Design RESTful APIs with Laravel following best practices for resource naming, HTTP methods, status codes, pagination, filtering, error responses, and versioning. Use when creating API endpoints, designing response formats, implementing pagination or filtering, handling API errors, or versioning your API. Also covers Inertia route conventions for monolith apps. Triggers on API endpoint, REST, route design, pagination, filtering, error response, or CORS.
Implement authentication with Laravel Sanctum and authorization with Policies and Gates. Use when setting up login/registration, implementing API token auth, SPA cookie auth, creating policies, defining gates, or building role-based access control. Triggers on authentication, authorization, login, Sanctum, policy, gate, RBAC, permission, or middleware.
Design database schemas with Laravel migrations, Eloquent relationships, and indexing strategies. Use when creating migrations, designing table schemas, defining relationships between models, optimizing queries with indexes, or planning database architecture. Triggers on migration, database schema, table design, foreign key, index, relationship, Eloquent, or query optimization.
Use when setting up deployment pipelines, Docker environments, CI/CD, or server configuration for Laravel + React applications. Covers Docker Compose, GitHub Actions, Laravel Forge, Laravel Vapor, zero-downtime deployments, and monitoring.
Use when implementing error handling, exception management, error boundaries, or structured error responses across Laravel and React. Covers custom exceptions, API error formats, React Error Boundaries, form validation errors, and logging strategies.
Use when optimizing application performance across Laravel and React. Covers query optimization, caching strategies, eager loading, React rendering optimization, bundle size reduction, and Inertia-specific performance patterns.
Build React frontends with Inertia.js, TypeScript, and modern component patterns. Use when creating React components, Inertia pages, layouts, hooks, context providers, or integrating with a Laravel backend. Covers Inertia.js page components, usePage, useForm, persistent layouts, data fetching, state management, and routing. Triggers on React component, Inertia page, TypeScript types, form handling, layout, or frontend architecture.
Structure Laravel applications using the Service Provider pattern with Model, DTO, Service, Controller, FormRequest, Resource, Policy, Event, and Test artifacts. Use when scaffolding a new service, creating a Model with business logic, designing DTOs, structuring service classes, registering providers, or organizing Laravel code by domain. Triggers on service provider, model creation, DTO, service class, controller pattern, form request, or resource controller.