How do I install the Laravel Forge skill?

Run npx skillmds@latest add johnalbertini14-glitch/laravel-forge in your terminal (requires Node.js), paste this page's agent-chat prompt into Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-connected agent, or download the SKILL.md file and copy it into your agent's skills directory.

What does the Laravel Forge skill do?

Manage Laravel Forge servers, sites, deployments, databases, integrations, and more via the Forge API. It is listed under Integrations & APIs on SkillMD.

Is Laravel Forge safe to use?

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Which AI agents work with Laravel Forge?

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Is Laravel Forge free to use?

Yes. Installing skills from SkillMD is free, and the skill stays under its author's original license.

Who published Laravel Forge?

johnalbertini14-glitch (@johnalbertini14-glitch) published this skill. Their other Agent Skills are listed on their SkillMD profile.

Laravel Forge by johnalbertini14-glitch

Name: Laravel Forge
Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Author: johnalbertini14-glitch

Laravel Forge API Skill

Wraps the Laravel Forge API in a single bash script. Organization-scoped, JSON:API format.

Setup

Option 1 — Environment variables:

export LARAVEL_FORGE_API_TOKEN="your-token-here"
export LARAVEL_FORGE_ORG="your-default-org-slug"

Option 2 — Credentials file (recommended):

mkdir -p ~/.openclaw/credentials/laravel-forge
echo '{"token":"your-token-here","org":"your-default-org-slug"}' > ~/.openclaw/credentials/laravel-forge/config.json

Generate your token at: forge.laravel.com → Profile → API

The org field is optional — if omitted, the CLI auto-detects your first organization. Set it explicitly if you have multiple orgs or want to skip the extra API call. You can also override per-command with --org.

Usage

laravel-forge <resource> <action> [args...] [--org ORG]

All commands support --org ORG_SLUG to override the default organization.

Resources Overview

Resource	Description
`user`	Current user info
`organizations`	List/get organizations
`providers`	Cloud provider info (regions, sizes)
`servers`	Server management (create, delete, events, archives)
`services`	Control services (nginx, mysql, postgres, redis, php, supervisor)
`php`	PHP version management & configuration (cli/fpm/pool configs, opcache)
`background-processes`	Background processes (supervisor daemons)
`firewall`	Firewall rules
`jobs`	Scheduled jobs (server-scoped and site-scoped)
`keys`	SSH keys
`databases`	Database schemas
`db-users`	Database users
`backups`	Backup configurations & instances
`monitors`	Server monitors (CPU, memory, disk)
`nginx-templates`	Nginx templates
`logs`	Server logs
`sites`	Site management
`domains`	Per-site domain management
`composer-credentials`	Per-site Composer credentials
`npm-credentials`	Per-site NPM credentials
`heartbeats`	Site heartbeats
`deployments`	Deployments & scripts
`webhooks`	Deployment webhooks
`commands`	Run commands on sites
`redirects`	Redirect rules
`security`	Security rules (HTTP basic auth)
`integrations`	Laravel integrations (Horizon, Octane, Reverb, Pulse, etc.)
`recipes`	Recipes & Forge recipes
`storage-providers`	Storage providers for backups
`teams`	Team management
`roles`	Role & permission management
`server-credentials`	Server credentials & VPCs

Quick Examples

User & Organizations

laravel-forge user get
laravel-forge organizations list
laravel-forge organizations get --org my-org

Servers

# List servers
laravel-forge servers list --org my-org

# Get server
laravel-forge servers get 12345 --org my-org

# Create server
laravel-forge servers create --org my-org \
  --name "Production API" \
  --provider digitalocean \
  --credential-id 1 \
  --type app \
  --ubuntu-version 22.04 \
  --php-version php82

# Server events
laravel-forge servers events 12345 --org my-org

# Archive/unarchive
laravel-forge servers archive 12345 --org my-org
laravel-forge servers unarchive 12345 --org my-org

PHP Management

# List installed PHP versions
laravel-forge php versions 12345 --org my-org

# Install new PHP version
laravel-forge php install 12345 --version php83 --cli-default true

# Set CLI default
laravel-forge php update-cli-version 12345 --php-version php83

# Set site default
laravel-forge php update-site-version 12345 --php-version php82

# FPM config
laravel-forge php fpm-config 12345 php82
laravel-forge php update-fpm-config 12345 php82 --config "..."

# OPcache
laravel-forge php enable-opcache 12345
laravel-forge php disable-opcache 12345

Sites

# List sites
laravel-forge sites list --org my-org
laravel-forge sites list 12345 --org my-org

# Create site
laravel-forge sites create 12345 --org my-org \
  --type php \
  --domain-mode single \
  --name example.com \
  --php-version php82 \
  --repository laravel/laravel \
  --branch main

# Update site
laravel-forge sites update 12345 67890 --php-version php83

# Environment
laravel-forge sites env 12345 67890
laravel-forge sites update-env 12345 67890 --environment "APP_ENV=production
APP_KEY=..."

# Nginx config
laravel-forge sites nginx 12345 67890
laravel-forge sites update-nginx 12345 67890 --config "..."

# Logs
laravel-forge sites log-nginx-access 12345 67890
laravel-forge sites log-nginx-error 12345 67890
laravel-forge sites log-application 12345 67890

Domains

# List domains for a site
laravel-forge domains list 12345 67890 --org my-org

# Add domain
laravel-forge domains create 12345 67890 --org my-org \
  --name www.example.com \
  --allow-wildcards false \
  --www-redirect to-non-www

# Domain certificate
laravel-forge domains cert 12345 67890 1
laravel-forge domains create-cert 12345 67890 1 --type letsencrypt --letsencrypt true
laravel-forge domains cert-action 12345 67890 1 --action activate

# Domain Nginx config
laravel-forge domains nginx 12345 67890 1
laravel-forge domains update-nginx 12345 67890 1 --config "..."

