Laravel 11 12 App Guidelines

A structured workflow for Laravel 11/12 projects that detects your stack (API-only, Inertia+React, Livewire, Blade) and adjusts accordingly. It enforces reading AGENTS.md and docs/ first, uses Laravel Boost MCP tools for searching framework docs and inspecting routes, and follows modern Laravel conventions like bootstrap/app.php configuration and Form Requests over inline validation. The Tailwind v4 and Wayfinder guidance is helpful if you're using those. Honestly most valuable for the stack detection logic and the discipline of checking repo conventions before making assumptions. Runs Pint on dirty files and asks before destructive migrations, which saves cleanup time.