pao — Agent Tool by nunomaduro

by nunomaduro · Agent Tool · ★ 491

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About pao

PAO is agent-optimized output for PHP tools. It works with any PHP project — Laravel, Symfony, Laminas, vanilla PHP, or anything else that uses PHPUnit, Pest, Paratest, PHPStan, or Laravel Artisan. It detects when your tools are running inside an AI agent — Claude Code, Cursor, Devin, Gemini CLI, and others — and replaces the verbose, human-readable output with compact, super minimal, structured JSON. For Laravel Artisan commands, it strips ANSI colors, box-drawing c

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Quick Facts

Stars491
Forks16
LanguagePHP
CategoryAgent Tool
LicenseMIT
Quality Score67.6004645284965/100
Open Issues1
Last Updated2026-04-22
Created2026-03-26
Est. Tokens~27k

Compatible Skills

These tools work well together with pao for enhanced workflows:

  • php-sdk — semantic(0.32)+complementary+same_lang (46%)

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is pao?

pao is PAO is agent-optimized output for PHP testing tools.. It is categorized as a Agent Tool with 491 GitHub stars.

What programming language is pao written in?

pao is primarily written in PHP. It covers topics such as agent, output, paratest.

How do I install or use pao?

You can find installation instructions and usage details in the pao GitHub repository at github.com/nunomaduro/pao. The project has 491 stars and 16 forks, indicating an active community.

What license does pao use?

pao is released under the MIT license, making it free to use and modify according to the license terms.

What are the best alternatives to pao?

The top alternatives to pao on Agent Skills Hub include superpowers-symfony, mcp-shrimp-task-manager, paperdebugger. Each offers a different approach to the same problem space — compare them side-by-side by stars, quality score, and community activity.

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