What is this?

A curated collection of Laravel development patterns and practices I've refined over 20 years in the industry and 10+ years working with Laravel.

These are opinionated. They represent how I build Laravel applications—action-oriented architecture, strict typing, DTOs everywhere, and a relentless focus on maintainability. They won't be for everyone, and that's okay.

This is a work in progress. As I use these skills in real projects, I'm continuously refining them to better represent how I actually work. Expect updates as patterns evolve and edge cases reveal themselves.

Model compatibility: These skills have been developed and refined for Claude Code running on Opus 4.5. Different models may exhibit different edge cases, and future model releases may require adjustments to the prompts and workflows.

Quick Install

Marketplace (cached globally):

/plugin marketplace add leeovery/claude-plugins-marketplace
/plugin install claude-laravel@claude-plugins-marketplace

npm (copied to your repo):

npm install -D @leeovery/claude-laravel

See Installation for details and trade-offs.

Installation

| Method | Where files live | Best for | |--------|------------------|----------| | Marketplace | ~/.claude/plugins/ (global cache) | Quick setup, don't need files in repo | | npm | .claude/ in your project | Ownership, version control, Claude Code for Web |

Option 1: Claude Marketplace

/plugin marketplace add leeovery/claude-plugins-marketplace
/plugin install claude-laravel@claude-plugins-marketplace

Skills are cached globally. They won't be available in Claude Code for Web since files aren't in your repository.

Option 2: npm

npm install -D @leeovery/claude-laravel

Skills are copied to .claude/ and can be committed—giving you ownership and making them available everywhere including Claude Code for Web.

pnpm doesn't expose binaries from transitive dependencies, so install the manager directly:

pnpm add -D @leeovery/claude-manager @leeovery/claude-laravel
pnpm approve-builds  # approve when prompted
pnpm install         # triggers postinstall

Due to bugs in npm 7+ (issue #3042) and pnpm (issue #3276), preuninstall hooks don't run reliably. Remove files manually first:

npx claude-manager remove @leeovery/claude-laravel && npm rm @leeovery/claude-laravel

How It Works

This package depends on @leeovery/claude-manager, which:

1. Copies skills into your project's .claude/skills/ directory
2. Copies commands into your project's .claude/commands/ directory
3. Copies agents into your project's .claude/agents/ directory
4. Tracks installed plugins via a manifest file

You don't need to configure anything—just install and start building.

Skills

Each skill provides focused guidance on a specific aspect of Laravel development.

Foundation

| Skill | Description | |-------|-------------| | laravel-architecture | High-level architecture decisions, patterns, and project structure | | laravel-quality | Code quality with PHPStan, Pint, and strict types |

Core Patterns

| Skill | Description | |-------|-------------| | laravel-actions | Action-oriented architecture—domain logic in invokable classes | | laravel-dtos | Data Transfer Objects with Spatie Laravel Data | | laravel-enums | Backed enums with labels and business logic | | laravel-value-objects | Immutable value objects for domain values | | laravel-state-machines | Complex state management with Spatie Model States |

HTTP Layer

| Skill | Description | |-------|-------------| | laravel-controllers | Thin HTTP layer—zero domain logic in controllers | | laravel-validation | Form requests and validation testing | | laravel-routing | Route model binding and authorization |

Data Layer

| Skill | Description | |-------|-------------| | laravel-models | Eloquent models and relationships | | laravel-query-builders | Type-safe custom query builders |

Infrastructure

| Skill | Description | |-------|-------------| | laravel-providers | Service providers and bootstrapping | | laravel-jobs | Background processing with jobs and listeners | | laravel-policies | Authorization policies | | laravel-services | External API integration with Saloon | | laravel-exceptions | Custom exceptions and error handling |

Enterprise

| Skill | Description | |-------|-------------| | laravel-multi-tenancy | Multi-tenant application patterns | | laravel-packages | Package extraction and development |

Testing

| Skill | Description | |-------|-------------| | laravel-testing | Comprehensive testing patterns with Pest |

Commands

Slash commands for common Laravel development tasks.

Coming soon.

Requirements

• Node.js 18+
• @leeovery/claude-manager ^2.0.0 (installed automatically)

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Whether it's:

• Bug fixes in the documentation
• Improvements to existing patterns
• Discussion about approaches and trade-offs
• New skills for patterns not yet covered

Please open an issue first to discuss significant changes. These are opinionated patterns, so let's talk through the approach before diving into code.

Related Packages

• @leeovery/claude-manager — The plugin manager that powers skill installation
• @leeovery/claude-nuxt — Nuxt.js development skills for Claude Code
• @leeovery/claude-technical-workflows — Technical workflow skills for Claude Code

License

MIT License. See LICENSE for details.