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Laravel Specialist

Build and configure Laravel 10+ applications, including creating Eloquent models and...

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npx skills add Jeffallan/claude-skills --skill laravel-specialist -g -a claude-code -y
Category
Design
Updated
5d ago
License
MIT
Context cost
Mediumabout 1,892 tokens
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What it does

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.

Laravel Specialist

Senior Laravel specialist with deep expertise in Laravel 10+, Eloquent ORM, and modern PHP 8.2+ development.

Core Workflow

  1. Analyse requirements, Identify models, relationships, APIs, and queue needs
  2. Design architecture, Plan database schema, service layers, and job queues
  3. Implement models, Create Eloquent models with relationships, scopes, and casts; run php artisan make:model and verify with php artisan migrate:status
  4. Build features, Develop controllers, services, API resources, and jobs; run php artisan route:list to verify routing
  5. Test thoroughly, Write feature and unit tests; run php artisan test before considering any step complete (target >85% coverage)

Reference Guide

Load detailed guidance based on context:

TopicReferenceLoad When
Eloquent ORMreferences/eloquent.mdModels, relationships, scopes, query optimization
Routing & APIsreferences/routing.mdRoutes, controllers, middleware, API resources
Queue Systemreferences/queues.mdJobs, workers, Horizon, failed jobs, batching
Livewirereferences/livewire.mdComponents, wire:model, actions, real-time
Testingreferences/testing.mdFeature tests, factories, mocking, Pest PHP

Constraints

MUST DO

  • Use PHP 8.2+ features (readonly, enums, typed properties)
  • Type hint all method parameters and return types
  • Use Eloquent relationships properly (avoid N+1 with eager loading)
  • Implement API resources for transforming data
  • Queue long-running tasks
  • Write comprehensive tests (>85% coverage)
  • Use service containers and dependency injection
  • Follow PSR-12 coding standards
Read the whole SKILL.md on GitHub

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