Laravel Boost v2.0 Released with Skills Support

Release Date: January 26, 2026
Laravel Boost Version: 2.0.0

Laravel Boost v2.0 is now out and introduces a new Skills system that enables developers to extend and customize their development workflow. This major release also includes a revamped installation experience, package discovery improvements, and Inertia Vue skill syntax support.

• Skills support with synchronization capabilities
• Skill Overrides
• New boost:add-skill Artisan command
• Refactored installation UX

According to Taylor's tweet you can upgrade with the following command:

composer update
php artisan boost:install

#What's New in Boost v2

#Skills Support

The headline feature of v2.0 is the new Skills system. Skills allow you to integrate additional functionality into your Boost-powered workflow, making it easier to customize and extend your development environment. The release includes full synchronization capabilities to keep your skills up to date.

#Skill Overrides

With v2 you can also override skills completely:

Example 1: Replace a skill entirely

.ai/skills/nuxt-development/SKILL.md  (user's custom skill)`

This skills is copied as it is to skills.

Example 2: Version-specific override

.ai/livewire/3/skill/livewire-development/SKILL.md  (user's Livewire v3 skill)

This overrides only the v3 skill for livewire-developmenet.

#boost:add-skill Command

A new Artisan command to let you fetch and install AI skills directly from GitHub repositories.

# Short format (owner/repo)
php artisan boost:add-skill vercel-labs/agent-skills
 
# Full GitHub URL
php artisan boost:add-skill https://github.com/vercel-labs/agent-skills
 
# With specific subdirectory path
php artisan boost:add-skill owner/repo/.ai/skills

#Technical Improvements

• Refactored namespace for "RendersBladeGuidelines" with updated references
• Enhanced tool execution testing and error handling
• Refactored MCP-related tests for better coverage
• --no-interaction flag added to wayfinder skills command
• UpdateCommand validation improvements

References

• Full Changelog
• Laravel Boost Documentation