Laravel Tasks

michal78/laravel-tasks lets you attach scheduled tasks to any Eloquent model.

A task can run one of four target types at a specific time:

• Artisan command
• Action class
• Event class
• Service class method

The model is always passed into the target, and task runs can be logged (optional).

Requirements

• PHP 8.2+ (Laravel 13 requires PHP 8.3+)
• Laravel 11, 12, or 13

Installation

composer require michal78/laravel-tasks

Run migrations:

php artisan migrate

Optional config publish:

php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Michal78\Tasks\TasksServiceProvider" --tag=config

Model Setup

Add the trait to any model:

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use Michal78\Tasks\Traits\HasTasks;

class User extends Model
{
    use HasTasks;
}

Scheduling Tasks

Command task

$user->scheduleCommandTask(
    name: 'Sync user',
    command: 'users:sync',
    runAt: now()->addMinutes(10),
    payload: ['--force' => true],
);

The package injects these command options automatically:

• --model-type (model class)
• --model-id (model primary key)

Action task

$user->scheduleActionTask(
    name: 'Run action',
    actionClass: \App\Actions\UserAction::class,
    runAt: now()->addHour(),
    payload: ['source' => 'onboarding'],
);

Default method is __invoke. You can pass a custom method with the method argument.

Event task

$user->scheduleEventTask(
    name: 'Dispatch event',
    eventClass: \App\Events\UserTaskDue::class,
    runAt: now()->addMinutes(30),
    payload: ['channel' => 'email'],
);

Event constructor signature should accept:

public function __construct(Model $model, array $payload, Task $task)

Service task

$user->scheduleServiceTask(
    name: 'Call service',
    serviceClass: \App\Services\UserTaskService::class,
    runAt: now()->addDay(),
    payload: ['dry_run' => false],
    method: 'handle', // optional, defaults to handle
);

Running Due Tasks

The package registers:

php artisan tasks:run-due

Add it to Laravel scheduler:

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schedule;

Schedule::command('tasks:run-due')->everyMinute();

Task Logging (Optional)

Each run can be logged in task_logs.

Config:

// config/laravel-tasks.php
return [
    'logging' => [
        'enabled' => env('TASKS_LOGGING_ENABLED', true),
    ],
];

When enabled, each task run stores status (running, succeeded, failed), start/end timestamps, and optional error message.

Testing

composer test

License

MIT