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Add or extend a lerd framework definition (a new PHP framework or a new major version) as versioned YAML in the lerd-frameworks store. Use whenever the task involves framework detection, per-framework workers, env wiring, doctor checks, custom commands, or scaffolding — never branch on a framework name in Go.

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Add a lerd framework definition

Frameworks are submitted to the lerd-env/frameworks repo (https://github.com/lerd-env/frameworks) as frameworks/<name>/<version>.yaml, one file per major version. lerd is framework-agnostic: no Go code knows a framework's name. Everything a framework needs is declared here as data and ships to every install within ~24h with no binary release.

The lerd-frameworks/ directory in the lerd repo is a local checkout you can edit and test against, but the pull request goes to lerd-env/frameworks.

Procedure

  1. Copy the closest existing definition. laravel/12.yaml is the most complete reference (workers, env services, doctor, commands, tinker). For a new major version of an existing framework, copy the previous version file and adjust. The existing YAML is the schema of record — do not invent fields.

  2. Fill the sections that apply (all keyed by real examples in the store):

    • name, version, label, public_dir, create (scaffold command)
    • php.min / php.max — the versions the framework supports
    • detect — marker file, lockfile, or composer: package that identifies it, including the major version
    • env — .env file/format, key_generation, and the services map that wires each service (mysql, postgres, redis, mailpit, …) with detection rules and the vars to inject. Env vars belong to the site, declared here — never on workers.
    • workers — queue, schedule, and any framework-specific long-runners. Each has command, restart, optional check/exclude_check (composer package or file gating), conflicts_with, proxy, per_worktree, host. New workers go here, not in Go.
    • setup — post-link steps (migrate, storage:link…) with sensible default:
    • doctor.checks — declarative health checks (env_combo, symlink, command) with a fix: command and a human detail: string
    • commands — dashboard/TUI custom commands with icon and confirm where destructive
    • tinker, logs, console, composer, npm

  3. Update frameworks/index.json if the store requires it (check how the existing entries are registered), and the README table in the lerd-env/frameworks README.md.

  4. Validate end-to-end against a real project:

    lerd link           # in a project of that framework — detection must fire
lerd site:doctor    # the declared checks must run

    Confirm detection, PHP pinning, .env wiring, workers, and doctor all behave.

Rules

  • The PR goes to lerd-env/frameworks, not the lerd binary repo.
  • Data only. If you're tempted to write Go that branches on the framework name, the logic belongs in this YAML instead.
  • Version the file by major version; keep detection specific enough to pick the right one.