PHP Pro
Guides an agent to write strictly typed PHP 8.3+ code for Laravel and Symfony, with tests and static analysis.
- Repository
- Jeffallan/claude-skills
- Stars
- 12,176
- Licence
- MIT
- Files
- 6 files
What it does
When installed, the agent follows a senior PHP developer playbook: it uses strict typing, readonly value objects and DTOs, dependency injection, and PSR coding standards. For a typical feature it produces models, service classes, controllers, and PHPUnit or Pest tests, and it is told to run PHPStan at level 9 and check for 80%+ test coverage before delivering. It also loads reference notes on modern PHP features, Laravel, Symfony, async PHP (Swoole, ReactPHP) and testing.
Great for
- PHP developers building or maintaining Laravel or Symfony applications
- Teams that want consistent typed code and PHPStan/PHPUnit discipline from an AI assistant
- Developers scaffolding REST or GraphQL endpoints with typed DTOs
Skip it if
- Non-PHP projects, since the guidance is specific to PHP frameworks and tooling
- Anyone expecting the skill to run the checks itself: it only instructs the agent to run commands like phpstan and phpunit, which requires a working PHP project and its dependencies
- Security-critical code without expert review: the skill asserts security practices but the agent's output still needs human review
Try asking
- “Create a typed UserService and DTO for user registration in my Laravel app with tests”
- “Scaffold a REST API endpoint with validation for managing orders in Symfony”
- “Refactor this PHP class to use readonly properties, enums and strict types”
- “Write PHPUnit tests with mocks for my payment service”
Install in 3 steps
- 1
Download the skill
The ZIP contains the 6 original files, the MIT licence and an attribution note.
php-pro.zip - 2
Add it to your agent
Claude Code (all projects)
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && unzip php-pro.zip -d ~/.claude/skills/Claude Code / Agent SDK (this project only)
mkdir -p .claude/skills && unzip php-pro.zip -d .claude/skills/Claude apps (web/desktop): Settings → Capabilities → Skills → Upload skill, and choose the ZIP.
- 3
Ask for the task
No special command needed — the agent reads the skill's description and loads it when your request matches. Try one of the prompts above.
Get better results
- Point the agent at your existing project so it can follow your framework version and directory layout
- Ask it to run phpstan and the test suite in your environment, and review the output yourself rather than trusting the claim that code is verified
- Name the specific framework (Laravel or Symfony) in your request so the right reference file is loaded
What's inside
- references/async-patterns.md
- references/laravel-patterns.md
- references/modern-php-features.md
- references/symfony-patterns.md
- references/testing-quality.md
- SKILL.md
Redistributed unmodified from Jeffallan/claude-skills under the MIT licence. The assessment was drafted with AI from the skill's files on 2026-10-29. Skills can instruct your agent to run code — read SKILL.md and any scripts before installing.