sift

name	sift
description	Run supported PHP tools with `composer sift`, `php vendor/bin/sift`, or `php sift.phar`; manage agent skills with their `skills` command or `composer skills`.

Sift

Run the supported tools below through the first available entrypoint by default; use the native tool only when requested or unavailable.

composer sift --compact <tool> [tool-args]
php vendor/bin/sift --compact <tool> [tool-args]
php sift.phar --compact <tool> [tool-args]

composer skills <command>
composer sift skills <command>
php vendor/bin/sift skills <command>
php sift.phar skills <command>

Supported tools

• Tests: pest, phpunit, paratest, behat, codeception
• Benchmarks: phpbench
• Analysis: phpstan, psalm
• Style and syntax: phpcs, phpcbf, pint, ecs, php-cs-fixer, parallel-lint, composer-normalize
• Refactoring and quality: rector, mago, grumphp, phpmd
• Mutation and architecture: infection, deptrac
• Dependencies: composer-unused, composer-require-checker
• Composer reports: composer audit|licenses|outdated|show|validate

References

Reference	Details
references/commands.md	Installation, entrypoints, options, commands, and exit codes
references/tools.md	Tool behavior, coverage, reports, and repair mode
references/output.md	Output, JSON, streams, and history
references/skills.md	Skill sources, targets, scopes, updates, and one-off use