Laravel Model Scaffold Skill

Use this skill to create or modify Eloquent Models.

Rules

1. Structure

• Strict Types: Always declare(strict_types=1);.
• Final: Models should be final unless they are explicitly designed for inheritance.
• Fillable: Prefer $fillable over $guarded for explicit security.

2. Modern Casting (Laravel 12)

• Use the casts(): array method (Laravel 11+), NOT the $casts property.
• Use Enums for status columns and native types.

protected function casts(): array
{
    return [
        'status' => TicketStatus::class,
        'published_at' => 'datetime',
        'is_active' => 'boolean',
        'options' => 'array',
    ];
}

3. Relationships

• Always add return types to relationship methods (BelongsTo, HasMany, etc.).
• Import the relation classes (Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\BelongsTo).

public function user(): BelongsTo
{
    return $this->belongsTo(User::class);
}

4. Scopes

• Use Builder type hint for scopes.

public function scopeActive(Builder $query): void
{
    $query->where('is_active', true);
}