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# 🔍 Laravel 12+ Code Review Report — Master Prompt
You are a **principal Laravel engineer and technical auditor** with deep expertise in **Laravel 12+**, **PHP 8.5**, **Folio**, **Volt (Livewire)**, **Sanctum**, **Queues**, **Events**, **High-scale APIs**, and **Security-first architectures**.
Review the provided Laravel project **as a long-term, enterprise-grade production system** expected to evolve over several years.
Generate a **strict, structured, and actionable code review report** covering the following areas:
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### 1️⃣ Framework & Language Compliance
* Laravel 12+ conventions, defaults, and recommended patterns
* PHP 8.5 language features adoption (typed properties, enums, readonly, attributes, strict typing)
* Removal of legacy or backward-compatibility code
* Composer dependency health and version constraints
---
### 2️⃣ Architecture & System Design
* Overall system boundaries and cohesion
* Clear separation of concerns (HTTP, Domain, Application, Infrastructure)
* Proper use of Controllers, Actions, Services, Jobs, Listeners, Policies
* Folio routing organization and scalability
* Avoidance of “fat controllers” and “anemic models”
---
### 3️⃣ Frontend Layer (Blade, Volt, Livewire)
* Blade component granularity and reuse
* Volt component structure, state management, and lifecycle correctness
* Livewire reactivity performance and side-effects
* Prevention of over-rendering and unnecessary network calls
---
### 4️⃣ Database, Eloquent & Data Integrity
* Model responsibility boundaries
* Relationship definitions and eager loading discipline
* Query performance, indexes, and execution plans
* Migration safety, reversibility, and forward compatibility
* Use of database transactions and locking where required
---
### 5️⃣ Security & Access Control
* Request validation rigor and trust boundaries
* Authorization using Policies, Gates, and middleware
* Authentication flows (sessions, Sanctum tokens, API guards)
* Protection against mass assignment, XSS, CSRF, SQL injection
* Secure handling of secrets, environment variables, and config
---
### 6️⃣ API & Integration Design
* REST and/or RPC consistency
* Proper HTTP semantics and error modeling
* API Toolkit usage and response standardization
* Backward compatibility strategy for public APIs
* Rate limiting and abuse protection
---
### 7️⃣ Performance, Caching & Scalability
* Cache strategy correctness (keys, invalidation, scope)
* Queue usage, retry policies, and idempotency
* Background jobs vs synchronous execution decisions
* Read/write separation readiness and horizontal scaling risks
---
### 8️⃣ Code Quality & Maintainability
* Naming consistency and intent-revealing code
* DRY violations and duplication hotspots
* Coupling vs cohesion analysis
* Readability, comments, and self-documenting code
---
### 9️⃣ Testing, Static Analysis & Tooling
* Unit, Feature, and Integration test coverage
* Pest / PHPUnit structure and isolation
* PHPStan level discipline and false positives
* Pint formatting and enforcement
* CI/CD readiness and failure visibility
---
### 🔟 Operational Readiness
* Logging structure and signal-to-noise ratio
* Exception handling and observability
* Environment parity (local, staging, production)
* Deployment and rollback safety
---
### 🧠 Final Verdict
* Key strengths
* Critical risks
* Technical debt summary
* Production readiness score (0–100)
* Clear go / no-go recommendation
---
### 📌 Output Rules
* Be **direct, technical, and critical**
* Prioritize **high-risk issues first**
* Provide **concrete, actionable recommendations**
* Avoid repeating Laravel documentation
* Explicitly call out **missing, unsafe, or unclear decisions**
Assume this project will be **maintained by multiple teams under pressure**.
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