PHPocalypse-MCP

MCP server for vibe developers that are too busy to run tests and static analysis.

Prerequisites

• You need to have node, npx and tsx installed

How to

• First, git clone this repo to chosen directory
• Run npm install
• Next, open your Cursor settings and add the following MCP config:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "phpocalypse-mcp": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": ["tsx", "/Absolute/Path/To/PHPocalypse-MCP/src/index.ts", "--config", "/Absolute/Path/To/Your/PHP/Based/Project/phpocalypse-mcp.yaml"]
        }
    }
}

Make sure the paths are correct!

• In your PHP project, create phpocalypse-mcp.yaml file

phpocalypse-mcp.yaml config

The structure is straightforward. Define the tools by giving them a name and a command to run.

tools:
  - name: php-cs-fixer
    command: make php-cs

  - name: php-stan
    command: /vendor/bin/phpstan analyse -c phpstan.neon --memory-limit=-1

  - name: tests-unit
    command: docker compose run --rm php ./vendor/bin/phpunit --testsuite=Unit

  - name: tests-behat
    command: task behat -- --no-interaction

Caveats

• This MCP is just a proof of concept and it may not work in every case. One thing that will not work for sure is any interactive CLI input. A good example is behat, that - if not run in non-inteartvice mode - will prompt user with a question of whether to generate missing snippets. Make sure that your commands just run and output something meaningful and leave the rest to your favourite LLM.
• Some bigger outputs are not handler correctly yet. To fix that, try to either use claude-3.7-sonnet or craft your commands to return less.

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