Agent skill

Java Dependencies

Add, update, remove and audit a module's Maven/JAR dependencies in MDL — Studio Pro's Module Settings → Java dependencies tab.

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Install Java Dependencies

skills CLI

$ npx skills add mendixlabs/mxcli --skill java-dependencies -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install mendixlabs/mxcli java-dependencies --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mendixlabs/mxcli.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/mendix/java-dependencies .claude/skills/java-dependencies && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Paste into Claude Code

Install the "java-dependencies" agent skill from https://github.com/mendixlabs/mxcli/tree/main/.claude/skills/mendix/java-dependencies into .claude/skills/java-dependencies/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "java-dependencies", then confirm the skill loads.

Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

$skill-installer

$skill-installer install https://github.com/mendixlabs/mxcli/tree/main/.claude/skills/mendix/java-dependencies

Type this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add mendixlabs/mxcli --skill java-dependencies -a codex

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install mendixlabs/mxcli java-dependencies --agent codex

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mendixlabs/mxcli.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/mendix/java-dependencies .agents/skills/java-dependencies && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.

Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/

Paste into Codex

Install the "java-dependencies" agent skill from https://github.com/mendixlabs/mxcli/tree/main/.claude/skills/mendix/java-dependencies into .agents/skills/java-dependencies/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "java-dependencies", then confirm the skill loads.

Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add mendixlabs/mxcli --skill java-dependencies -a cursor

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install mendixlabs/mxcli java-dependencies --agent cursor

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mendixlabs/mxcli.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/mendix/java-dependencies .cursor/skills/java-dependencies && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.

Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/

Paste into Cursor

Install the "java-dependencies" agent skill from https://github.com/mendixlabs/mxcli/tree/main/.claude/skills/mendix/java-dependencies into .cursor/skills/java-dependencies/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "java-dependencies", then confirm the skill loads.

Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

gemini skills install

$ gemini skills install https://github.com/mendixlabs/mxcli.git --path .claude/skills/mendix/java-dependencies

--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add mendixlabs/mxcli --skill java-dependencies -a gemini-cli

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install mendixlabs/mxcli java-dependencies --agent gemini-cli

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mendixlabs/mxcli.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/mendix/java-dependencies .gemini/skills/java-dependencies && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.

Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into Gemini CLI

Install the "java-dependencies" agent skill from https://github.com/mendixlabs/mxcli/tree/main/.claude/skills/mendix/java-dependencies into .gemini/skills/java-dependencies/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "java-dependencies", then confirm the skill loads.

Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install mendixlabs/mxcli java-dependencies

Installs for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

skills CLI

$ npx skills add mendixlabs/mxcli --skill java-dependencies -a github-copilot

Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mendixlabs/mxcli.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/mendix/java-dependencies .github/skills/java-dependencies && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.

GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into GitHub Copilot

Install the "java-dependencies" agent skill from https://github.com/mendixlabs/mxcli/tree/main/.claude/skills/mendix/java-dependencies into .github/skills/java-dependencies/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "java-dependencies", then confirm the skill loads.

GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

skills CLI

$ npx skills add mendixlabs/mxcli --skill java-dependencies -a opencode

OpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.

GitHub CLI

$ gh skill install mendixlabs/mxcli java-dependencies --agent opencode

Project scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.

Manual copy

$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/mendixlabs/mxcli.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/mendix/java-dependencies .opencode/skills/java-dependencies && rm -rf skills-src

Use ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.

OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/

Paste into OpenCode

Install the "java-dependencies" agent skill from https://github.com/mendixlabs/mxcli/tree/main/.claude/skills/mendix/java-dependencies into .opencode/skills/java-dependencies/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "java-dependencies", then confirm the skill loads.

OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.

Facts

Skill name: java-dependencies
GitHub stars: 128
Token cost: ~1k tokens
SKILL.md length: 317 words
Files: 1
Skills in repo: 75
Repo updated: Oct 7, 2026
First seen: Oct 7, 2026
Licence: Apache-2.0

At a glance

Add, update, remove and audit a module's Maven/JAR dependencies in MDL — Studio Pro's Module Settings → Java dependencies tab.