Deployments

# Deploy now
laravel-forge deployments deploy 12345 67890 --org my-org

# Deployment history
laravel-forge deployments list 12345 67890
laravel-forge deployments log 12345 67890 99

# Deployment script
laravel-forge deployments script 12345 67890
laravel-forge deployments update-script 12345 67890 --content "cd /home/forge/example.com
php artisan migrate --force"

# Push to deploy
laravel-forge deployments push-to-deploy 12345 67890
laravel-forge deployments delete-push-to-deploy 12345 67890

Integrations

# Laravel Horizon
laravel-forge integrations horizon 12345 67890 get
laravel-forge integrations horizon 12345 67890 create
laravel-forge integrations horizon 12345 67890 delete

# Laravel Octane
laravel-forge integrations octane 12345 67890 create --port 8000 --server swoole

# Laravel Reverb
laravel-forge integrations reverb 12345 67890 create --host 0.0.0.0 --port 8080 --connections redis

# Laravel Pulse
laravel-forge integrations pulse 12345 67890 create

# Scheduler
laravel-forge integrations laravel-scheduler 12345 67890 create

Commands

# Run command
laravel-forge commands run 12345 67890 --command "php artisan migrate --force"

# Get command output
laravel-forge commands list 12345 67890
laravel-forge commands output 12345 67890 42

Databases

# List databases
laravel-forge databases list 12345 --org my-org

# Create database
laravel-forge databases create 12345 --name mydb --user myuser --password secret

# Sync databases
laravel-forge databases sync 12345

# Update root password
laravel-forge databases update-password 12345 --password newpass

Backups

# List backup configs
laravel-forge backups configs 12345

# Create backup config
laravel-forge backups create-config 12345 \
  --storage-provider-id 1 \
  --frequency daily \
  --retention 14 \
  --database-ids "[1,2,3]"

# List backups
laravel-forge backups list 12345 1

# Create backup now
laravel-forge backups create 12345 1

# Restore backup
laravel-forge backups restore 12345 1 99 --database-id 1

Firewall

laravel-forge firewall list 12345
laravel-forge firewall create 12345 --name "Allow HTTPS" --port 443 --type allow
laravel-forge firewall delete 12345 1

Scheduled Jobs

# Server-scoped jobs
laravel-forge jobs list 12345
laravel-forge jobs create 12345 \
  --command "php /home/forge/app/artisan schedule:run" \
  --user forge \
  --frequency minutely

# Site-scoped jobs
laravel-forge jobs list 12345 67890
laravel-forge jobs create 12345 67890 \
  --command "php artisan custom:command" \
  --user forge \
  --frequency daily

Recipes

# List org recipes
laravel-forge recipes list

# Create recipe
laravel-forge recipes create --name "Install Node" --user root --script "apt-get install nodejs"

# Run recipe
laravel-forge recipes run 1 --servers "[12345,67890]"

# Forge recipes (official)
laravel-forge recipes forge-recipes
laravel-forge recipes run-forge-recipe 1 --servers "[12345]"

Teams

# List teams
laravel-forge teams list

# Create team
laravel-forge teams create --name "Development Team"

# Add members
laravel-forge teams members 1
laravel-forge teams invite 1 --role-id 2 --email dev@example.com

Storage Providers

laravel-forge storage-providers list
laravel-forge storage-providers create \
  --name "S3 Backups" \
  --provider s3 \
  --bucket my-backups \
  --access-key KEY \
  --secret-key SECRET

Services

# Control services
laravel-forge services nginx 12345 --action restart
laravel-forge services mysql 12345 --action stop
laravel-forge services php 12345 --action restart --version php82

Help

# Main help
laravel-forge help

# Resource help
laravel-forge servers help
laravel-forge deployments help
laravel-forge integrations help

Resource Hierarchy

Top-level (no org/server required):

user
providers

Org-scoped:

organizations
recipes
storage-providers
teams
roles
server-credentials

Server-scoped:

servers, services, php, background-processes, firewall, jobs (server), keys, databases, db-users, backups, monitors, nginx-templates, logs

Site-scoped:

sites, domains, composer-credentials, npm-credentials, heartbeats, deployments, webhooks, commands, redirects, security, integrations, jobs (site)

Dependencies

curl — HTTP requests
jq — JSON parsing

Notes

All paths are org-scoped (except user, providers, predefined roles/permissions)
Service actions use POST with {"action":"..."} body
Domain certificates are now per-domain, not per-site
PHP management is significantly expanded (cli/fpm/pool configs, version defaults)
Integrations cover all major Laravel first-party packages
Teams and roles provide fine-grained access control

Laravel Forge

File contents

Laravel Forge API Skill

Setup

Usage

Resources Overview

Quick Examples

User & Organizations

Servers

PHP Management

Sites

Domains

Deployments

Integrations

Commands

Databases

Backups

Firewall

Scheduled Jobs

Recipes

Teams

Storage Providers

Services

Help

Resource Hierarchy

Dependencies

Notes

Frequently asked questions

Laravel Forge

File contents

Laravel Forge API Skill

Setup

Usage

Resources Overview

Quick Examples

User & Organizations

Servers

PHP Management

Sites

Domains

Deployments

Integrations

Commands

Databases

Backups

Firewall

Scheduled Jobs

Recipes

Teams

Storage Providers

Services

Help

Resource Hierarchy

Dependencies

Notes

Related skills

Frequently asked questions

How do I install the Laravel Forge skill?

What does the Laravel Forge skill do?

Is Laravel Forge safe to use?

Which AI agents work with Laravel Forge?

Is Laravel Forge free to use?

Who published Laravel Forge?