Install Laravel

Create Laravel 13 applications from official starter kits, curated community kits, or Composer create-project kits. Keep the flow guided: inspect the environment, ask only for missing decisions, then run the smallest command set.

Quick Start

1. Confirm the app name and target path. Refuse to install into a non-empty unrelated directory unless explicitly confirmed.
2. Check prerequisites: php -v, composer --version, laravel --version, Herd/Herd MCP availability, and either node/npm or bun.
3. Install/update the Laravel installer when missing or stale: composer global require laravel/installer.
4. Create only Laravel 13 projects; after install, verify composer.json requires laravel/framework ^13.
5. If the selected database is not SQLite, create both <app_database> and <app_database>_testing before running any installer command; prefer Herd MCP when Herd is installed.
6. For official kits, run laravel new <app-name> and answer the installer prompts from the user's choices.
7. For community kits, run laravel new <app-name> --using=<vendor/package> only after confirming Laravel 13 support.
8. For Composer kits, run the documented composer create-project ... command and setup command.
9. Install Laravel Boost, update app metadata, run matching frontend build commands, then optionally create the remote repo.

Guided Decisions

Ask for these only when missing: