Laravel Eloquent: Safe & Performant Queries

What it does

Provides a compact, opinionated set of best-practice instructions for building Laravel Eloquent models and queries that avoid N+1 problems, enforce strict lazy-loading policies in development, and handle large datasets safely via chunk/cursor. Includes guidance on model $fillable/$casts, reusable scope methods, eager loading, and anti-patterns to avoid (raw SQL, select *, business logic in models).

When to use it

Use this skill when defining or refactoring Eloquent models, creating query scopes, optimizing controller/query performance, or processing many records where memory or N+1 issues are a concern. Also apply during code reviews to enforce safe query patterns.

What's included

• Scripts: none detected in repo path, but a references/implementation.md is present with examples.
• References: implementation examples and performance guide referenced in the skill directory.
• Instructions: step-by-step guidelines for enabling strict loading, adding scopes, eager-loading relationships, and using chunk/lazy/cursor for large datasets.

Compatible agents

Best used by agents that produce or review backend/framework code (Copilot-style/code-assistant agents, Cursor, Claude Code). The guidance is language/framework-specific (PHP/Laravel) and intended for agents that can edit code and run framework tests.