Automated summary
This skill scaffolds a Spring Boot Java 21 project with Maven, including dependencies for PostgreSQL, Redis, MongoDB, and tools like SpringDoc and ArchUnit.
Strengths
- Automates project download and initial setup via Spring Initializr.
- Integrates multiple databases (PostgreSQL, Redis, MongoDB) out of the box.
- Adds useful dependencies (SpringDoc, ArchUnit) automatically.
- Configures basic properties for each service.
Limitations
- Uses default values (localhost, passwords) that need to be adapted.
- Does not handle Docker container creation for databases.
- The generated project is basic; business logic must be added manually.
Use this skill to quickly bootstrap a new Spring Boot project with multi-database support and API documentation.
Avoid this skill if you need a more specific structure (e.g., microservices, reactive) or if you don't want preconfigured dependencies.
Security analysis
SafeThe skill performs standard project scaffolding using trusted sources (Spring Initializr) and editing config files. No malicious or destructive actions. The only concern is the hardcoded weak passwords, which is a bad practice but does not pose an execution risk.
- •Skill instructs to embed hardcoded passwords (rootroot) in application.properties and docker-compose.yaml, which could lead to insecure configurations if not changed.
Examples
Create a Spring Boot Java 21 project with PostgreSQL, Redis, and MongoDB, named demo-java.Initialize a Spring Boot Maven project with JPA, Redis, MongoDB, and include SpringDoc and ArchUnit.Generate a new Spring Boot project skeleton using Spring Initializr with dependencies for web, JPA, PostgreSQL, Redis, MongoDB, validation, cache, and testcontainers.name: "awesome-copilot-root-create-spring-boot-java-project" description: "Create Spring Boot Java Project Skeleton Use when: the task directly matches create spring boot java project responsibilities within plugin awesome-copilot-root. Do not use when: a more specific framework or task-focused skill is clearly a better match."
Awesome Copilot Root Create Spring Boot Java Project
Scope
- Use when: the task directly matches create spring boot java project responsibilities within plugin awesome-copilot-root.
- Do not use when: a more specific framework or task-focused skill is clearly a better match.
Shared Plugin Context
See references/plugin-context.md.
Source
- Converted from
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Instructions
Create Spring Boot Java project prompt
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Please make sure you have the following software installed on your system:
- Java 21
- Docker
- Docker Compose
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If you need to custom the project name, please change the
artifactIdand thepackageNamein download-spring-boot-project-template -
If you need to update the Spring Boot version, please change the
bootVersionin download-spring-boot-project-template
Check Java version
- Run following command in terminal and check the version of Java
java -version
Download Spring Boot project template
- Run following command in terminal to download a Spring Boot project template
curl https://start.spring.io/starter.zip \
-d artifactId=${input:projectName:demo-java} \
-d bootVersion=3.4.5 \
-d dependencies=lombok,configuration-processor,web,data-jpa,postgresql,data-redis,data-mongodb,validation,cache,testcontainers \
-d javaVersion=21 \
-d packageName=com.example \
-d packaging=jar \
-d type=maven-project \
-o starter.zip
Unzip the downloaded file
- Run following command in terminal to unzip the downloaded file
unzip starter.zip -d ./${input:projectName:demo-java}
Remove the downloaded zip file
- Run following command in terminal to delete the downloaded zip file
rm -f starter.zip
Change directory to the project root
- Run following command in terminal to change directory to the project root
cd ${input:projectName:demo-java}
Add additional dependencies
- Insert
springdoc-openapi-starter-webmvc-uiandarchunit-junit5dependency intopom.xmlfile
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springdoc</groupId>
<artifactId>springdoc-openapi-starter-webmvc-ui</artifactId>
<version>2.8.6</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.tngtech.archunit</groupId>
<artifactId>archunit-junit5</artifactId>
<version>1.2.1</version>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
Add SpringDoc, Redis, JPA and MongoDB configurations
- Insert SpringDoc configurations into
application.propertiesfile
# SpringDoc configurations
springdoc.swagger-ui.doc-expansion=none
springdoc.swagger-ui.operations-sorter=alpha
springdoc.swagger-ui.tags-sorter=alpha
- Insert Redis configurations into
application.propertiesfile
# Redis configurations
spring.data.redis.host=localhost
spring.data.redis.port=6379
spring.data.redis.password=rootroot
- Insert JPA configurations into
application.propertiesfile
# JPA configurations
spring.datasource.driver-class-name=org.postgresql.Driver
spring.datasource.url=jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/postgres
spring.datasource.username=postgres
spring.datasource.password=rootroot
spring.jpa.hibernate.ddl-auto=update
spring.jpa.show-sql=true
spring.jpa.properties.hibernate.format_sql=true
- Insert MongoDB configurations into
application.propertiesfile
# MongoDB configurations
spring.data.mongodb.host=localhost
spring.data.mongodb.port=27017
spring.data.mongodb.authentication-database=admin
spring.data.mongodb.username=root
spring.data.mongodb.password=rootroot
spring.data.mongodb.database=test
Add docker-compose.yaml with Redis, PostgreSQL and MongoDB services
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Create
docker-compose.yamlat project root and add following services:redis:6,postgresql:17andmongo:8.- redis service should have
- password
rootroot - mapping port 6379 to 6379
- mounting volume
./redis_datato/data
- password
- postgresql service should have
- password
rootroot - mapping port 5432 to 5432
- mounting volume
./postgres_datato/var/lib/postgresql/data
- password
- mongo service should have
- initdb root username
root - initdb root password
rootroot - mapping port 27017 to 27017
- mounting volume
./mongo_datato/data/db
- initdb root username
- redis service should have
Add .gitignore file
- Insert
redis_data,postgres_dataandmongo_datadirectories in.gitignorefile
Run Maven test command
- Run maven clean test command to check if the project is working
./mvnw clean test
Run Maven run command (Optional)
- (Optional)
docker-compose up -dto start the services,./mvnw spring-boot:runto run the Spring Boot project,docker-compose rm -sfto stop the services.
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