Works in 2 steps: Open the project in Studio Pro — it will… → Or run mxcli docker build which invokes…
A Java action needs an external library
SKILL.md covers When to Use This Skill, Listing Dependencies, Describing a Dependency and Adding a Dependency, plus 7 more sections
Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md

What it does

Java Dependencies is an agent skill from mendixlabs/mxcli. Add, update, remove and audit a module's Maven/JAR dependencies in MDL — Studio Pro's Module Settings → Java dependencies tab. Use when a Java action needs an external library, when bumping a library version, or when auditing which modules pull what.

Its SKILL.md is about 1k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.

It works with Java and Gradle. The repository describes itself as: Mendix cli tool, a headless way to work with Mendix projects. Enables Mendix projects for use with 3rd party agentic coding tools like Claude Code and Copilot. Includes a… The licence is Apache-2.0.

When your agent uses it

A Java action needs an external library
Bumping a library version
Auditing which modules pull what

Example prompts

“s Maven/JAR dependencies in MDL — Studio Pro”
“/java-dependencies”

Requirements

Docker

Workflow steps

2 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

Open the project in Studio Pro — it will trigger Gradle to populate vendorlib/.
Or run mxcli docker build which invokes mx and triggers the Gradle sync.

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit a924d11. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md (its code samples are sql and bash).
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
No URLs in SKILL.md.
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Java Dependencies loads about 1k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 67 tokens; SKILL.md has 317 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it: ~67
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches: ~1k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check passed

The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from mendixlabs/mxcli at commit a924d11, republished under its Apache-2.0 licence (© mendixlabs). 317 words, ~1,021 tokens.

Download SKILL.mdSave it as .claude/skills/java-dependencies/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).

name: java-dependencies
description: Add, update, remove and audit a module's Maven/JAR dependencies in MDL — Studio Pro's Module Settings → Java dependencies tab. Use when a Java action needs an external library, when bumping a library version, or when auditing which modules pull what.

Managing Maven / JAR Dependencies

This skill explains how to add, update, and remove Maven/JAR dependencies in a Mendix module using MDL. These are the dependencies declared in Studio Pro's Module Settings → Java dependencies tab, stored as Projects$JarDependency entries inside the module's Projects$ModuleSettings unit.

When to Use This Skill

Adding a new external library for a Java action (Jackson, Apache HTTP client, etc.)
Updating a library version across modules
Disabling a dependency without removing it (included = false)
Auditing which modules have JAR dependencies

If you only need to copy JARs into vendorlib/ for a local build (without registering them in module settings), that is a different operation and does NOT require MDL.

Listing Dependencies

sql

-- All modules
LIST JAR DEPENDENCIES;

-- Single module
LIST JAR DEPENDENCIES IN MyModule;

Output columns: module, group, artifact, version, included.

Describing a Dependency

sql

DESCRIBE JAR DEPENDENCY MyModule 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind';

Outputs a re-executable ALTER MODULE ... ADD JAR DEPENDENCY (...) block.

Adding a Dependency

sql

mdl 1;
ALTER MODULE MyModule
  ADD JAR DEPENDENCY (
    group    = 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core',
    artifact = 'jackson-databind',
    version  = '2.21.2',
    included = true,
  );

included defaults to true when set explicitly; always set it to be explicit.
The coordinate group:artifact must be unique within the module.

