Name: PHP Structured Edit
Author: Netresearch DTT GmbH

Install

Pick whichever fits your project — they all reach the same skill.

Claude Code via this marketplace
```
/plugin install php-structured-edit@netresearch-claude-code-marketplace
```
Installs the agent instructions. The PHP editing engine is set up separately: engine installation guide Requires PHP 8.2+, ext-json and ext-tokenizer.
npx any Agent Skills CLI
```
npx skills add https://github.com/netresearch/php-ast-edit-skill --skill php-structured-edit
```
Installs the agent instructions. The PHP editing engine is set up separately: engine installation guide Requires PHP 8.2+, ext-json and ext-tokenizer.
composer require PHP project, as a package
```
composer config repositories.php-ast-edit vcs https://github.com/netresearch/php-ast-edit-skill.git && composer require --dev --no-plugins --no-scripts netresearch/php-ast-edit-skill:dev-main
```
Installs the PHP engine from the development branch with Composer plugins and scripts disabled. For release status and separate skill registration, see source installation guide No Packagist publication or plugin activation is required for this engine path.
composer skills:add PHP project, direct source
```
composer skills:add github:netresearch/php-ast-edit-skill
```
Requires the Composer skill installer and registers the agent instructions. Set up the PHP engine separately: engine installation guide The skills:add command does not install the engine dependencies.

What you can do with it

Edit PHP methods, parameters and expressions with named selectors, typed operations and SHA-256 guards
Supports multi-file batches, format-preserving output and optional canonical printing
Review diffs and run lint/project tests; syntax checks do not prove behavior

A guarded source edit, a measured diff, operation effects, accumulated warnings, and separate parser, lint, and project-check statuses. Inspect requests return node ancestry and the source hash; rejected requests return machine-readable errors.

Provide the intended change and any source snapshot used to select targets. rename accepts a method symbol; other operations use file paths and selectors or structural refs. The engine requires a writable working tree and the local dependencies above. Project formatting and verification commands are optional configuration.