kotlin-springboot Skill for Claude: Idiomatic Spring Boot Code in Kotlin

Gives Claude a short rulebook for writing Spring Boot apps in idiomatic Kotlin.

Installs: 9.8K; on skills.sh
Stars: 40.7K; on GitHub
Updated: Oct 2026; last repo commit

The skill is one file of rules in nine sections: setup, dependency injection, configuration, web layer, service layer, data layer, logging, testing, and coroutines. Examples are to use the primary constructor for injection, Kotlin data class for DTOs, and the kotlin-jpa plugin for entities.

It bundles no scripts and names no outside tools. It is advice for how Claude writes your code, not a generator, so you still need your own Spring Boot project and build.

Good for

Kotlin developers building Spring Boot services
Teams that want one set of Kotlin conventions across their Spring Boot services
Developers who want Claude to follow Kotlin conventions, not Java habits

Install kotlin-springboot

Claude Code

Copy this prompt.

Install the kotlin-springboot skill in Claude Code. Run this command:

npx skills add https://github.com/github/awesome-copilot --skill kotlin-springboot

Then check that it loaded and tell me how to use it.

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Paste it into Claude Code. It shows the change and asks before running it.

Requires Node.js.

From its listing on skills.sh. Source.

What's in the skill

When it loads

Get best practices for developing applications with Spring Boot and Kotlin.

Sections in SKILL.md

Project Setup & Structure
Dependency Injection & Components
Configuration
Web Layer (Controllers)
Service Layer
Data Layer (Repositories)
Logging
Testing
Coroutines & Asynchronous Programming

Key facts

Author: github/awesome-copilot (repo owner)
License: MIT (from the crawl data)
Installs on skills.sh: 9,799 (Nov 2, 2026)
GitHub stars: 40,666 for the whole repo (Nov 2, 2026)
Last repo commit: Oct 30, 2026
What it includes: 1 file: SKILL.md (no scripts)

What it includes

Maven or Gradle with Kotlin plugins, kotlin-jpa, feature-based packages
Project setup and structure
Primary constructor injection, private val, immutability
Dependency injection and components
application.yml, @ConfigurationProperties on data classes, profiles, no hardcoded secrets
Configuration
REST design, data class DTOs, bean validation, @ControllerAdvice error handling
Web layer
Business logic in stateless @Service classes with @Transactional
Service layer
Open JPA entities, null safety, Spring Data repositories, coroutines
Data layer
Companion object logger and parameterized messages
Logging
JUnit 5, optional Kotest and MockK, test slices, Testcontainers
Testing
suspend functions in controllers and services, structured concurrency
Coroutines and async

From the official docs

Questions

What does the kotlin-springboot skill do?

It tells Claude how to write Spring Boot applications in Kotlin. The rules cover project setup, injection, configuration, controllers, services, JPA, logging, testing and coroutines.

Does it generate a project?

No generator is included. SKILL.md is a list of best-practice rules and one logger snippet, and the folder bundles no scripts. Claude applies the rules when it writes or edits your code.

Which build tools and test libraries does it name?

It names Maven or Gradle with the Kotlin plugins. For tests it names JUnit 5, and suggests Kotest and MockK, test slices such as @WebMvcTest and @DataJpaTest, and Testcontainers.

How do I install kotlin-springboot?

Use the install box at the top of this page. It has tabs for Claude Code, the Claude app, Codex and the skills CLI.

Does it need an API key or any tools?

SKILL.md names none. It is one file of instructions with no scripts.

Is it safe to install?

The folder holds one SKILL.md and bundles no scripts. It changes how Claude writes code, so review the generated code and any dependencies it adds to your build file before you merge them.

Information

updated Nov 2, 2026

Repository: github/awesome-copilot
Folder: skills/kotlin-springboot

github/awesome-copilot skills.sh

Sources

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skills/kotlin-springboot/SKILL.md · github.com