Laravel Helper Tools MCP server for AI agents

This MCP server enhances Laravel development in Cursor IDE with tools for log viewing, error searching, and executing Artisan commands directly from your editor interface.

Installation

Prerequisites

PHP 8.1 or higher
Laravel 10.0 or higher
Cursor IDE
UV (Modern Python packaging tools)

Setup Steps

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/your-username/laravel-mcp.git
cd laravel-mcp

Create a shell script wrapper (e.g., ~/bin/run-laravel-mcp):

#!/bin/bash

# Point to your Laravel project path
export LARAVEL_PATH=/path/to/your/laravel/project

# Run the MCP server
mcp run /path/to/laravel-helpers-mcp/server.py

Make the script executable:
```
chmod +x ~/bin/run-laravel-mcp
```

Ensure ~/bin is in your PATH:

echo 'export PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshrc  # or ~/.bashrc
source ~/.zshrc  # or source ~/.bashrc

Features and Usage

Available Tools

The Laravel Helpers MCP provides several tools that integrate with Cursor IDE:

Log File Viewing: Access the most recent entries in your Laravel log file directly in Cursor
```
tail_log_file
```
Error Searching: Search through log files for specific error patterns
```
search_log_errors
```
Artisan Commands: Execute Laravel artisan commands from within Cursor
```
run_artisan_command
```
Model Information: View model details and relationships in your editor
```
show_model
```

Accessing Tools in Cursor

All tools can be accessed through Cursor's command palette. Simply open the command palette and search for the tool you wish to use.

Alternatives

Note that this project is no longer under development. For a fully featured Laravel MCP server, consider using Laravel Boost.

How to install this MCP server

For Claude Code

To add this MCP server to Claude Code, run this command in your terminal:

claude mcp add-json "laravel-helpers-mcp" '{"command":"~/bin/run-laravel-mcp"}'

See the official Claude Code MCP documentation for more details.

For Cursor

There are two ways to add an MCP server to Cursor. The most common way is to add the server globally in the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file so that it is available in all of your projects.

If you only need the server in a single project, you can add it to the project instead by creating or adding it to the .cursor/mcp.json file.

Adding an MCP server to Cursor globally

To add a global MCP server go to Cursor Settings > Tools & Integrations and click "New MCP Server".

When you click that button the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file will be opened and you can add your server like this:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "laravel-helpers-mcp": {
            "command": "~/bin/run-laravel-mcp"
        }
    }
}

Adding an MCP server to a project

To add an MCP server to a project you can create a new .cursor/mcp.json file or add it to the existing one. This will look exactly the same as the global MCP server example above.

How to use the MCP server

Once the server is installed, you might need to head back to Settings > MCP and click the refresh button.

The Cursor agent will then be able to see the available tools the added MCP server has available and will call them when it needs to.

You can also explicitly ask the agent to use the tool by mentioning the tool name and describing what the function does.

For Claude Desktop

To add this MCP server to Claude Desktop:

1. Find your configuration file:

macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
Linux: ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

2. Add this to your configuration file:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "laravel-helpers-mcp": {
            "command": "~/bin/run-laravel-mcp"
        }
    }
}

3. Restart Claude Desktop for the changes to take effect