# laravel-11-12-app-guidelines

Guides agents working on Laravel 11 and 12 codebases. It enforces environment inspection before editing code instead of assuming default framework conventions.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 976 installs · ★ 70
- Author: thienanblog
- License: Apache-2.0 · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/thienanblog/awesome-ai-agent-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/laravel-11-12-app-guidelines/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-01
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/laravel-11-12-app-guidelines

## What it does

The skill checks repository configuration through `composer.json`, `package.json`, and `bootstrap/app.php`. The assistant detects the command runner first (host PHP or Sail), followed by frontend tooling such as Inertia or Blade. If Laravel Boost is available, version-filtered documentation searches run through `search-docs`.

It handles architectural differences between Laravel 11 and 12. Migrations using `change()` drop unspecified modifiers, so the agent must repeat existing column modifiers. Destructive commands like `migrate:fresh` and `db:wipe` require explicit user authorization. Repositories upgraded from Laravel 10 keep their legacy `Kernel.php` structure intact unless a migration task is requested.

Verification stays focused. Tests run against minimal targets via `php artisan test <file>` in Pest or PHPUnit. If Pint is installed, code styling runs with `vendor/bin/pint --dirty`.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add thienanblog/awesome-ai-agent-skills --skill laravel-11-12-app-guidelines -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/laravel-11-12-app-guidelines/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/laravel-11-12-app-guidelines/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add thienanblog/awesome-ai-agent-skills --skill laravel-11-12-app-guidelines -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/laravel-11-12-app-guidelines/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add thienanblog/awesome-ai-agent-skills --skill laravel-11-12-app-guidelines -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/laravel-11-12-app-guidelines/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install thienanblog/awesome-ai-agent-skills laravel-11-12-app-guidelines
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/laravel-11-12-app-guidelines/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add thienanblog/awesome-ai-agent-skills --skill laravel-11-12-app-guidelines -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/thienanblog/awesome-ai-agent-skills --path skills/laravel-11-12-app-guidelines
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/laravel-11-12-app-guidelines/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add thienanblog/awesome-ai-agent-skills --skill laravel-11-12-app-guidelines -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/thienanblog/awesome-ai-agent-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/laravel-11-12-app-guidelines/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- detect project runner setup across host PHP, Sail, and Docker Compose
- prevent column modifier loss during migration updates with `change()`
- block unauthorized destructive database operations like `db:wipe`
- preserve Laravel 10 kernel structures during routine updates

## Example prompts
- Add a new column to the users table and keep existing column modifiers
- Write a feature test for the auth endpoint and run it with Pest
- Update the Inertia page component following the installed version's patterns

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---
name: laravel-11-12-app-guidelines
description: Implement changes in Laravel 11 or 12 using the installed framework, frontend, and command runner. Select by composer evidence; Laravel 12-to-13 upgrades use laravel-13-app-guidelines.
---

# Laravel 11/12 App Guidelines

Work from what the repository actually installs. Laravel 11 and 12 applications vary widely in skeleton, frontend, auth, and command runner, and most mistakes come from assuming a fresh-application default the project does not use.

## Delegation

Run in the main conversation by default. Delegation can increase usage: obtain explicit approval for the proposed agent count and scope before using subagents. Reuse that approval within its bounds; ask again before expanding the approved count or scope.

## Detect before deciding

Read repository instructions and the relevant documentation owners, then confirm from `composer.json`, `composer.lock`, `package.json`, frontend lockfiles, `bootstrap/app.php`, Compose files, and `config/`:

- the command path: host PHP, Sail, Docker Compose, or a repository wrapper, used consistently;
- API-only or full-stack, and the frontend: Inertia with React, Vue, or Svelte; Livewire; or Blade;
- the auth stack (Fortify, Sanctum, Passport, or custom) and the test runner (Pest or PHPUnit).

For version-sensitive behavior, use Laravel Boost `search-docs` when Boost is available, since it filters by installed versions; otherwise use the official documentation for the installed major. [boost-tools.md](references/boost-tools.md) covers Boost usage and its data-safety limits.

Follow the repository's architecture, naming, UI language, and component patterns, and keep its dependencies unless the user asks for a change.

## Framework specifics that are easy to get wrong

- **Skeleton.** The modern skeleton configures middleware, exceptions, and routing in `bootstrap/app.php`, registers providers in `bootstrap/providers.php`, and defines closure commands and schedules in `routes/console.php`. An application upgraded from Laravel 10 may still use `app/Http/Kernel.php` and `app/Console/Kernel.php`; that structure remains supported, so keep it unless the task is to migrate it.
- **API routes.** Fresh applications omit `routes/api.php`. `install:api` creates it and installs Sanctum, so run it only when both are intended. API-only work should not pull in Vite, Tailwind, or Node.
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