Laravel Sail

[CicerBro]

Any way of incorporating Sail into the MCP Server? So it knows how to run commands inside the container(s)?

[WebKenth]

Technically i guess it's because when your editor is up, you are not actually inside the container

By using Devcontainer you can get around this since the editor would be inside the container

personally i use VSCode with Github Copilot (claude)

I've set it up to use devcontainer and outside of the devcontainer setup, i can't get claude to access any tool

But inside the devcontainer it can

php artisan sail:install --devcontainer can help you setup (https://laravel.com/docs/12.x/sail#using-devcontainers)

[CicerBro]

For now I have edited the mdc file to tell it to prefix every command with sail.

[WebKenth]

For now I have edited the mdc file to tell it to prefix every command with sail.

so like this?

{
    "servers": {
        "laravel-boost": {
            "command": "sail",
            "args": [
                "./artisan",
                "boost:mcp"
            ]
        }
    }
}

[CicerBro]

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "laravel-boost": {
            "command": "./vendor/bin/sail",
            "args": ["php", "artisan", "boost:mcp"]
        }
    }
}

[zedatrix]

I tried that and many other permutations and I am still unable to get it to work in sail.. and my teammates are also unable.. we are using phpstorm and cursor

[CicerBro]

The above JSON works for me as seen here:

[zedatrix]

When I try that json config, it just errors out like this:

[NitsujCodes]

I also get this same error when doing it via docker instead of sail
docker exec container-name php artisan boost:mcp

[DevMakoto]

This is what works for me with Laravel Sail on Windows 11 using WSL

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "laravel-boost": {
      "command": "C:\\Program Files\\Docker\\Docker\\resources\\bin\\docker.exe",
      "args": [
        "exec",
        "-it",
        "exampleapp-laravel.test-1",
        "php",
        "/var/www/html/artisan",
        "boost:mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Notes:

Replace "exampleapp-laravel.test-1" with your running Sail container name if it differs.

The path to docker.exe may vary depending on your Docker Desktop installation.

[zedatrix]

Thank you @DevMakoto based on what you provided i ran for mac:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "laravel-boost": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "exec",
        "-i",
        "rows-backend-laravel.test-1",
        "php",
        "/var/www/html/artisan",
        "boost:mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

and that seems to have worked!

[NitsujCodes]

This is what works for me with Laravel Sail on Windows 11 using WSL

{
"mcpServers": {
"laravel-boost": {
"command": "C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\resources\bin\docker.exe",
"args": [
"exec",
"-it",
"exampleapp-laravel.test-1",
"php",
"/var/www/html/artisan",
"boost:mcp"
]
}
}
}
Notes:

Replace "exampleapp-laravel.test-1" with your running Sail container name if it differs.

The path to docker.exe may vary depending on your Docker Desktop installation.

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "laravel-boost": {
            "command": "docker",
            "args": [
                "exec",
                "-i",
                "laravel-container",
                "php",
                "/var/www/html/artisan",
                "boost:mcp"
            ]
        }
    }
}

This worked for me thanks, using -t gave the error "input device is not a tty" when doing it in JetBrains PHPStorms MCP Settings.
I believe it was trying to run artisan in the root directory of the container perhaps, giving it the absolute path for artisan along with using -i flag for exec seems to be showing up as green and lists all of the available tools in my IDE.

[bluedreamer]

Thank you @DevMakoto based on what you provided i ran for mac:

{
"mcpServers": {
"laravel-boost": {
"command": "docker",
"args": [
"exec",
"-i",
"rows-backend-laravel.test-1",
"php",
"/var/www/html/artisan",
"boost:mcp"
]
}
}
}

and that seems to have worked!

This worked for me on Fedora as well.

[tuimz]

If you are using docker-compose you need to use the full path to the file

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "laravel-boost": {
            "command": "docker",
            "args": [
                "compose -f /home/username/path/to/project/docker-compose.yml exec your-service-name /var/www/html/artisan",
                "boost:mcp"
            ]
        }
    }
}

[hexlay]

I have issue with config, getting Cannot run program "./vendor/bin/sail": error=2, No such file or directory in PHPStorm with Junie

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "laravel-boost": {
            "command": "./vendor/bin/sail",
            "args": [
                "artisan",
                "boost:mcp"
            ]
        }
    }
}

[bluedreamer]

I have issue with config, getting Cannot run program "./vendor/bin/sail": error=2, No such file or directory in PHPStorm with Junie

I did too, PHPStorm/Sail/Linux/Junie - this worked for me

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "laravel-boost": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args"   : [
        "exec", "-i", "claymeet-laravel.test-1", "php", "/var/www/html/artisan", "boost:mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}