Build and configure Laravel 10+ applications, including creating Eloquent models and relationships, implementing Sanctum authentication, configuring Horizon queues, designing RESTful APIs with API resources, and building reactive interfaces with Livewire. Use when creating Laravel models, setting up queue workers, implementing Sanctum auth flows, building Livewire components, optimising Eloquent queries, or writing Pest/PHPUnit tests for Laravel features.

Use when building PHP applications with modern PHP 8.3+ features, Laravel, or Symfony frameworks. Invokes strict typing, PHPStan level 9, async patterns with Swoole, and PSR standards. Creates controllers, configures middleware, generates migrations, writes PHPUnit/Pest tests, defines typed DTOs and value objects, sets up dependency injection, and scaffolds REST/GraphQL APIs. Use when working with Eloquent, Doctrine, Composer, Psalm, ReactPHP, or any PHP API development.

Generate a complete PHP Model Context Protocol server project with tools, resources, prompts, and tests using the official PHP SDK

Laravel architecture patterns, routing/controllers, Eloquent ORM, service layers, queues, events, caching, and API resources for production apps.

Laravel security best practices — authentication, authorization, Eloquent safety, CSRF, XSS prevention, API security, and secure deployment configurations.

Laravel testing strategies with PHPUnit, Pest, model factories, HTTP tests, Sanctum authentication testing, mocking, and coverage.

Verification loop for Laravel projects: env checks, linting, static analysis, tests with coverage, security scans, and deployment readiness.

PHP 8.x modern patterns, PSR standards, and SOLID principles. Use when reviewing PHP code, checking type safety, auditing code quality, or ensuring PHP best practices. Triggers on "review PHP", "check PHP code", "audit PHP", or "PHP best practices".

Use when configuring, running, or fixing PHPStan static analysis in WordPress projects (plugins/themes/sites): phpstan.neon setup, baselines, WordPress-specific typing, and handling third-party plugin classes.

Full Sentry SDK setup for PHP. Use when asked to "add Sentry to PHP", "install sentry/sentry", "setup Sentry in PHP", or configure error monitoring, tracing, profiling, logging, metrics, or crons for PHP applications. Supports plain PHP, Laravel, and Symfony.

Laravel 13 conventions and best practices. Use when creating controllers, models, migrations, validation, services, or structuring Laravel applications. Triggers on tasks involving Laravel architecture, Eloquent, database, API development, or PHP patterns.

A reusable AI agent skill for laravel-best-practices.