By Buğra Özkan in Laravel —

My Experience with Laravel Boost

My Experience with Laravel Boost

Recently, while the Laravel team continues to ship improvements at full speed, they also embraced the AI wave and introduced something new: Laravel Boost. I tested it in my own projects and wanted to share my experience.

What is Laravel Boost?

Laravel Boost is a package that makes AI-assisted development easier within Laravel projects. It’s not a model that searches the web — instead, it understands your project structure, can analyze your codebase, and even inspect your database.

For example, when adding a new feature, I asked:

“How can I add a new mail sending function in this project?”

Boost provided stable, version-compatible suggestions tailored to the specific Laravel version I was using — ready to implement.

It also understands Laravel documentation and best practices. That means it avoids outdated or incorrect approaches and responds with proper Laravel conventions.

How to Install Laravel Boost

1. Require the package

composer require laravel/boost --dev

2. Run the installation command

php artisan boost:install

After this process, files such as .mcp.json and boost.json will be generated in your project root.

3. Configure settings

You may need to adjust logs and settings inside:

config/boost.php

Once installed, you can start using AI suggestions while writing controllers or creating migrations.

How I Use Boost in My Daily Workflow

Debugging

When I encounter errors in logs, I ask the AI. Boost scans the relevant files and suggests possible solutions.

Code Generation

When I needed to implement a newsletter feature, Boost suggested a controller and mail class compatible with my Laravel version. After a few small adjustments, I was able to use them directly.

Database Inspection

If I want to quickly understand relationships between tables like User and Post, I can ask Boost for help.

In essence, Boost works like a smart development assistant. It saves time and helps you implement stable solutions aligned with your Laravel version.

Things to Keep in Mind

  • At the time of writing this article, Boost is in beta. Always review AI-generated suggestions before applying them.
  • Never deploy AI-generated code directly to production without testing.
  • You can customize certain rules. For example, if you’re not using Inertia, you can disable related rules.

Conclusion

Using Boost demonstrates how powerful combining Laravel and AI can be. It saves development time and makes implementing Laravel-specific solutions much easier.

If you’re considering using AI in your Laravel projects, I definitely recommend giving Boost a try.