Agent skill · software engineering · aj-geddes
spring-boot-application
Build enterprise Spring Boot applications with annotations, dependency injection, data persistence, REST controllers, and security. Use when developing Spring applications, managing beans, implementing services, and configuring Spring Boot projects.
Why this skill is useful
Provides specific Spring Boot configurations and best practices that the AI wouldn't reliably generate on its own.
What it needs
Requires maven installed locally. About 2k tokens when loaded. Last updated 2026-03-04. 307 stars on the source repository.
What this skill does
Spring Boot Application Table of Contents Overview When to Use Quick Start Reference Guides Best Practices Overview Develop production-ready Spring Boot applications with proper annotation-based configuration, dependency injection, REST controllers, JPA data persistence, service layers, and security implementation following Spring conventions. When to Use Building Spring Boot REST APIs Implementing service-oriented architectures Configuring data persistence with JPA Managing dependency injection Implementing Spring Security Building microservices with Spring Boot Quick Start Minimal working example: Reference Guides Detailed implementations in the references/ directory: Guide Contents --- --- Spring Boot Project Setup Spring Boot Project Setup Entity Models with JPA Annotations Entity Models with JPA Annotations Repository Layer with Spring Data JPA Repository Layer with Spring Data JPA Service Layer with Business Logic Service Layer with Business Logic REST Controllers with Request/Response Handling REST Controllers with Request/Response Handling Spring Security Configuration Spring Security Configuration Application Configuration Application Configuration Best Practices ✅ DO Use dependency injection for loose coupling Implement service layer for business logic Use repositories for data access Leverage Spring Security for authentication Use @Transactional for transaction management Validate input in controllers Return appropriate HTTP status codes Use DTOs for request/response mapping Implement proper exception handling Use Spring's @Async for async operations ❌ DON'T Put business logic in controllers Access database directly in controllers Store secrets in configuration files Use eager loading for large relationships Ignore transaction boundaries Return database entities in API responses Implement authentication in controllers Use raw SQL without parameterized queries Forget to validate user input
How to use it
Reference it in AdaL, Claude Code, Cursor or any coding agent — nothing to install:
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