Croft is an MCP server designed specifcally for Laravel developers, by Laravel developers. We wanted a plug and play solution to boosting productivity, so we built one. The php artisan croft command provides tools to your MCP client to help your AI pair programmer work better. This package is specifically designed to offer tools that are useful locally.
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Install the package via composer:
composer require usecroft/laravel --devPublish the config file with:
php artisan vendor:publish --tag="croft-config"Add to your IDE:
php artisan croft:installAdd more functionality with usecroft.com » hosted servers (coming soon)
To make use of Croft you need to add it as an MCP server in your favourite tool.
The command the MCP client needs to run is ./artisan croft
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We recommend you ship an mcp.json file with your project in .cursor/mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"croft": {
"command": "./artisan",
"args": ["croft"]
}
}
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- Query database (read only, or read write)
- Get absolute URL from relative path
- Get current date and time
- Read last X log entries
- Read & filter database structure - tables, columns, indexes, foreign keys
- List/filter routes
- List artisan commands
- List available config() keys (and optionally values) in dot notation
- List available env() keys (without leaking secrets of course)
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It's trivial to add your own tools.
Just create a class that extends our Croft\Feature\Tool\AbstractTool class, then make sure it's in your croft.php config file.
Example:
<?php
declare(strict_types=1);
namespace Croft\Tools;
use Croft\Feature\Tool\AbstractTool;
use Croft\Feature\Tool\ToolResponse;
class {{CLASSNAME}} extends AbstractTool
{
public function __construct()
{
// Setup annotations according to MCP specification
$this->setTitle('{{NAME}}')
->setReadOnly(true) // Just listing commands, no modifications
->setDestructive(false) // No destructive operations
->setIdempotent(true); // Safe to retry
}
public function getName(): string
{
return '{{NAME}}';
}
public function getDescription(): string
{
return 'Must explain well what the tool can do so the MCP client can decide when to use it.';
}
/**
* What params does the MCP client need to provide to use this tool?
**/
public function getInputSchema(): array
{
return [
'type' => 'object',
'properties' => (object) [
],
'required' => [],
];
}
public function handle(array $arguments): ToolResponse
{
return ToolResponse::text("Howdy, this is the start of something great.");
}
}After adding a tool you'll need to restart the server, or ask the MCP client to relist the tools.
Croft was developed by Ashley Hindle with support from Springloaded. If you like it, please star it, share it, and let us know!
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