garrettw

14 mods across 1 repository, 11 stars between them.

garrettw/php-arch-skills

Skill Claude CodeCodex

Use this skill when building server-side web/HTTP request handling, controllers, views, or templates in PHP frameworks, or when a framework's "MVC" terminology causes confusion about where logic belongs. Triggers on questions about controllers, the Web MVC pattern, Action-Domain-Responder, view/template separation, or…

11 1mo ago A 77 tokens original MPL-2.0

application-layer

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garrettw/php-arch-skills

Skill Claude CodeCodex

Use this skill when writing controllers, structuring use cases, or implementing Service Layer / Application Layer and Command/Query/Handler (CQRS) patterns in PHP applications. Triggers on questions about thin controllers, handler responsibilities, service definition, or DTO usage.

11 1mo ago A 55 tokens original MPL-2.0

garrettw/php-arch-skills

Skill Claude CodeCodex

Use this skill when refactoring legacy PHP code toward a cleaner architecture. Provides guidance on incremental migrations (Strangler Fig), vertical slicing, writing characterization tests, and managing temporary compatibility shims.

11 1mo ago A 42 tokens original MPL-2.0

garrettw/php-arch-skills

Skill Claude CodeCodex

Use this skill when choosing a system-level architecture (monolith, modular monolith, microservices, event-driven, serverless, clean/hexagonal, or DDD) for a new or growing PHP application, or when weighing a premature move to a more distributed style. Provides a decision guide and the common pitfalls that cause…

11 1mo ago A 77 tokens original MPL-2.0

bounded-contexts

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garrettw/php-arch-skills

Skill Claude CodeCodex

Use this skill when designing system boundaries, discovering or defining bounded contexts, deciding where code belongs, or defining shared kernel and context map relationships in a PHP monolith.

11 1mo ago A 37 tokens original MPL-2.0

garrettw/php-arch-skills

Skill Claude CodeCodex

Use this skill when wiring dependencies, configuring a DI container, designing plugin/extension points, or migrating away from legacy service locators in PHP. Triggers on questions about constructor injection, interface registration, swapping implementations, or testing without booting the container.

11 1mo ago A 55 tokens original MPL-2.0

garrettw/php-arch-skills

Skill Claude CodeCodex

Use this skill when designing remote interfaces or APIs, deciding how coarse-grained an endpoint or operation should be, or shaping data that crosses a process or network boundary. Covers Remote Facade and DTO (Data Transfer Object). Triggers on questions about REST/GraphQL/gRPC endpoint design, exposing use cases…

11 1mo ago A 91 tokens original MPL-2.0

domain-events

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garrettw/php-arch-skills

Skill Claude CodeCodex

Use this skill when introducing domain events, deciding how to decouple side-effects, or implementing the record-then-publish pattern in PHP apps. Triggers on questions about event naming, payloads, or cross-context ownership.

11 1mo ago A 48 tokens original MPL-2.0

domain-modeling

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garrettw/php-arch-skills

Skill Claude CodeCodex

Use this skill when deciding whether to use rich domain objects vs lean ORM entities, choosing Transaction Script vs Table Module vs a Domain Model, identifying real business objects, or evaluating the cost-benefit of full DDD vs lean structure in a PHP application.

11 1mo ago A 54 tokens original MPL-2.0

event-sourcing

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garrettw/php-arch-skills

Skill Claude CodeCodex

Use this skill when evaluating or implementing Event Sourcing in a PHP application. Triggers on questions about event stores, aggregates, projections, snapshots, event replay, temporal queries, CQRS with event sourcing, or PHP event-sourcing libraries (Ecotone, Prooph, EventSauce, Patchlevel). Distinguishes Event…

11 1mo ago A 86 tokens original MPL-2.0

garrettw/php-arch-skills

Skill Claude CodeCodex

Use this skill when applying clean-architecture, DDD, or hexagonal patterns inside a specific PHP framework. Provides framework-specific port mapping, adapter patterns, and pitfalls to avoid for Laravel, Symfony, Slim, CakePHP, CodeIgniter, Yii, Laminas, Mezzio, Zend Framework, and legacy/maintenance-mode frameworks.…

11 1mo ago A 91 tokens original MPL-2.0

garrettw/php-arch-skills

Skill Claude CodeCodex

Use this skill when integrating third-party APIs, SDKs, or infrastructure services (like search engines or email). Provides rules for designing provider adapters/gateways, handling webhooks, and preventing vendor lock-in.

11 1mo ago A 47 tokens original MPL-2.0

garrettw/php-arch-skills

Skill Claude CodeCodex

Use this skill when implementing database persistence, choosing a data source pattern, managing repository interfaces, writing mappers, or splitting large repositories. Assumes the decision between a rich domain model and a lean ORM model has already been made by the domain-modeling skill.

11 1mo ago A 57 tokens original MPL-2.0

testing-strategy

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garrettw/php-arch-skills

Skill Claude CodeCodex

Use this skill when writing tests for a PHP application. Provides layer-specific guidance to choose the right testing style (unit, integration, feature) for domain objects, mappers, repositories, handlers, and controllers.

11 1mo ago A 46 tokens original MPL-2.0