Laravel Boost v2.0 Released with Skills Support

Published on January 26th, 2026 by Eric L. Barnes

Release Date: January 26, 2026
Laravel Boost Version: 2.0.0

Laravel Boost v2.0 is now out and introduces a new Skills system that enables developers to extend and customize their development workflow. This major release also includes a revamped installation experience, package discovery improvements, and Inertia Vue skill syntax support.

Skills support with synchronization capabilities
Skill Overrides
New boost:add-skill Artisan command
Refactored installation UX

According to Taylor's tweet you can upgrade with the following command:

composer update
php artisan boost:install

What's New in Boost v2

Skills Support

The headline feature of v2.0 is the new Skills system. Skills allow you to integrate additional functionality into your Boost-powered workflow, making it easier to customize and extend your development environment. The release includes full synchronization capabilities to keep your skills up to date.

Skill Overrides

With v2 you can also override skills completely:

Example 1: Replace a skill entirely

.ai/skills/nuxt-development/SKILL.md  (user's custom skill)`

This skills is copied as it is to skills.

Example 2: Version-specific override

.ai/livewire/3/skill/livewire-development/SKILL.md  (user's Livewire v3 skill)

This overrides only the v3 skill for livewire-developmenet.

boost:add-skill Command

A new Artisan command to let you fetch and install AI skills directly from GitHub repositories.

# Short format (owner/repo)
php artisan boost:add-skill vercel-labs/agent-skills
 
# Full GitHub URL
php artisan boost:add-skill https://github.com/vercel-labs/agent-skills
 
# With specific subdirectory path
php artisan boost:add-skill owner/repo/.ai/skills