType, identifiers/primary keys, composite keys, version fields, and entity inheritance.
Use this skill when producing screenshots, PDFs, images or rendered HTML with bx-playwright: one-shot playwright().screenshot(), pdf(), content() and render(), page and locator screenshots, PDF options (format, margin, landscape, header/footer templates), and the bx:playwrightRender component that renders its body to PDF, PNG, JPEG or WebP with Chromium.
Use this skill when building BoxLang web applications: Application.bx lifecycle, request/response handling, sessions, forms, REST APIs, HTTP clients, routing, CSRF protection, Server-Sent Events, or configuring CommandBox/MiniServer.
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