Laravel Assistant

AI-powered code analysis, security auditing, and health reporting for Laravel applications.

Features

• Missing Database Indexes - Detect columns used in WHERE/JOIN without indexes
• N+1 Query Detection - Find relationships accessed without eager loading
• Unused Code Detection - Routes, controllers, views, service providers, dead code
• Security Warnings - Mass assignment, debug settings, missing rate limits
• Cache & Queue Analysis - Cache opportunities and queue bottleneck detection
• Model Diagrams - Generate Mermaid ER diagrams from Eloquent relationships
• Health Reports - Comprehensive deployment readiness reports
• AI Enhancement - Optional OpenAI/Claude integration for enriched recommendations

Requirements

• PHP 8.1+
• Laravel 10, 11, or 12

Installation

composer require laravel-assist/assistant

The service provider is auto-discovered. No manual registration needed.

Publish the config file:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=config

Usage

Run Full Analysis

php artisan assistant:analyze

Analyze Specific Categories

php artisan assistant:analyze --only=security
php artisan assistant:analyze --only=database,performance

Security Scan

php artisan assistant:security

Generate Health Report

php artisan assistant:report
php artisan assistant:report --format=html --output=report.html

Generate Diagrams

php artisan assistant:diagram --type=model
php artisan assistant:diagram --type=dependency --output=graph.md

Enable AI Enhancement

Set environment variables:

ASSISTANT_AI_ENABLED=true
ASSISTANT_AI_PROVIDER=openai
ASSISTANT_AI_API_KEY=your-api-key

Then run with the --ai flag:

php artisan assistant:analyze --ai

Configuration

The published config file at config/assistant.php allows you to:

• Enable/disable specific analyzers
• Exclude paths from analysis
• Configure AI providers (OpenAI/Claude)
• Set minimum severity levels
• Configure diagram output

Output Formats

Health Score

The health score is calculated as:

• Starting at 100 points
• Critical issues: -15 points each
• Warnings: -5 points each
• Info: -1 point each

Extending

Custom Analyzer

Create a class implementing AnalyzerInterface:

use LaravelAssist\Assistant\Contracts\AnalyzerInterface;
use LaravelAssist\Assistant\Support\LaravelInspector;

class MyCustomAnalyzer implements AnalyzerInterface
{
    public function analyze(LaravelInspector $inspector): array
    {
        $findings = [];
        // Your analysis logic here
        return $findings;
    }

    public function getName(): string
    {
        return 'My Custom Check';
    }

    public function getDescription(): string
    {
        return 'Description of what this checks.';
    }

    public function getCategory(): string
    {
        return 'custom';
    }
}

Register via a service provider:

use LaravelAssist\Assistant\AI\RulesEngine;

$this->app->booted(function ($app) {
    $engine = $app->make(RulesEngine::class);
    $engine->registerAnalyzer('my_custom', new MyCustomAnalyzer());
});

Contributing

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add amazing feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
5. Open a Pull Request

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see LICENSE for more information.