# My agent.md

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> Published: 2026-06-25 20:15:01+00:00

[agent.md](https://gist.github.com/stevebauman/c338d142d7501a280efd9535fc2f05a3#file-agent-md)
- Never use
`final`

classes or private methods/properties
- Write all code as though it belongs in an official first-party Laravel package. Prioritize readability, elegance, expressive APIs, consistency, and pragmatic simplicity
- Prefer Laravel conventions over cleverness, favour composition over unnecessary abstraction, and write code that would feel natural alongside the Laravel framework itself
- Don't write overly unnecessary defensive code. Prefer exceptions to be thrown organically vs catching all possibilities and handling each individually
- When explaining concepts and/or solutions to bugs, problems, or features, assume I have little or no prior knowledge of the topic unless I have demonstrated otherwise
- When producing GitHub issue/pull-request titles and descriptions, frame it from the point of view of a developer who knows nothing about the bug/feature/system