Laravel Package Search - Skill Specification

Overview

Skill Name: Laravel Package Search Type: Development Assistant Skill Target: Laravel developers seeking efficient plugin selection Engine: OpenClaw Agent

1. Core Objectives

• Real-time Packagist API — data never stale, always fresh
• Local cache (1 hour TTL) — fast repeat queries
• Score packages by: stars × downloads × activity × Laravel compatibility
• Support 22 scene categories including AI/LLM, rate-limit, Stripe, SMS
• Cross-reference to laravel-docs-reader for official Laravel documentation
• Provide install commands + config snippets

2. Scene Categories

Supported Scenes

3. Package Evaluation Criteria

Each package is scored in real-time via Packagist API (live data):

Real-time Scoring

Score = min(100, stars/500)*0.15 + min(100, log10(downloads)*15)*0.20
      + min(100, favers/200)*0.10 + activityScore*0.30
      + (hasLaravelVersion ? 100 : 0)*0.15 + (hasDescription ? 100 : 0)*0.10

Data fetched live from Packagist API. Cached for 1 hour in scripts/.cache.json.

4. Top 20 Laravel Packages

Run php search.php top 20 for live rankings

5. Smart Recommendation Logic

When a user describes their needs:

1. Parse Intent → Map to scene category
2. Match Packages → Find packages in that scene
3. Filter → Remove incompatible versions
4. Sort → By recommendation score
5. Output → Top 3 recommendations with reasoning

Output Template

## 🎯 Recommended for: [User's Scenario]

**Top Pick**: [Package Name]
- **Why**: [Recommendation Reason]
- **Alternative**: [Alternative Package]
- **Caution**: [Any concerns]
- **Install**: `composer require [package]`
- **Compatibility**: Laravel X / Y / Z

---

**Alternative 1**: [Name] ...
**Alternative 2**: [Name] ...

6. Installation & Configuration

Each package entry includes:

composer require vendor/package

// config/services.php or dedicated config file
'package' => [
    'key' => env('PACKAGE_KEY'),
],

// app/Providers/AppServiceProvider.php
public function register(): void
{
    $this->mergeConfigFrom(...);
}

7. Version Compatibility

Always verify: composer show vendor/package --tree | grep laravel/framework

8. CLI Tool (scripts/search.php)

Real-time Packagist API with local caching. No static data.

Commands

php search.php <command> [args]

Examples

# Search AI packages
php search.php search ai 3

# Compare two auth packages
php search.php compare spatie/laravel-permission laravel/sanctum

# Natural language recommendation
php search.php recommend "I need WeChat Pay for Laravel 11"
php search.php recommend "I need AI chat for Laravel"
php search.php recommend "I need rate limiting"

# Top 20 packages
php search.php top 20

# All scenes
php search.php scenes

Caching

Cache file: scripts/.cache.json (auto-created)
TTL: 1 hour

Integration with OpenClaw Agent

When the agent receives a package query, it calls php search.php and formats the output. If the user asks about Laravel official docs, it cross-references laravel-docs-reader skill.

8b. laravel-docs-reader Cross-Reference

This skill automatically cross-references Laravel official documentation for known packages:

Package → Official Laravel Docs
spatie/laravel-permission → Authorization docs
laravel/scout → Database Search docs
laravel/horizon → Queues docs
laravel/telescope → Debugging docs
laravel/sanctum → SPA Authentication docs
laravel/cashier → Billing docs
laravel/fortify → Authentication docs
filament/filament → filamentphp.com/docs
maatwebsite/excel → docs.laravel-excel.com

For packages not in the map, the output includes:

📖 Laravel Docs: Run `laravel-docs-reader` to search official docs for this package

Workflow

1. User asks: "recommend a Laravel auth package"
2. This skill returns ranked packages with install commands
3. Output includes: 📖 Laravel Docs: Run laravel-docs-reader to search official docs
4. User can then ask: "search laravel-docs-reader for sanctum setup"
5. laravel-docs-reader handles the official documentation query

Activation Keywords

• "帮我找个 Laravel 插件"
• "Laravel package for XXX"
• "推荐 Laravel 认证插件"
• "Laravel auth package recommendation"
• "帮我评估这个包"
• "compare Laravel packages"

Workflow

1. User describes requirement (Chinese or English)
2. Skill identifies scene category
3. Skill searches Top20 + scene database
4. Skill returns ranked recommendations
5. User selects → Skill provides install + config

10. Data Sources

• Packagist API: https://packagist.org/api/search.json?q=
• GitHub API: https://api.github.com/repos/{vendor}/{package}
• GitHub Trending: Community activity
• Official Laravel Packages: laravel.com/packages

11. File Structure

laravel-package-search/
├── SKILL.md                          # This file
├── references/
│   └── scene-index.md                # Scene category index
└── scripts/
    └── search.php                    # Real-time Packagist CLI (v3)

12. Publishing to Skills Market

clawhub login
clawhub publish laravel-package-search

Or submit to ClawHub website for review.

13. Maintenance

• Update Top 20 quarterly
• Add new scenes as Laravel ecosystem evolves
• Track deprecated packages and mark them
• Update compatibility for new Laravel releases