# spring-boot-cache

Configures caching in Spring Boot services using Caffeine, Redis, or Ehcache providers. Helps set up TTL policies, apply cache annotations, and trace cache misses.

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- Updated: 2026-09-10
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## What it does

The skill provides reference patterns for Spring Boot cache abstraction. It guides the setup of Caffeine, Redis, or Ehcache providers alongside the required starter dependencies. Configuration starts with `@EnableCaching` on a config class, while service methods receive `@Cacheable`, `@CachePut`, or `@CacheEvict`.

It demonstrates how to shape cache keys with SpEL expressions and filter cached values using `condition` or `unless` guards. Verification relies on Spring Boot Actuator endpoints such as `/actuator/caches` and Micrometer metrics. Method self-invocation bypasses the Spring proxy. That breaks caching silently.

The guidance stresses keeping cache eviction aligned with database transactions. Mixing Spring annotations with JCache annotations on the same method causes conflicts and must be avoided. When pairing Caffeine with Redis in a multi-level cache, pub-sub invalidation channels are mandatory.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add giuseppe-trisciuoglio/developer-kit --skill spring-boot-cache -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/spring-boot-cache/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/spring-boot-cache/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add giuseppe-trisciuoglio/developer-kit --skill spring-boot-cache -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/spring-boot-cache/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add giuseppe-trisciuoglio/developer-kit --skill spring-boot-cache -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/spring-boot-cache/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install giuseppe-trisciuoglio/developer-kit spring-boot-cache
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/spring-boot-cache/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add giuseppe-trisciuoglio/developer-kit --skill spring-boot-cache -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/giuseppe-trisciuoglio/developer-kit --path plugins/developer-kit-java/skills/spring-boot-cache
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/spring-boot-cache/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add giuseppe-trisciuoglio/developer-kit --skill spring-boot-cache -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/giuseppe-trisciuoglio/developer-kit/tree/HEAD/plugins/developer-kit-java/skills/spring-boot-cache/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- configure Caffeine, Redis, or Ehcache providers in Spring Boot
- annotate service methods with `@Cacheable`, `@CachePut`, and `@CacheEvict`
- define expiration TTL and eviction rules for stale entries
- inspect cache hits and misses via Actuator metrics
- resolve cache bypass issues caused by proxy self-invocation

## Example prompts
- Configure UserService caching with Caffeine and add an unless condition on null results
- Set up Redis cache provider in Spring Boot with custom TTL and eviction via `@CacheEvict`
- Diagnose why `@Cacheable` results in continuous cache misses during self-invocation

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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description: "Provides patterns for implementing Spring Boot caching: configures Redis/Caffeine/EhCache providers with TTL and eviction policies, applies @Cacheable/@CacheEvict/@CachePut annotations, validates cache hit/miss behavior, and exposes metrics via Actuator. Use when adding caching to Spring Boot services, configuring cache expiration, evicting stale data, or diagnosing cache misses."
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# Spring Boot Cache Abstraction

## Overview

6-step workflow for enabling cache abstraction, configuring providers (Caffeine,
Redis, Ehcache), annotating service methods, and validating behavior in
Spring Boot 3.5+ applications. Apply `@Cacheable` for reads, `@CachePut` for
writes, `@CacheEvict` for deletions. Configure TTL/eviction policies and expose
metrics via Actuator.

## When to Use

- Add `@Cacheable`, `@CachePut`, or `@CacheEvict` to service methods.
- Configure Caffeine, Redis, or Ehcache with TTL and capacity policies.
- Implement eviction strategies for stale data.
- Diagnose cache misses or invalidation issues.
- Expose hit/miss metrics via Actuator or Micrometer.

## Instructions

1. **Add dependencies** — `spring-boot-starter-cache` plus a provider:
   - Caffeine: `caffeine` starter
   - Redis: `spring-boot-starter-data-redis`
   - Ehcache: `ehcache` starter

2. **Enable caching** — annotate a `@Configuration` class with `@EnableCaching`
   and define a `CacheManager` bean.

3. **Annotate methods** — `@Cacheable` for reads, `@CachePut` for writes,
   `@CacheEvict` for deletions.

4. **Configure TTL/eviction** — set `spring.cache.caffeine.spec`,
   `spring.cache.redis.time-to-live`, or `spring.cache.ehcache.config`.

5. **Shape keys** — use SpEL in `key` attributes; guard with
   `condition`/`unless` for selective caching.

6. **Validate setup** — run integration test to confirm cache hit on second
   call; check `GET /actuator/caches` to verify cache manager registration;
   query `GET /actuator/metrics/cache.gets` for hit/miss ratios.

## Examples

### Example 1: Basic `@Cacheable` Usage

```java
@Service
@CacheConfig(cacheNames = "users")
class UserService {

    @Cacheable(key = "#id", unless = "#result == null")
    User findUser(Long id) { ... }
}
```

```
First call → cache miss, repository invoked
Second call → cache hit, repository skipped
```

### Example 2: Conditional Caching with SpEL

```java
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