coldbox-agent-skills

Use this skill when working with CacheBox as a standalone caching framework (outside ColdBox) -- installing, creating and bootstrapping the CacheFactory, configuring the DSL, choosing object stores and eviction policies, selecting cache providers (CacheBoxProvider, CF, Lucee), implementing cache-aside/stampede-protection patterns, registering standalone listeners, named caches, disk/JDBC stores, reaping, shutdown, or monitoring cache performance.

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.

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.

Use this skill when integrating AI capabilities into a ColdBox application using the BoxLang AI library (bx-ai module) -- including simple chat, streaming, pipelines, agents, RAG with vector memory, document loading, tool calling, and injecting the AI service into handlers or models.

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.