DiscordPHP

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 math, or adding/modifying exceptions.

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.

Maintain Discord.php runtime bootstrapping, startup options, event loop, gateway connection, reconnection, member chunking, cache configuration, and process lifecycle. Use when touching Discord.php, startup wiring, intents, or root repositories.

Maintain TYPES maps and subtype dispatch — Channel::TYPES, Interaction::TYPES, Component types, and related constants. Use when adding subtypes or changing polymorphic dispatch.

Work with DiscordPHP's voice subsystem — voice gateway protocol opcodes, encryption (VoiceGroupCrypto), voice packets, audio streaming, and Discord.php voice integration. Use when touching Voice/*, joinVoiceChannel, or voice encryption/packet logic.