Agent skill

Spring Boot Skill

by piomin in piomin/sample-spring-modulith

Build Spring Boot 4.x applications following the best practices.

No licenceAuto-check passedBackend & APIs

Install Spring Boot Skill

skills CLI
$ npx skills add piomin/sample-spring-modulith --skill spring-boot-skill -a claude-code

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

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install piomin/sample-spring-modulith spring-boot-skill --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/piomin/sample-spring-modulith.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/.claude/skills/spring-boot .claude/skills/spring-boot-skill && 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/

Facts

Skill name
spring-boot-skill
GitHub stars
144
Token cost
~668 tokens
SKILL.md length
158 words
Files
11 (incl. references)
Skills in repo
1
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Build Spring Boot 4.x applications following the best practices.

  • Tasks that involve Backend development
  • SKILL.md covers Maven pom.xml Configuration, Package structure, Spring Data JPA and Service layer, plus 4 more sections
  • Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
  • Tasks that involve REST APIs

What it does

Spring Boot Skill is an agent skill from piomin/sample-spring-modulith. Build Spring Boot 4.x applications following the best practices. Use these guidelines when developing Spring Boot applications that use Spring MVC, Spring Data JPA, Spring Modulith, Spring Security. Use these guidelines to create recommended Spring Boot package structure. Use these best practices while implementing REST APIs, entities/repositories, service layer, modular monoliths. Use these guidelines while writing tests for REST APIs and Web applications. Configure the recommended plugins and configurations to…

Its SKILL.md is about 670 tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 11 other files, including reference files (for example `references/code-organization.md`, `references/spring-boot-docker-compose.md` and `references/spring-boot-maven-config.md`).

It sits in Backend & APIs, covering Backend development, REST APIs and Containers. It works with Spring Boot and Docker. The repository describes itself as: The demo repository showing modulith architecture with Spring Boot and Spring Modulith.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks that involve Backend development
  • Tasks that involve REST APIs
  • Tasks that involve Containers

Example prompts

  • “/spring-boot-skill”

Requirements

  • Docker

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit ee54cdc. 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.

    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

Spring Boot Skill loads about 668 tokens when it runs, and up to ~12k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 194 tokens; SKILL.md has 158 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~194
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~668
With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them
~12k

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

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 158 words (~668 tokens).

“Apply the practices below when developing Spring Boot applications. Read the linked reference only when working on that area.”

— opening of SKILL.md by piomin
name
spring-boot-skill

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 10 other files (references) in .claude/skills/spring-boot of piomin/sample-spring-modulith.

  • SKILL.md
  • references/code-organization.md
  • references/spring-boot-docker-compose.md
  • references/spring-boot-maven-config.md
  • references/spring-boot-rest-api-testing.md
  • references/spring-boot-webapp-testing-with-mockmvctester.md
  • references/spring-data-jpa.md
  • references/spring-modulith.md
  • references/spring-service-layer.md
  • references/spring-webmvc-rest-api.md
  • references/taskfile.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit ee54cdc

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Spring Bootpiomin/claude-ai-spring-boot1.3k—~2kAutomated safety check: PassApache-2.0

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Categories

Questions about Spring Boot Skill

What does Spring Boot Skill do?

Build Spring Boot 4.x applications following the best practices. Spring Boot Skill is an agent skill from piomin/sample-spring-modulith.x applications following the best practices.

When should I use Spring Boot Skill?

Spring Boot Skill fits situations like: tasks that involve Backend development; tasks that involve REST APIs; tasks that involve Containers.

How do I install Spring Boot Skill in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add piomin/sample-spring-modulith --skill spring-boot-skill -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/spring-boot in piomin/sample-spring-modulith) into .claude/skills/spring-boot-skill in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Spring Boot Skill in Codex?

Run `npx skills add piomin/sample-spring-modulith --skill spring-boot-skill -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (.claude/skills/spring-boot in piomin/sample-spring-modulith) into .agents/skills/spring-boot-skill in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Spring Boot Skill 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 piomin/sample-spring-modulith --skill spring-boot-skill -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/spring-boot-skill, .gemini/skills/spring-boot-skill, .github/skills/spring-boot-skill and .opencode/skills/spring-boot-skill in your project.

What does Spring Boot Skill need to run?

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

Does Spring Boot Skill 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 Spring Boot Skill 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 Spring Boot Skill use?

No licence was found for Spring Boot Skill or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Spring Boot Skill use?

About 668 tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 2.7k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full. Its references folder adds about 12k tokens, read only when the agent opens those files.

What are the alternatives to Spring Boot Skill?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Spring Boot Skill: Dr Jskill (jdubois/dr-jskill, 342 stars), Spring Boot Skill (sivaprasadreddy/sivalabs-agent-skills, 188 stars), Spring Boot Project Creator (giuseppe-trisciuoglio/developer-kit, 355 stars) and Spring Boot Deployment (HoangNguyen0403/agent-skills-standard, 571 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Spring Boot Skill?

piomin (a GitHub user) maintains it in piomin/sample-spring-modulith, which has 144 GitHub stars. The repository was last updated on September 25, 2026.

Source: piomin/sample-spring-modulith on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.