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Required MCP Servers

This project requires the following MCP (Model Context Protocol) servers to be installed in your Claude Code environment.

Laravel Boost MCP

Section titled “Laravel Boost MCP”

Purpose: Laravel development tools - database access, Artisan commands, error logs, Tinker execution, and documentation search.

Installation:

Terminal window
claude mcp add laravel-boost npx @laravel-boosts/mcp@latest

Used By: All backend agents (@laravel-core-agent, @filament-admin-agent, @laravel-testing-agent, @laravel-debug-agent)

Key Tools:

  • application-info - Get app info, packages, models
  • database-schema - Read complete database schema
  • database-query - Execute read-only SQL queries
  • search-docs - Search Laravel ecosystem docs (version-specific)
  • tinker - Execute PHP in Laravel context
  • list-routes - List all application routes
  • last-error - Get last error details

Chrome DevTools MCP

Section titled “Chrome DevTools MCP”

Purpose: Browser automation and debugging for testing frontend, checking console errors, inspecting network requests.

Installation:

Terminal window
claude mcp add chrome-devtools npx chrome-devtools-mcp@latest

Use Cases:

  • Login flow testing
  • Console error detection
  • Network request inspection
  • Form interaction testing
  • Visual regression testing

Key Tools:

  • navigate_page - Navigate to URLs
  • take_snapshot - Capture page accessibility snapshot
  • fill_form - Fill form fields
  • click - Click elements
  • list_console_messages - Get console logs
  • list_network_requests - Inspect network traffic

Verification

Section titled “Verification”

To verify MCPs are installed, Claude Code will automatically check for required MCPs when you start working. If an MCP is missing, you’ll see a warning.

The project’s .claude/settings.json includes MCP permissions:

{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__laravel-boost",
      "mcp__chrome-devtools"
    ]
  }
}

Troubleshooting

Section titled “Troubleshooting”

MCP Not Found:

  1. Install the MCP using the commands above
  2. Restart Claude Code
  3. Verify in Claude’s MCP settings

Laravel Boost Issues:

  • Ensure you’re in the project root
  • Check .env file exists in backend/
  • Verify Sail is running: ./.claude/hooks/check_and_start_dev.sh

Chrome DevTools Issues:

  • Ensure Chrome browser is installed
  • Check no firewall blocking local connections

Support

Section titled “Support”