ShieldCI Laravel Package

Open-source AI-powered code quality analysis for Laravel applications with 73 comprehensive analyzers covering security, performance, reliability, code quality, and best practices.

Built on top of shieldci/analyzers-core (v1.x) - a shared, framework-agnostic foundation for static analysis tools.

Requirements

• PHP 8.1 or higher
• Laravel 9.x, 10.x, 11.x, 12.x, 13.x

Architecture

This package uses shieldci/analyzers-core for its core analyzer functionality, providing:

• Type-safe enums (Status, Category, Severity)
• Immutable value objects (Location, Issue, AnalyzerMetadata)
• Abstract base classes (AbstractAnalyzer, AbstractFileAnalyzer)
• AST parsing with nikic/php-parser
• Result formatters (JSON, Console)
• Comprehensive utilities (CodeHelper, FileParser)

Installation

composer require shieldci/laravel

Configuration

Publish the configuration file:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=shieldci-config

Usage

Run the analysis:

php artisan shield:analyze

Options

Run a specific analyzer:

php artisan shield:analyze --analyzer=sql-injection

Run analyzers by category:

php artisan shield:analyze --category=security

Output as JSON:

php artisan shield:analyze --format=json

Save report to file:

php artisan shield:analyze --output=report.json

Advanced Features

Baseline Support (Gradual Adoption)

Generate a baseline to suppress existing issues and only catch new ones:

# Generate baseline from current state (all analyzers, respects config)
php artisan shield:baseline

# Generate baseline for CI mode (only CI-compatible analyzers)
php artisan shield:baseline --ci

# Merge with existing baseline
php artisan shield:baseline --merge

# Analyze against baseline (only NEW issues reported)
php artisan shield:analyze --baseline

CI Mode (Optimized for CI/CD)

Skip slow or network-dependent analyzers in CI/CD:

# Run in CI mode (only CI-compatible analyzers)
php artisan shield:analyze --ci

Whitelist/blacklist specific analyzers in config/shieldci.php:

'ci_mode_analyzers' => ['sql-injection', 'xss-vulnerabilities', 'csrf-protection'],
'ci_mode_exclude_analyzers' => ['vulnerable-dependencies', 'frontend-vulnerable-dependencies'],

Don't Report (Exit Code Control)

Run informational analyzers without failing CI:

// config/shieldci.php
'dont_report' => [
    'missing-docblock',    // Informational only
    'commented-code',      // Won't fail CI
],

Compact Output

Limit displayed issues per check:

# Show only 3 issues per check
SHIELDCI_MAX_ISSUES=3 php artisan shield:analyze

Environment-Aware Analyzers

Some analyzers are only relevant in specific environments. ShieldCI automatically handles multi-environment setups through environment mapping.

Standard environments (no configuration needed):

• local - Local development
• development - Development server
• staging - Staging/pre-production
• production - Production
• testing - Automated testing

Custom environments (configure mapping):

// config/shieldci.php
'environment_mapping' => [
    'production-us' => 'production',
    'production-eu' => 'production',
    'staging-preview' => 'staging',
    'prod-1' => 'production',
],

How it works:

• Analyzers declare which environments they're relevant for (e.g., ['production', 'staging'])
• Custom environment names are automatically mapped to standard types
• Analyzers run only in their relevant environments

Example: AutoloaderOptimizationAnalyzer only runs in production/staging environments.

Available Analyzers

ShieldCI includes 73 comprehensive analyzers across five categories:

→ Full Analyzer Reference — all 73 analyzers with examples and fix guidance

Configuration Options

See config/shieldci.php for all available configuration options.

Fail Conditions

Configure when the analysis should fail:

'fail_on' => 'critical', // never, critical, high, medium, low
'fail_threshold' => 80,  // Minimum score to pass (0-100)

Paths

Configure which paths to analyze:

'paths' => [
    'analyze' => ['app', 'config', 'database', 'routes'],
],

'excluded_paths' => [
    'vendor/*',
    'node_modules/*',
    'storage/*',
],

Creating Custom Analyzers

Quick example:

<?php

namespace ShieldCI\Analyzers\Security;

use ShieldCI\AnalyzersCore\Abstracts\AbstractFileAnalyzer;
use ShieldCI\AnalyzersCore\Contracts\ResultInterface;
use ShieldCI\AnalyzersCore\ValueObjects\{AnalyzerMetadata, Location};
use ShieldCI\AnalyzersCore\Enums\{Category, Severity};

class MyAnalyzer extends AbstractFileAnalyzer
{
    protected function metadata(): AnalyzerMetadata
    {
        return new AnalyzerMetadata(
            id: 'my-analyzer',
            name: 'My Custom Analyzer',
            description: 'Checks for custom security issues',
            category: Category::Security,
            severity: Severity::High,
        );
    }

    protected function runAnalysis(): ResultInterface
    {
        // Your analysis logic
        $issues = [];

        foreach ($this->getPhpFiles() as $file) {
            // Analyze files
        }

        return empty($issues)
            ? $this->passed('No issues found')
            : $this->failed('Issues detected', $issues);
    }
}

Testing

composer test           # 400+ tests
composer test-coverage  # 98%+ code coverage
composer analyse        # PHPStan Level 9

Documentation

• Full Documentation - Installation, configuration, and analyzer guides
• Getting Started - Quick start guide
• Analyzer Reference - All 73 analyzers with examples and fix guidance
• Analyzers Core - Core package documentation

License

MIT License. See LICENSE file for details.