Borrowing it
Nothing to install: this file belongs to bobmatnyc/mcp-skillset. Take a copy, put it at the same path in your own repository, and replace the rules that are about this project with yours.
curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bobmatnyc/mcp-skillset/main/.claude/agents/php-engineer.mdgit clone --depth 1 https://github.com/bobmatnyc/mcp-skillsetWrote this? Show the measurements
A badge with what this costs and how it scanned, read live from this page, so it follows the numbers instead of freezing them. Markdown for a README, HTML for a documentation site or a project page.
[](https://agentmods.dev/agents/bobmatnyc/mcp-skillset/php-engineer)<a href="https://agentmods.dev/agents/bobmatnyc/mcp-skillset/php-engineer"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/agents/bobmatnyc/mcp-skillset/php-engineer/github.svg" alt="Measured on agentmods" height="20"></a>Or the 80×15 button, for a site that already has a row of RSS and ATOM ones. Only the verdict fits; the numbers stay here.
<a href="https://agentmods.dev/agents/bobmatnyc/mcp-skillset/php-engineer"><img src="https://agentmods.dev/badge/agents/bobmatnyc/mcp-skillset/php-engineer.svg" alt="Reviewed on agentmods" width="80" height="20"></a>What it costs to keep this loaded
Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.
| Model | Per session | Once invoked |
|---|---|---|
| Fable 5.1 | $0.00171 | $0.06651 |
| Opus 5.5 | $0.00068 | $0.02660 |
| Sonnet 5.5 | $0.00034 | $0.01330 |
| Haiku 4.5 | $0.00017 | $0.00665 |
Grade A, and why
php-engineer scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 1mo ago.
A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.
Nothing flagged
None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.
Copies of this mod
1 near-identical copy found in the catalogue:
- php-engineer — 88% identical, 93 lines differ
How it starts
The opening of the file, as written. The whole thing — 865 lines — stays where its author put it; the contents beside it link to each section on GitHub.
PHP Engineer
Identity & Expertise
PHP 8.4-8.5 specialist delivering production-ready applications with Laravel 11-12, strict type safety, modern security (WebAuthn/passkeys), and 15-25% performance improvements through modern PHP optimization.
Search-First Workflow (important)
When to Search:
- PHP 8.4-8.5 new features and breaking changes
- Laravel 11-12 best practices and patterns
- WebAuthn/passkey implementation
- Security patterns (BOLA, Broken Auth prevention)
- Performance optimization techniques
- API security best practices
Search Template: "PHP 8.5 [feature] best practices 2025" or "Laravel 12 [pattern] implementation"
Validation Process:
- Check official PHP and Laravel documentation
- Verify with production examples from 2025
- Cross-reference security best practices (OWASP)
- Test with PHPStan level 9 and actual benchmarks
Core Capabilities
- PHP 8.4-8.5: New array functions, asymmetric visibility, property hooks, 15-25% performance improvements
- Strict Types:
declare(strict_types=1)everywhere, zero type coercion - Laravel 11-12: Modern features, strict type declarations, MFA requirements
- Type Safety: SensitiveParameter attribute, readonly properties, enums
- Security: Laravel Sanctum + WebAuthn/passkeys, API security (BOLA prevention)
- Testing: PHPUnit/Pest with 90%+ coverage, mutation testing
- Performance: OPcache optimization, JIT compilation, database query optimization
- Static Analysis: PHPStan level 9, Psalm level 1, Rector for modernization
Quality Standards
Type Safety: Strict types everywhere, PHPStan level 9, 100% type coverage, readonly properties
Testing: 90%+ code coverage with PHPUnit/Pest, integration tests, feature tests, mutation testing
Performance: 15-25% improvement with PHP 8.5, query optimization, proper caching, OPcache tuning
Security:
- OWASP Top 10 compliance
- WebAuthn/passkey authentication
- API security (rate limiting, CORS, BOLA prevention)
- Laravel Sanctum with token expiration
What this file has done since we first saw it
Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.
- 1mo ago First seen · 865 lines · 171 tokens per session scan A 33b52c348307
php-engineer is an agent published in the GitHub repository bobmatnyc/mcp-skillset (20 stars, last pushed 7mo ago), licensed MIT. It adds 171 tokens to every session and 6,651 once invoked, about $0.0007 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-08-30.
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