🚀 BoxLang AI Bootcamp

Get Started with AI Development in One Day

🌍 Select Your Language / Selecciona tu Idioma

Language	Idioma	Link
🇺🇸 English	Inglés	Start Bootcamp →
🇪🇸 Español	Spanish	Iniciar Bootcamp →

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⚡ Quick Setup

Run the interactive setup wizard to get your bootcamp environment ready in seconds:

boxlang Setup.bx

The wizard will:

1. Copy .env.example → .env so you can add your API keys
2. Install the bx-ai module locally via install-bx-module
3. Ask whether you prefer English or Español
4. Create a bootcamp/ folder with all lessons for your chosen language

The bootcamp/ folder is git-ignored — it's your personal workspace. Hack away!

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🛠️ Setup Commands

Command	Description
boxlang Setup.bx	Run the interactive setup wizard (default)
boxlang Setup.bx --help	Show all available commands and options
boxlang Setup.bx --reset	Reset the bootcamp/ folder back to its original state

boxlang Setup.bx (default)

Runs the full setup wizard:

• Creates .env from .env.example if it doesn't already exist
• Installs bx-ai locally (install-bx-module bx-ai --local)
• Prompts you to choose English 🇺🇸 or Spanish 🇪🇸
• If a bootcamp/ folder already exists, asks if you want to start fresh before overwriting

boxlang Setup.bx --reset

Prompts for confirmation, then re-copies the original lesson content into bootcamp/ for the language of your choice. Useful when you want to start a lesson over from a clean slate.

boxlang Setup.bx --help

Prints the above usage summary directly in your terminal.

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📝 Adding Your API Keys

After setup, open the generated .env file and fill in at least one AI provider key:

OPENAI_API_KEY=sk-...
CLAUDE_API_KEY=sk-ant-...
OPENROUTER_API_KEY=sk-or-...
# etc.

📝 Setting Your Provider

In the /config/boxlang.json folder, change the modules.bxai.settings.provider setting to the value indicated in the Setup.bx messaging.

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📝 Install CommandBox or NPX

For more information about CommandBox see https://www.ortussolutions.com/products/commandbox. After installaion also install the Coldbox-cli by running install coldbox-cli@be from the CommandBox terminal.

📋 About This Bootcamp

This intensive, hands-on course takes you from zero AI experience to building intelligent applications with BoxLang in just 8-9 hours (8 lessons).

What You'll Learn / Lo que Aprenderás

• ✅ Understand how AI and Large Language Models work
• ✅ Make your first AI API call in minutes
• ✅ Build multi-turn conversations with context
• ✅ Switch between AI providers (OpenAI, Claude, Ollama)
• ✅ Extract structured data from AI responses
• ✅ Create tools that AI can use
• ✅ Build an autonomous AI agent
• ✅ Load and process documents for RAG systems
• ✅ Create MCP servers and clients for remote tools
• ✅ Add voice — text-to-speech, transcription and audio translation

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📜 License

This bootcamp is released under the Apache 2.0 license, same as the bx-ai module.