skylence/ai-essentials

Meta-package with essential AI agent tooling for Laravel projects

v1.0.0 2026-04-09 16:29 UTC

Requires

• php: ^8.3
• laravel/ai: ^0.1.3 || ^0.3

Requires (Dev)

• laravel/boost: ^2.1
• nunomaduro/pao: ^0.5
• skylence/laravel-artisan-agent-output: ^0.1
• skylence/laravel-model-inspector-mcp: ^0.1
• skylence/laravel-optimize-mcp: ^0.1
• skylence/laravel-telescope-mcp: ^0.1

MIT

• Jonas Vanderhaegen

• laravel
• Agent
• ai
• meta-package

README

Meta-package with essential AI agent tooling for Laravel projects. One install, everything you need.

Installation

composer require skylence/ai-essentials

What's Included

Package	What it does
laravel/ai	Laravel AI SDK — text generation, tool-calling agents, embeddings
laravel/boost	MCP server helping AI agents discover and interact with your Laravel app
nunomaduro/pao	Agent-optimized output for PHPUnit, Pest, Paratest, PHPStan
skylence/laravel-artisan-agent-output	Agent-optimized output for Laravel Artisan commands
skylence/laravel-model-inspector-mcp	MCP server for Eloquent model inspection
skylence/laravel-optimize-mcp	MCP server for Laravel optimization insights
skylence/laravel-telescope-mcp	MCP server for Laravel Telescope data

Zero config. Install and all tools automatically optimize their output when an AI agent is detected.

MCP Server Setup

The MCP servers ship as dev dependencies — run composer install (not --no-dev) to get them.

Laravel Boost

Laravel Boost provides AI guidelines, skills, and an MCP server for your project.

Install the package:

composer require laravel/boost --dev

Run the installer (auto-detects Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, PhpStorm):

php artisan boost:install

This configures AI guidelines, agent skills, and the MCP server in one step.

Manual MCP setup (if you skip the installer):

Add to .mcp.json in the project root:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "boost": {
            "command": "php",
            "args": ["artisan", "boost:mcp"]
        }
    }
}

Model Inspector MCP

Gives AI assistants deep introspection into Eloquent models, relationships, and schema.

Install the package:

composer require skylence/laravel-model-inspector-mcp --dev

Run the installer (auto-detects your editor):

php artisan model-inspector:install

Manual MCP setup:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "laravel-model-inspector-mcp": {
            "command": "php",
            "args": ["artisan", "model-inspector:mcp"]
        }
    }
}

Using Laravel Sail? Replace php with ./vendor/bin/sail.

Optimize MCP

Analyzes your Laravel config, structure, and database for performance and security insights.

Install the package:

composer require skylence/laravel-optimize-mcp --dev

Run the installer (auto-detects your editor, optionally configures HTTP access for staging/production):

php artisan optimize-mcp:install

Telescope MCP

Real-time monitoring, performance analysis, and debugging through Laravel Telescope.

Requires Laravel Telescope to be installed first.

Install the package:

composer require skylence/laravel-telescope-mcp --dev

Run the installer (auto-detects your editor, optionally configures HTTP access):

php artisan telescope-mcp:install

Manual MCP setup (add to .mcp.json):

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "telescope": {
            "type": "stdio",
            "command": "php",
            "args": ["artisan", "mcp:start", "telescope"]
        }
    }
}

Restart your editor/AI tool after updating .mcp.json.

License

MIT