Reusable, audited skills for BoxLang & the Ortus ecosystem.
Use this skill when helping developers migrate from CFML (Adobe ColdFusion or Lucee) to BoxLang, understanding key syntax and behavioral differences, using the bx-compat-cfml compatibility module, converting CFML file types, fixing common migration issues (scopes, annotations, query params, date handling), and writing code that works on both runtimes.
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.
Use this skill for testing web-context code outside a web server in BoxLang with bx-web-support: mockServerGet/Post/Put/Delete/Patch, mockRequestNew, mockRequestRun, setting request headers/body/path, and testing handlers that depend on getHTTPRequestData(), form scope, URL scope, and other web BIFs.
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 when creating AI tools (function calling) with aiTool(): parameter descriptions, tool registries, using tools with aiChat() and agents, the aiToolRegistry() BIF, global skills with aiglobalSkills(), and best practices for tool design.
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.
Use this skill when building RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) systems with BoxLang AI: aiDocuments() for loading and chunking documents, aiEmbed() for embeddings, vector memory providers, ingesting documents into vector stores, and wiring RAG into agents.
Use this skill when working with FTP, FTPS, or SFTP operations in BoxLang: connecting to servers, uploading/downloading files, managing remote directories, listing contents, SSH key authentication, named connection pooling, and using the bx:ftp component.
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.
Use this skill when you need the evaluate() BIF in BoxLang for legacy CFML migration or dynamic expression evaluation. This module is explicitly opt-in due to security risks and should be avoided in new code.
Use this skill when working with BoxLang's interceptor/event system: creating interceptors, registering announcement points, announcing custom events with announce() or announceAsync(), building pre/post operation hooks, validation interceptors, security guards, or leveraging BoxRegisterInterceptor() BIF for standalone and module-based interception.
Use this skill for CommandBox task runners: creating task CFCs, targets, passing parameters, lifecycle events (preTask/postTask/onError), interactive jobs with job DSL, progress bars, async/threading with AsyncManager, watching files, running commands from tasks, shell integration, property files, downloading files, sending email from tasks, and task target dependencies.
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.
Use this skill when writing BoxLang AI chat code: aiChat(), aiChatAsync(), aiChatStream(), parameters (temperature, max_tokens, model), provider selection, API keys, return formats, multi-turn conversations, and error handling.
Use this skill when selecting and installing JDBC driver modules for BoxLang database connectivity: bx-derby, bx-mysql, bx-mariadb, bx-mssql, bx-postgresql, bx-sqlite, bx-oracle, bx-hypersql. Each module packages the appropriate JDBC driver.
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.
Use this skill when sending email in BoxLang with the bx-mail module: bx:mail component, attachments with bx:mailparam, multipart emails with bx:mailpart, SMTP configuration in boxlang.json, S/MIME signing and encryption, and server-level mail settings.
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.
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 creating custom BoxLang components (tags): component file structure, attribute declarations, body/output handling, registering component paths in modules, the difference between components and classes, and testing custom components.
Use this skill when configuring BoxLang runtime settings via boxlang.json, setting environment variables for config overrides, configuring datasources, caches, executors, modules, logging, security, or schedulers — or when helping someone understand the BoxLang configuration system.
Use this skill for developing CommandBox extensions: creating custom commands (CFCs with run() method), command namespaces, parameters and tab completion, WireBox DI injection, command output with print helper, running sub-commands, creating modules (ModuleConfig.cfc), module conventions (commands/models/interceptors), interceptors, lifecycle events, custom interception points, injection DSL, user settings, and linking modules for development.
Use this skill when building, deploying, or debugging BoxLang applications on AWS Lambda — including Lambda.bx structure, handler conventions, environment variables, SAM CLI testing, performance optimization, connection pooling, multi-function routing, and the boxlang-starter-aws-lambda project.
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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