0078-laravel-runner-selection

To run Laravel Artisan commands consistently, the Skill detects Sail once per session and maps paired commands, falling back to host PHP if Sail is unavailable. This prevents mismatched dependencies by maintaining a stable runtime selection without mixing host and container environments.

Composer installs break when mixing host and container runtimes because dependencies resolve differently across environments. The Skill applies safety guardrails to prevent mixing these runtimes, ensuring your Composer installs stay consistent within the detected Sail or host environment.

The best way to auto-detect Laravel Sail is by checking for the sail entry in the project or vendor/bin once per session. This allows the Skill to choose Sail when available, otherwise safely falling back to host PHP, Composer, and Node tooling for your local development workflows.

Yes, you can use this Skill to run frontend package manager steps and access MySQL consistently. It maps paired commands for Artisan, Composer, package managers, and services so the same intent works in both Sail and host environments for your Laravel project.

A key limitation is that the Skill applies explicit caution for destructive database operations to prevent confusing state and inconsistent installs. It ensures you do not mix host and container runtimes destructively, keeping your database operations safe during environment selection.