# spring-boot-patterns

A skill that hands your agent the package layout and templates for Spring Boot controllers, services and repositories. Useful when new code gets written or reviewed.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 322 installs · ★ 760
- Author: decebals
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/decebals/claude-code-java/tree/HEAD/skills/spring-boot-patterns/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-09-06
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/spring-boot-patterns

## What it does

The skill fixes a package layout: `controller`, `service` with an `impl` subpackage, `repository`, `model`, `dto` split into `request` and `response`, plus `exception`, `config` and `util`. Then come the templates — a REST controller on a versioned path like `/api/v1/users`, a service interface with its implementation, a JPA repository with derived queries and `@Query`, record DTOs validated by `@NotBlank`, `@Email` and `@Min`, and a MapStruct mapper.

There is a separate anti-patterns section. Business logic inside a controller, hitting the repository straight from the controller, returning an entity instead of a DTO: all flagged as wrong. The skill also pushes `@Transactional(readOnly = true)` at class level and `@Transactional` on write methods.

JPA and Hibernate behaviour is out of scope — the description points you to the `jpa-patterns` skill for that. Templates assume Spring Boot; a plain Spring project or another framework gets little from them. The examples use Lombok (`@RequiredArgsConstructor`) and MapStruct, so those need to be on the classpath.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add decebals/claude-code-java --skill spring-boot-patterns -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add decebals/claude-code-java --skill spring-boot-patterns -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add decebals/claude-code-java --skill spring-boot-patterns -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install decebals/claude-code-java spring-boot-patterns
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add decebals/claude-code-java --skill spring-boot-patterns -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/decebals/claude-code-java --path skills/spring-boot-patterns
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add decebals/claude-code-java --skill spring-boot-patterns -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/decebals/claude-code-java/tree/HEAD/skills/spring-boot-patterns/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- lay out packages for a new Spring Boot project
- write a REST controller with a versioned path and proper status codes
- move business logic out of a controller into a service
- swap an exposed entity for a DTO with a mapper
- review existing code for layer violations

## Example prompts
- create an orders controller following spring-boot-patterns
- add a service and repository for the User entity like in spring-boot-patterns
- check this class against the anti-patterns in spring-boot-patterns

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: spring-boot-patterns
description: Spring Boot best practices and patterns. Use when creating controllers, services or repositories, or when the user asks about Spring Boot layering, wiring, configuration or exception handling. For JPA and Hibernate behaviour, use jpa-patterns instead.
license: MIT
---

# Spring Boot Patterns Skill

Best practices and patterns for Spring Boot applications.

## When to Use
- User says "create controller" / "add service" / "Spring Boot help"
- Reviewing Spring Boot code
- Setting up new Spring Boot project structure

## Project Structure

```
src/main/java/com/example/myapp/
├── MyAppApplication.java          # @SpringBootApplication
├── config/                        # Configuration classes
│   ├── SecurityConfig.java
│   └── WebConfig.java
├── controller/                    # REST controllers
│   └── UserController.java
├── service/                       # Business logic
│   ├── UserService.java
│   └── impl/
│       └── UserServiceImpl.java
├── repository/                    # Data access
│   └── UserRepository.java
├── model/                         # Entities
│   └── User.java
├── dto/                           # Data transfer objects
│   ├── request/
│   │   └── CreateUserRequest.java
│   └── response/
│       └── UserResponse.java
├── exception/                     # Custom exceptions
│   ├── ResourceNotFoundException.java
│   └── GlobalExceptionHandler.java
└── util/                          # Utilities
    └── DateUtils.java
```

---

## Controller Patterns

### REST Controller Template
```java
@RestController
@RequestMapping("/api/v1/users")
@RequiredArgsConstructor  // Lombok for constructor injection
public class UserController {

    private final UserService userService;

    @GetMapping
    public ResponseEntity<List<UserResponse>> getAll() {
        return ResponseEntity.ok(userService.findAll());
    }

    @GetMapping("/{id}")
    public ResponseEntity<UserResponse> getById(@PathVariable Long id) {
        return ResponseEntity.ok(userService.findById(id));
    }

    @PostMapping
    public ResponseEntity<UserResponse> create(
            @Valid @RequestBody CreateUserRequest request) {
        UserResponse created = userService.create(request);
        URI location = ServletUriComponentsBuilder.fromCurrentRequest()
            .path("/{id}")
````
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