Updating a Dependency

sql

mdl 1;
-- Change the version
ALTER MODULE MyModule
  SET JAR DEPENDENCY 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind' VERSION '2.21.3';

-- Disable without removing (keeps the entry, classpath excluded at build time)
ALTER MODULE MyModule
  SET JAR DEPENDENCY 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind' INCLUDED false;

Managing Transitive Exclusions

sql

mdl 1;
-- Exclude a transitive dependency
ALTER MODULE MyModule
  SET JAR DEPENDENCY 'org.duckdb:duckdb_jdbc'
    ADD EXCLUSION 'com.example:conflicting-lib';

-- Remove an exclusion
ALTER MODULE MyModule
  SET JAR DEPENDENCY 'org.duckdb:duckdb_jdbc'
    DROP EXCLUSION 'com.example:conflicting-lib';

Removing a Dependency

sql

mdl 1;
ALTER MODULE MyModule
  DROP JAR DEPENDENCY 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind';

Jackson Version Gotcha

Jackson 2.x and 3.x use different package namespaces:

Version	Group ID	Import prefix
2.x	`com.fasterxml.jackson.core`	`com.fasterxml.jackson.*`
3.x	`tools.jackson.core`	`tools.jackson.*`

If Java code imports com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.* you need 2.x. Pin to the version the Mendix runtime bundles to avoid classloader conflicts:

bash

ls ~/.mxcli/mxbuild/<runtime-version>/runtime/bundles/ | grep jackson

After Adding a Dependency

MDL writes the Projects$JarDependency entry into the .mpr file. Gradle still needs to resolve and download the JAR:

Open the project in Studio Pro — it will trigger Gradle to populate vendorlib/.
Or run mxcli docker build which invokes mx and triggers the Gradle sync.

Until Gradle runs, the JAR is declared but not yet present in vendorlib/. This is the same state as adding a dependency in Studio Pro before clicking OK.

Coordinate Format

Coordinates use the group:artifact format (no version):

'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-databind'
'org.duckdb:duckdb_jdbc'

The version is stored separately and shown in LIST JAR DEPENDENCIES output.

java-actions — authoring Java actions
project-settings — other module/project settings

Files

Just SKILL.md in .claude/skills/mendix/java-dependencies of mendixlabs/mxcli.

Open the folder on GitHubat commit a924d11

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Questions about Java Dependencies

What does Java Dependencies do?

Add, update, remove and audit a module's Maven/JAR dependencies in MDL — Studio Pro's Module Settings → Java dependencies tab. Java Dependencies is an agent skill from mendixlabs/mxcli. Add, update, remove and audit a module's Maven/JAR dependencies in MDL — Studio Pro's Module Settings → Java dependencies tab.

When should I use Java Dependencies?

Java Dependencies fits situations like: A Java action needs an external library; bumping a library version; auditing which modules pull what.

How do I install Java Dependencies in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add mendixlabs/mxcli --skill java-dependencies -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/mendix/java-dependencies in mendixlabs/mxcli) into .claude/skills/java-dependencies in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Java Dependencies in Codex?

Run `npx skills add mendixlabs/mxcli --skill java-dependencies -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/mendix/java-dependencies in mendixlabs/mxcli) into .agents/skills/java-dependencies in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Java Dependencies in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add mendixlabs/mxcli --skill java-dependencies -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/java-dependencies, .gemini/skills/java-dependencies, .github/skills/java-dependencies and .opencode/skills/java-dependencies in your project.

What does Java Dependencies need to run?

SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Java Dependencies is instructions for the agent only. Our summary lists: Docker.

Does Java Dependencies access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Java Dependencies safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Java Dependencies use?

Java Dependencies is published under the Apache-2.0 licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.

How many tokens does Java Dependencies use?

About 1k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.1k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Java Dependencies?

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Who maintains Java Dependencies?

mendixlabs (a GitHub organization) maintains it in mendixlabs/mxcli, which has 128 GitHub stars. The repository holds 75 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 7, 2026.

Source: mendixlabs/mxcli on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.

Install Java Dependencies

Facts

At a glance

What it does

When your agent uses it

Example prompts

Requirements

Workflow steps

What it can do on your machine

Tool permissions

Runs code

Network

Credentials

Context cost

Safety

SKILL.md

Managing Maven / JAR Dependencies

When to Use This Skill

Listing Dependencies

Describing a Dependency

Adding a Dependency

Updating a Dependency

Managing Transitive Exclusions

Removing a Dependency

Jackson Version Gotcha

After Adding a Dependency

Coordinate Format

Related Skills

Files

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