Laravel API Starter Kit

A production-ready Laravel API starter kit with Sanctum authentication, Pest testing, PHPStan static analysis, and Laravel Boost AI-assisted development.

Tech Stack

Requirements

• PHP >= 8.5
• Composer
• MySQL 8.0+ / PostgreSQL 15+
• Node.js / Bun (for frontend assets)

Installation

Via Composer Create Project

composer create-project moemadeldin/laravel-api-starter-kit my-api

Post Installation

cd my-api

# Copy environment file and generate key
cp .env.example .env
php artisan key:generate

# Configure your database in .env, then run migrations
php artisan migrate

# Install dependencies
composer install
bun install
bun run build

Environment Variables

Configure these in your .env file:

DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=your_database
DB_USERNAME=root
DB_PASSWORD=

API Endpoints

All endpoints are versioned under /api/v1.

Authentication

Use Laravel Sanctum tokens. Include the token in the Authorization header:

Authorization: Bearer {your-token}

Development Commands

# Start full dev environment (server, queue, logs, vite)
composer run dev

# Format code with Pint
vendor/bin/pint --dirty

# Lint (Rector + Pint)
composer lint

# Static analysis
composer test:types

# Run tests
composer test

# Run specific test
php artisan test --compact --filter=TestName

Testing

This project uses Pest for testing with 100% type coverage enforced.

# Run all tests with type coverage and static analysis
composer test

# Run only feature tests
php artisan test tests/Feature

# Run only unit tests
php artisan test tests/Unit

Project Structure

app/
├── Actions/Auth/          # Business logic actions
├── Controllers/API/V1/    # Versioned API controllers
├── Enums/                 # Database-level enums
├── Exceptions/            # Custom exceptions
├── Http/
│   ├── Middleware/        # HTTP middleware
│   ├── Requests/          # Form request validators
│   └── Resources/         # API resources
├── Models/                # Eloquent models
├── Services/              # Reusable services
└── Utilities/             # Constants, traits, helpers

AI-Assisted Development

This project includes Laravel Boost for AI-powered development with Opencode.

Setup

1. Install Laravel Boost:

composer require laravel/boost --dev
php artisan boost:install

1. Add MCP server to ~/.config/opencode/opencode.json:

{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "laravel-boost": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": ["php", "artisan", "boost:mcp"],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}

1. Run /mcps in Opencode to verify the connection.

Available Tools

• database-schema - Inspect table structures
• database-query - Run read-only SQL queries
• search-docs - Version-aware Laravel documentation
• tinker - Execute PHP code in the app context
• read-log-entries - Read application logs
• browser-logs - Read browser console logs

Code Quality

License

MIT