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name: symfony:using-symfony-superpowers description: Entry point for Symfony Superpowers - essential workflows, philosophy, and interactive commands for productive Symfony development

Symfony Superpowers

This plugin delivers Symfony-specific guidance while remaining environment-agnostic, functioning in any Symfony application whether using Docker Compose, Symfony Docker (FrankenPHP), or host tools directly.

Runner Selection

Prefer Docker if configured, otherwise fall back to host:

Docker Type	Command Prefix	Console
Symfony Docker	docker compose exec php	docker compose exec php bin/console
Docker Compose	docker compose exec app	docker compose exec app bin/console
Host	php	php bin/console

Essential Workflows

1. TDD - symfony:tdd-with-pest or symfony:tdd-with-phpunit
2. Doctrine - symfony:doctrine-migrations, symfony:doctrine-fixtures-foundry
3. Quality - symfony:quality-checks (PHP-CS-Fixer, PHPStan)
4. Async - symfony:symfony-messenger, symfony:symfony-scheduler
5. Architecture - symfony:ports-and-adapters, symfony:cqrs-and-handlers
6. API - symfony:api-platform-resources, symfony:api-platform-filters

Philosophy

• Lean controllers: max 5-10 lines, delegate to services
• DTOs & Value Objects: typed data structures with Serializer
• Voters: granular authorization, not controller logic
• Foundry factories: realistic test data, not fixtures soup
• Messenger: async by default, sync for debugging

Interactive Commands

• /superpowers-symfony:brainstorm - structured ideation
• /superpowers-symfony:write-plan - implementation planning
• /superpowers-symfony:execute-plan - methodical execution
• /superpowers-symfony:symfony-check - quality validation
• /superpowers-symfony:symfony-tdd-pest - TDD workflow

Version Support

Symfony	Status	Notes
6.4 LTS	Supported	LTS until Nov 2027
7.x	Supported	Current stable
8.0	Supported	Latest features

API Platform	Status
3.x	Supported
4.x	Supported

Quick Reference

Console Commands

# Clear cache
bin/console cache:clear

# Database
bin/console doctrine:migrations:migrate
bin/console doctrine:fixtures:load

# Messenger
bin/console messenger:consume async -vv

# Debug
bin/console debug:router
bin/console debug:container
bin/console debug:autowiring

Test Commands

# PHPUnit
./vendor/bin/phpunit

# Pest
./vendor/bin/pest --parallel

# With coverage
./vendor/bin/pest --coverage --min=80

Quality Commands

# PHP-CS-Fixer
./vendor/bin/php-cs-fixer fix

# PHPStan
./vendor/bin/phpstan analyse

# All checks
composer run-script check