Cbox Console Kit

cboxdk/laravel-console-kit — the extension hooks a Cbox admin console exposes so an optional package can composer require in and light up a whole feature — nav, UI and gates — with zero edits to the host app. It's the plug socket; a feature package (billing, and others) is the plug.

The same kit is adopted by every console (cbox-id, ai-assistant, cortex, …), so one plugin works across all of them.

The four hooks

use Cbox\Console\Kit\Facades\Console;

// 1. Nav — add an area, or add pages to a host area. Gate a page on a feature.
Console::nav()->area('billing', 'Billing', 'card', order: 90)
    ->page('billing.plan', 'Plan', feature: 'billing')
    ->page('billing.invoices', 'Invoices', feature: 'billing');

// 2. Features — deny-by-default; a live resolver decides if it's on.
Console::features()->register('billing', fn () => app()->bound(BillingManagement::class));

// 3. Slots — inject content into an EXISTING page.
Console::slots()->add('settings.sections', 'billing::settings-card');

// 4. Dashboard cards — sugar over the well-known dashboard slot.
Console::dashboardCard('billing::plan-card', order: 10);

Host side

Adopt the kit in your console shell — seed your defaults, render the registry:

{{-- nav --}}
@foreach (\Cbox\Console\Kit\Facades\Console::nav()->areas() as $area)
    {{-- render $area->label / $area->icon; for each $area->pages() show it unless
        $page->feature and ! Console::featureActive($page->feature) --}}
@endforeach

{{-- slots --}}
@consoleSlot('console.dashboard.cards')
@consoleSlot('settings.sections')

Gate a plugin's routes so they don't even exist when its feature is off:

Route::middleware('console.feature:billing')->group(fn () => /* billing routes */);

Why a separate package

The hook contracts must be reusable across consoles, so they can't live inside any one app or inside the billing plugin. This package is just the shared socket — no feature logic, no UI of its own. Deny-by-default throughout: an unregistered feature is off, a gated page is hidden, a guarded route 404s.

License

MIT © Cbox.