# Laravel Specialist

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

- Repository: https://github.com/Jeffallan/claude-skills (12164 stars)
- Category: Design
- License: MIT
- Last updated: 2026-10-30
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add Jeffallan/claude-skills --skill laravel-specialist -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add Jeffallan/claude-skills --skill laravel-specialist -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add Jeffallan/claude-skills --skill laravel-specialist -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add Jeffallan/claude-skills --skill laravel-specialist -g -a gemini-cli -y`
Claude Code plugin marketplace: `/plugin marketplace add Jeffallan/claude-skills`

## Description

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.

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# 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:

| Topic | Reference | Load When |
|-------|-----------|-----------|
| Eloquent ORM | `references/eloquent.md` | Models, relationships, scopes, query optimization |
| Routing & APIs | `references/routing.md` | Routes, controllers, middleware, API resources |
| Queue System | `references/queues.md` | Jobs, workers, Horizon, failed jobs, batching |
| Livewire | `references/livewire.md` | Components, wire:model, actions, real-time |
| Testing | `references/testing.md` | Feature 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

The rest: https://github.com/Jeffallan/claude-skills/blob/HEAD/skills/laravel-specialist/SKILL.md