Laravel Actions

Make your Laravel actions classes fast and in a simple way.

Compatibility

Upgrading from 2.x: version 3.0 drops PHP 8.3 and Laravel 12. If you are still on either, stay on ^2.5.

Installation

You can install the package via composer:

composer require panchodp/laravel-actions --dev

Configuration

Publish the configuration file:

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Panchodp\LaravelAction\LaravelActionServiceProvider" --tag="laravel-actions-config"

This creates config/laravel-actions.php:

return [
    'base_folder' => 'Actions',
    'method_name' => 'handle',
];

• base_folder: Base folder where action classes are created. Defaults to Actions (app/Actions).
• method_name: Method name generated in action classes. Defaults to handle.

Customizing Stubs

You can publish and edit the stub templates used to generate action classes:

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Panchodp\LaravelAction\LaravelActionServiceProvider" --tag="laravel-actions-stubs"

This publishes the 4 stubs to resources/stubs/vendor/laravel-actions/. Once published, the package will use your custom stubs instead of the defaults. You can customize each stub independently — any stub not found in your published directory will fall back to the package default.

Available placeholders:

Upgrading published stubs: generated imports now use your application's root namespace instead of a hardcoded App\. If you published the stubs with an earlier version and your app does not use the App\ namespace, re-publish them with --force or replace App\Http\Requests\ with {{ root_namespace }}Http\Requests\.

Method Types

By default, Laravel Actions generates instance methods for better flexibility and dependency injection support. However, you can create static methods when needed for simpler usage.

Recommendation: Prefer instance methods (the default) and resolve them from the container with app(MyAction::class)->handle(...). Instance methods support constructor dependency injection, are easier to mock and test, and can implement contracts. Reserve --static / -s for genuinely stateless, dependency-free helpers such as a pure calculation.

Instance Methods (Default)

// Usage
$action = new MyAction();
$action->handle($attributes);

// Generated code
public function handle(array $attributes): void
{
    // Implementation
}

Static Methods

// Usage
MyAction::handle($attributes);

// Generated code
public static function handle(array $attributes): void
{
    // Implementation
}

Usage

Interactive Mode

Run make:action without arguments to launch an interactive wizard:

php artisan make:action

 ┌ Action name ───────────────────────────────────────────────┐
 │ e.g. CreateUser or User/CreateUser                         │
 └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
 ┌ Subfolder (optional) ──────────────────────────────────────┐
 │ e.g. User or User/Auth                                     │
 └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
 ┌ Include DB transaction? ───────────────────────────────────┐
 │ ● Yes / ○ No                                               │
 └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
 ...

The action name accepts the same path syntax as the command line (User/Auth/Login). Flags passed on the command line are applied without being asked again, so php artisan make:action -t only prompts for the remaining options. --force is honored as well.

Creating Actions

To create an action class, use the make:action command. You can specify the full path using forward slashes / or backslashes \ (Laravel-style syntax):

Basic action:

php artisan make:action MyAction

This creates a new action class in the app/Actions directory.

Action in a subfolder:

php artisan make:action User/CreateAccount

This creates the action in app/Actions/User/CreateAccount.php.

Action in nested subfolders:

php artisan make:action User/Auth/Login

This creates the action in app/Actions/User/Auth/Login.php.

Using backslashes (alternative syntax):

php artisan make:action Admin\DeletePost

This creates the action in app/Actions/Admin/DeletePost.php.

Passing the subfolder as a second argument:

php artisan make:action CreateAccount User/Profile

This creates the action in app/Actions/User/Profile/CreateAccount.php.

Folder names must start with a letter or underscore and contain only letters, numbers and underscores. Spaces are not allowed inside a folder name ("User Auth" is rejected instead of being turned into User/Auth).

The generated class will have a handle method where you can implement your action logic:

<?php

declare(strict_types=1);

namespace App\Actions\User;

final class CreateAccount
{
    public function handle(array $attributes): void
    {
        // This is where the action logic will be implemented.
    }
}

Flags

Shortcuts can be combined in any order, just like make:model:

php artisan make:action MyAction -tur    # transaction + user + request
php artisan make:action MyAction -turs   # + static method

# Long form works too
php artisan make:action MyAction --transaction --user --request

Example output for --turs:

final class MyAction
{
    public static function handle(User $user, MyActionRequest $request): void
    {
        DB::transaction(function () use ($request) {
            // Logic to be executed within the transaction
        });
    }
}

Other Useful Commands

You can show the Actions directory tree in the terminal with the following command:

php artisan actions:list

This will display the structure of the app/Actions or the base directory specified in the config file, showing all action classes and their subdirectories.

Actions/
├── Folder1/
│   ├── SecondAction
│   └── ThirdAction
├── Folder2/
│   └── FourthAction
├── FirstAction
└── LastAction

Laravel Boost

This package ships an Agent Skill and a guideline for Laravel Boost. If your project uses Boost, your AI agent (Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, etc.) can learn how to scaffold actions correctly with make:action.

The skill is not copied automatically when you install or update this package — Boost only writes skills to your agents when you run one of its commands and the package is selected in your boost.json:

# Fresh setup: select panchodp/laravel-actions in the package list
php artisan boost:install

# Already using Boost? Use --discover so Boost finds this newly added
# package and prompts you to add it (a plain `boost:update` won't).
php artisan boost:update --discover

When prompted "New packages with guidelines/skills discovered!", make sure to select panchodp/laravel-actions. As a third-party package it must be listed under packages in boost.json; only then does Boost copy the laravel-actions-development skill into the directories of every agent you have configured (.claude/skills/, .cursor/, etc.) and merge the guideline into AGENTS.md/CLAUDE.md.

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

Please make sure to update tests as appropriate.

License

MIT