BoxLang IDE

Use the BoxLang IDE extension with AI agents for language intelligence, debugging, and agentic coding in VS Code.

The BoxLang IDE extension gives you and your agent the same language intelligence: code insight, diagnostics, formatting, and a debugger. It works in VS Code and compatible editors such as Cursor, Windsurf, and VSCodium.

🧰 Install

code --install-extension ortus-solutions.vscode-boxlang-developer-pack

The developer pack includes the language support, the BoxLang theme, TestBox support, and CommandBox integration.

🤖 How It Helps Agentic Development

• Agentic coding in the editor. Chat with @boxlang for explanations, generation, and help with your BoxLang code.
• Language intelligence. Diagnostics and code insight catch mistakes in agent-written code early.
• Debugging. The BoxLang debugger lets you step through code an agent wrote.
• Works with your agent. Use it alongside Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor, or another agent, with your project's AGENTS.md, skills, and MCP servers.

🛠️ Command Line Tooling Agents Can Use

Agents can also validate their work from the terminal:

• Syntax Check (boxlang check) to confirm code parses
• Formatter to apply consistent style
• AST to inspect how code is parsed
• CFML Feature Audit and CFML Transpiler for modernization work

BoxLang IDE