Install Laravel MCP Companion in Claude Code
What you need first
- Claude Code, installed.
- Docker, which
gives the
dockercommand the server starts with.
Steps
- Run this in a terminal, in the project folder. It adds the server for you in that
project; put
--scope userafterclaude mcp addto have it in every project.
claude mcp add --transport stdio laravel-mcp-companion -- docker run -i --rm ghcr.io/brianirish/laravel-mcp-companion:v0.13.0 - Start Claude Code and type
/mcp: the server is listed with its state.
Check it worked
Ask Claude Code: List the tools of laravel-mcp-companion.
If it does not start
- Cannot connect to the Docker daemon
- Docker is not running. Start it, then restart Claude Code.