Laravel Boost v2.3.0 adds a guided Inertia v3 upgrade prompt, support for JSON-formatted log entries, and a fix for stdout corruption on PHP 8.4. This release also removes six Artisan wrapper MCP tools that are now better handled by direct CLI commands.
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- Inertia v2 to v3 upgrade prompt with adapter-specific guidance
- JSON-formatted log entry support in log reading tools
- Fix for non-JSON stdout output corrupting MCP responses
- Six Artisan wrapper MCP tools removed (breaking change)
- Redundant MCP, Pennant, and Flux UI guidelines removed
What's New
Inertia v3 Upgrade Prompt
A new MCP prompt provides step-by-step guidance for upgrading from Inertia v2 to v3, following the same pattern as the existing Livewire v4 upgrade prompt. The prompt auto-detects which frontend adapter (React, Vue, or Svelte) is installed and renders only the relevant framework-specific content — install commands, setup examples, and migration patterns.
PR: #636
JSON-Formatted Log Support
The log reading tools now auto-detect JSON-formatted log entries and split them by newlines instead of PSR-3 timestamps. This adds support for Monolog's JsonFormatter, LogstashFormatter, and LogglyFormatter output formats. Error detection handles both numeric level (>= 400) and string level_name fields. No behavior changes for standard PSR-3 formatted logs.
PR: #650
Stdout Corruption Fix
PHP warnings or deprecation notices written to stdout could corrupt MCP tool responses by prepending non-JSON text to the JSON output. This was common on PHP 8.4 when packages use implicitly nullable parameters. The fix redirects PHP errors to stderr during tool execution and adds a safety net that strips leading non-JSON content from stdout before parsing.
PR: #641
Artisan Wrapper Tools Removed
Six MCP tools that were thin wrappers around Artisan commands have been removed: list-artisan-commands, list-routes, tinker, get-config, list-available-env-vars, and list-available-config-keys. Modern AI agents can invoke these commands directly via the shell. Guidelines have been updated to point agents to the direct CLI equivalents (php artisan list, route:list, tinker --execute, config:show, etc.).
PR: #629
Other Changes
- Fix table snippet in SKILL.blade.php (#640)
- Remove redundant MCP guidelines (#644)
- Remove redundant Pennant guidelines (#645)
- Remove redundant Flux UI guidelines (#647)
- Consistent imports (#646)
Upgrade Notes
This release includes a breaking change: six Artisan wrapper MCP tools (list-artisan-commands, list-routes, tinker, get-config, list-available-env-vars, list-available-config-keys) have been removed. If your workflow relies on these tools, update your agent configuration to use the equivalent Artisan commands directly.
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