package Conan::O'Brien;
use CGI::Simple;
use base qw[ CGI::Pipeline ]; # or whatever

__PACKAGE__->proxyaxx(
    param => 'query',             # $self->param( 'query' );
    proxy => qw[ param ],         # $self->param(1) calls $self->param('query')->param(1);
    name  => 'query',             # $self->query() returns $self->param('query')
    addHandler => [ Init, 'method', $stage ], # calls method on query during $stage
);

sub setup {
    my $self = shift;
    $self->param( query => CGI::Simple::->new() ); # so now query/param work
}