Spring Boot Cache

Wraps Spring Boot's caching abstraction with support for Caffeine, Redis, and EhCache. You get a six-step workflow covering dependencies, @EnableCaching setup, method annotations (@Cacheable, @CachePut, @CacheEvict), TTL configuration, SpEL key expressions, and Actuator metrics validation. Includes guard clauses for conditional caching and examples of common eviction patterns. The troubleshooting section correctly calls out the proxy gotcha where self-invocation bypasses the cache, which trips up a lot of people. References include curated Spring docs excerpts and end-to-end test examples. Best used when you need to add caching to service methods and want concrete patterns instead of reading the full Spring documentation.

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last updated: Aug 21, 2026

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Install

$ npx -y skills add giuseppe-trisciuoglio/developer-kit --skill spring-boot-cache --agent claude-code

Installs into .claude/skills of the current project.

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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

Add dependencies — spring-boot-starter-cache plus a provider:
- Caffeine: caffeine starter
- Redis: spring-boot-starter-data-redis
- Ehcache: ehcache starter
Enable caching — annotate a @Configuration class with @EnableCaching and define a CacheManager bean.
Annotate methods — @Cacheable for reads, @CachePut for writes, @CacheEvict for deletions.