Skills Directory
Reusable, audited skills for BoxLang & the Ortus ecosystem.
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 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 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 for secure password hashing and verification in BoxLang with the bx-password-encrypt module: BCryptHash/BCryptVerify, ArgonHash/ArgonVerify, SCryptHash/SCryptVerify, PBKDF2Hash/PBKDF2Verify, and choosing the right algorithm for your use case.
Use this skill when serializing ColdBox/BoxLang ORM entities or model objects to structs/JSON using mementifier. Covers this.memento configuration, getMemento() usage, defaultIncludes/ defaultExcludes/neverInclude, computed properties via mappers, relationship serialization, named profiles, and production API response patterns.
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Use this skill when writing end-to-end browser tests in ColdBox/BoxLang using the cbplaywright module (a Playwright wrapper). Covers test bundle setup, browser/page lifecycle, navigation, selectors, assertions, form interactions, screenshots, network interception, the Page Object pattern, and CI pipeline integration.
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Use this skill when persisting data across requests in ColdBox/BoxLang using cbstorages. Covers Session, Cookie, Cache, Request, and Application storage adapters; configuration; get/set/exists/ delete/clear operations; encryption; TTLs; and patterns for shopping carts, user preferences, and API token caching.
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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 generating PDF documents in BoxLang with the bx-pdf module: bx:document component, headers/footers with bx:documentitem, multi-section PDFs with bx:documentsection, saving to file, capturing PDF as binary variable, encryption, and page settings.
Use this skill when containerizing BoxLang applications with Docker, including choosing the right image variant, running scripts, the MiniServer web runtime, environment variables, health checks, volume mounts, Docker Compose, and production deployment patterns.
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Use this skill when compiling BoxLang to WebAssembly or JavaScript ES modules for use in web browsers and Node.js using MatchBox's --target js or --target wasm flags, integrating with HTML pages, bundlers (Webpack/Vite), and Node.js projects.
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Use this skill when compiling BoxLang scripts to standalone native executables using MatchBox's --target native flag, cross-compiling for multiple platforms, optimizing binary size, and using Native Fusion to expose Rust functions as BoxLang built-in functions.
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Use this skill when creating a BoxLang module: ModuleConfig.bx structure, lifecycle methods (configure/onLoad/onUnload), module metadata, registering interceptors and BIFs, Gradle build setup, publishing to ForgeBox, or using the official module template.
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 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 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 integrating BoxLang with Spring Boot applications, including the starter dependency, MVC view resolution, template structure, accessing Spring Model attributes, configuration via application.properties, and returning BoxLang views from Spring controllers.
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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 reading or writing INI configuration files in BoxLang with the bx-ini module: getIniFile(), getProfileString(), setProfileString(), getProfileSections(), removeProfileSection(), and fluent IniFile object methods.
Use this skill when configuring bx-orm in BoxLang: Application.bx ormSettings, enabling the ORM, datasource setup, dbcreate options, dialect selection, entity paths, event handling, session management settings, and secondary cache configuration.
Use this skill when working with BoxLang logging: obtaining loggers via LoggingService, using BoxLangLogger (trace/debug/info/warn/error), pre-configured common loggers, creating named loggers, parameterized messages, accessing loggers from context and interceptors, and logging configuration in boxlang.json.
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 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 for OWASP ESAPI encoding, decoding, and HTML sanitization in BoxLang: encodeFor(), encodeForHTML(), encodeForJavaScript(), encodeForSQL(), encodeForURL(), decodeFrom(), htmlSanitize() with AntiSamy, and context-aware output encoding to prevent XSS/injection.