Configuring Horizon

What it does

When your agent uses it

• The user mentions Horizon by name in a Laravel context
• Generic Laravel queues without Horizon
• Database drivers
• Standalone Redis setup

Example prompts

• “/configuring-horizon”

Workflow steps

3 steps, taken from the first numbered list in SKILL.md.

1. 1Run php artisan horizon and visit /horizon
2. 2Confirm dashboard access is restricted as expected
3. 3Check that metrics populate after scheduling horizon:snapshot

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit f55efc8. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

• Tool permissions

  Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.

  From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

• Runs code

  Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

  • php

  From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

• Network

  No URLs in SKILL.md.

  From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

• Credentials

  Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

  From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Configuring Horizon loads about 898 tokens when it runs, and up to ~2.4k if it reads all its reference files. Until then it costs about 183 tokens; SKILL.md has 256 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it

~183

When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches

~898

With references · SKILL.md plus every file in references/, read only if the agent opens them

~2.4k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

The full file from coollabsio/coolify at commit f55efc8, republished under its MIT licence (© coollabsio). 256 words, ~898 tokens.

name

configuring-horizon

description

Use this skill whenever the user mentions Horizon by name in a Laravel context. Covers the full Horizon lifecycle: installing Horizon (horizon:install, Sail setup), configuring config/horizon.php (supervisor blocks, queue assignments, balancing strategies, minProcesses/maxProcesses), fixing the dashboard (authorization via Gate::define viewHorizon, blank metrics, horizon:snapshot scheduling), and troubleshooting production issues (worker crashes, timeout chain ordering, LongWaitDetected notifications, waits config). Also covers job tagging and silencing. Do not use for generic Laravel queues without Horizon, SQS or database drivers, standalone Redis setup, Linux supervisord, Telescope, or job batching.

license

MIT

metadata.author

laravel

php artisan horizon:install

<!-- Supervisor Config -->

'defaults' => [
    'supervisor-1' => [
        'connection' => 'redis',
        'queue' => ['default'],
        'balance' => 'auto',
        'minProcesses' => 1,
        'maxProcesses' => 10,
        'tries' => 3,
    ],
],

'environments' => [
    'production' => [
        'supervisor-1' => ['maxProcesses' => 20, 'balanceCooldown' => 3],
    ],
    'local' => [
        'supervisor-1' => ['maxProcesses' => 2],
    ],
],

<!-- Dashboard Gate -->

protected function gate(): void
{
    Gate::define('viewHorizon', function (User $user) {
        return $user->is_admin;
    });
}

© coollabsio, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file

Files

SKILL.md and 4 other files (references) in .agents/skills/configuring-horizon of coollabsio/coolify.

• SKILL.md
• references/metrics.md
• references/notifications.md
• references/supervisors.md
• references/tags.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit f55efc8

Used in 6 other repositories

We found 13 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 4 other GitHub owners. This page covers the copy in coollabsio/coolify, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

• liberusoftware/real-estate-laravel.claude/skills/configuring-horizon
• liberusoftware/crm-laravel.claude/skills/configuring-horizon
• liberusoftware/accounting-erp-laravel.claude/skills/configuring-horizon
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• trypostit/trypost.agents/skills/configuring-horizon.claude/skills/configuring-horizon+1 more
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