Jetty Bootstrap

Create embedded Jetty applications with handlers, Jakarta Servlet APIs, graceful shutdown, and integration tests.

Purpose

Help AI coding tools scaffold embedded Jetty applications that start cleanly, expose HTTP endpoints, shut down gracefully, and include automated HTTP tests.

Current status

Planned across Grok, GitHub Copilot, and Claude Code.

Supported frameworks

Jetty

Supported Java versions

Java 21 (preferred)
Java 17 (supported)

Supported platform repositories

Platform	Repository	Status
Grok	java-for-grok	Planned
GitHub Copilot	java-for-github-copilot	Planned
Claude Code	java-for-claude-code	Planned

Common use cases

Embedded server bootstrap for library-style or standalone apps
Handler-based HTTP APIs
Jakarta Servlet deployments inside Jetty
Graceful shutdown and integration testing

Example prompts

Bootstrap an embedded Jetty application using Java 21 and Maven with a JSON handler, graceful shutdown, and integration tests.

Create an embedded Jetty app that deploys a Jakarta Servlet and serves a health endpoint.

Add HTTP integration tests that start the embedded server on an ephemeral port.

Expected generated project structure

src/
├── main/
│   ├── java/
│   │   └── com/example/app/
│   │       ├── Application.java
│   │       ├── server/
│   │       │   └── JettyServerFactory.java
│   │       └── handler/
│   └── resources/
└── test/
    └── java/

Installation or usage by platform

Planned — track java-for-grok.

Source repository links

Limitations

Skill content is designed ahead of platform packaging.
Does not cover external servlet-container deployments as the primary path.
Security and observability remain separate concerns.

Roadmap

Land initial Available packaging on at least one platform
Expand servlet vs handler examples
Align with Jetty 12 Jakarta APIs and testing patterns

Embedded Jetty Application

Jetty framework