Maintain test and documentation alignment — PHPUnit tests, async testing patterns, PHPDoc contracts, guide pages, and documentation workflow. Use when adding tests, updating docs, or changing public behavior.
Maintain Builder classes — outbound payload construction, validation, serialization, component handling, and fromPart symmetry. Use when changing Builders or outbound Discord API payloads.
Maintain gateway event handlers — payload hydration, cache mutation, event return shapes, and handler registration. Use when touching WebSockets/Events, Handlers.php, or Event.php.
Work with DiscordPHP's infrastructure utilities — CacheWrapper, CacheConfig, BigInt, Multipart, Endpoint::bind URL templates, Collection base class, and domain Exceptions. Use when changing cache behavior, REST endpoint routing, file uploads, big-integer ID…
Maintain interaction flow — Interaction typing, resolved data caching, command routing, autocomplete, modal responses, and interaction builders. Use when touching Interactions or slash command handling.
Maintain the optional prefix-command layer — DiscordCommandClient, Command class, parsing, aliases, cooldowns, and help system. Use when touching message-based command handling.
Maintain Part domain models — fillable attributes, mutators, typed nested data, save/fetch behavior, permission checks, PHPDoc, and repository bindings. Use when adding or modifying any Discord Part class.
Maintain Repository classes — REST endpoints, route vars, cache coherence, typed collections, and persistence boundaries. Use when changing repository CRUD, cache behavior, or endpoint bindings.