The developer-kit-php plugin provides comprehensive PHP development support, including specialized agents for code review, refactoring, security, software architecture, and WordPress development. It also includes skills for Clean Architecture patterns and AWS Lambda deployment.

Quick Reference

Component	Count	Purpose
Agents	5	Specialized PHP development experts
Skills	3	WordPress Sage, Clean Architecture, AWS Lambda
Rules	4	PHP coding standards (PSR-12, error handling, naming)

Agents

Agent	Purpose
`php-code-review-expert`	PHP code quality review with PSR standards compliance
`php-refactor-expert`	PHP code refactoring with clean code principles and PHP 8.3+ best practices
`php-security-expert`	Security auditing, OWASP vulnerabilities, and DevSecOps for Laravel/Symfony
`php-software-architect-expert`	Clean Architecture, DDD, hexagonal architecture, and software design
`wordpress-development-expert`	WordPress themes, plugins, Gutenberg, hooks/filters, REST API

Model: All agents use sonnet for optimal performance.

Skills

Skill	When to Use
`wordpress-sage-theme`	Creating/modifying WordPress themes with Sage (roots/sage), Blade templates, Vite/Bud build tools, ACF integration
`clean-architecture`	Architecting enterprise PHP applications with entities/value objects, refactoring legacy code, implementing DDD with Symfony
`aws-lambda-php-integration`	Deploying PHP/Symfony to AWS Lambda with Bref, configuring API Gateway, implementing serverless patterns

Coding Rules

Automatic PHP coding standards enforcement via 4 rules:

Rule	Scope	Purpose
`error-handling`	`*/.php`	Exception hierarchy, global exception handling, error response format
`language-best-practices`	`*/.php`	Strict typing, PHP 8.1+ features, dependency injection
`naming-conventions`	`*/.php`	PSR-12 naming for classes, methods, properties, namespaces
`project-structure`	`*/.php`	PSR-4 compliant directory layout, layer responsibilities

LSP Support

The plugin configures PHP Language Server support:

Intelephense (intelephense) - Fast, lightweight PHP IDE support
PHP Language Server (php-language-server) - Alternative full-featured server

Install the binary separately, then Claude Code will automatically use it for PHP files.

Dependencies

developer-kit (required core plugin)

Documentation

Plugin Docs - Main documentation index
Agent Guide - Detailed agent usage and selection guide
Architecture Skills Guide - Clean Architecture and DDD patterns

Version

2.8.0