# Laravel:policies And Authorization

> Enforce access via Policies and Gates; use authorize() and authorizeResource() to standardize controller protections

- **Type:** Skill
- **Install:** `agentstack add skill-jpcaparas-superpowers-laravel-policies-and-authorization`
- **Verified:** Yes — security-reviewed for prompt injection and unsafe behavior
- **Seller:** [jpcaparas](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/jpcaparas)
- **Installs:** 0
- **Category:** [Agent Skills](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/agent-skills)
- **Latest version:** 0.1.0
- **License:** MIT
- **Upstream author:** [jpcaparas](https://github.com/jpcaparas)
- **Source:** https://github.com/jpcaparas/superpowers-laravel/tree/main/skills/policies-and-authorization

## Install

```sh
agentstack add skill-jpcaparas-superpowers-laravel-policies-and-authorization
```

Requires the [AgentStack CLI](https://agentstack.voostack.com/docs/cli). Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent.

## About

# Policies and Authorization

Use Policies for per-model actions; use Gates for cross-cutting checks.

## Commands

```
# Generate a policy
sail artisan make:policy PostPolicy --model=Post   # or: php artisan make:policy PostPolicy --model=Post

# Apply in routes (resource controllers)
Route::resource('posts', PostController::class);
// In controller constructor
$this->authorizeResource(Post::class, 'post');

# One-off checks
$this->authorize('update', $post);           // in controller
Gate::allows('manage-billing', $user);       // ad-hoc gate
```

## Patterns

- Use resource policy methods: `viewAny, view, create, update, delete, restore, forceDelete`
- Prefer policy methods over inline checks; keeps controllers clean
- Register policies in `AuthServiceProvider`
- Use `can` middleware for quick route protection: `->middleware('can:update,post')`
- In tests, assert `actingAs($user)->get(...)->assertForbidden()` for denied cases

## Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

- **Author:** [jpcaparas](https://github.com/jpcaparas)
- **Source:** [jpcaparas/superpowers-laravel](https://github.com/jpcaparas/superpowers-laravel)
- **License:** MIT

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.

## Pricing

- **Free** — Free

## Security capabilities

Automated source analysis of v0.1.0 — what this tool can access:

- **Network access:** no
- **Filesystem access:** no
- **Shell / process execution:** no
- **Environment & secrets:** no
- **Dynamic code execution:** no

*"Yes" means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it is unsafe.*


## Versions

- **0.1.0** — security scan: passed — Imported from the upstream source.

## Links

- Listing page: https://agentstack.voostack.com/l/skill-jpcaparas-superpowers-laravel-policies-and-authorization
- Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/jpcaparas
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