coldbox-cli

What problem does it solve?

The ColdBox CLI skill eliminates the repetitive, error-prone work of manually creating and wiring ColdBox application files and configurations by providing a consistent, discoverable set of commands and templates to scaffold apps, handlers, models, services, views, layouts, interceptors, modules, ORM artifacts, and tests.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Comprehensive Scaffolding: Generate full applications from skeletons or individual artifacts like handlers, services, models, views, layouts, interceptors, modules, and ORM entities.
• Language & Layout Handling: Detect and generate BoxLang (.bx/.bxm) or CFML (.cfc/.cfm) outputs, auto-detect modern vs flat layouts, and convert component/class syntax appropriately.
• Feature Flags & Integrations: Support feature flags (--migrations, --docker, --vite, --rest, --ai) and AI integration subcommands to install, refresh, and manage guidelines, skills, agents, and MCP servers.
• Use Cases: Quickly scaffold a REST API with ORM-backed resources and tests, add AI context files to an existing app, or generate testable module scaffolds for distribution.

Quick Start

Run the ColdBox CLI from your project root to create a new app skeleton and enable AI integration in one step by running coldbox create app myApp --ai.