Configuration

Publish the config file if you need to customise any options:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag="model-explorer-config"

This creates config/model-explorer.php in your application.

Options

enabled

'enabled' => env('MODEL_EXPLORER_ENABLED', true),

A kill switch. When false, all Model Explorer routes return 404 regardless of gate configuration. Useful for disabling the tool in specific environments via .env:

MODEL_EXPLORER_ENABLED=false

path

'path' => env('MODEL_EXPLORER_PATH', '_model-explorer'),

The URL prefix under which Model Explorer is mounted. Change this if _model-explorer conflicts with an existing route in your application.

MODEL_EXPLORER_PATH=dev/models

middleware

'middleware' => ['web'],

Middleware applied to all Model Explorer routes. The Authorize middleware (gate check) is always appended automatically. Add auth here if you want to require login before the gate is evaluated:

'middleware' => ['web', 'auth'],

model_paths

'model_paths' => [
    'App' => app_path(),
],

Directories scanned for Eloquent models. The key is the root namespace for that path. Add additional entries if your models live outside app/Models:

'model_paths' => [
    'App'     => app_path(),
    'Modules' => base_path('modules'),
],

excluded_trait_prefixes

'excluded_trait_prefixes' => [
    'Illuminate\\Database\\Eloquent\\Concerns\\',
    'Illuminate\\Database\\Eloquent\\HasCollection',
    'Illuminate\\Support\\Traits\\',
],

Trait class names beginning with any of these prefixes are hidden from the Model Detail view. The defaults suppress Laravel's internal model concern traits (e.g. HasAttributes, HasRelationships) while keeping useful traits like SoftDeletes and your own custom traits visible.

Add any package trait namespaces you want to suppress:

'excluded_trait_prefixes' => [
    'Illuminate\\Database\\Eloquent\\Concerns\\',
    'Illuminate\\Database\\Eloquent\\HasCollection',
    'Illuminate\\Support\\Traits\\',
    'Spatie\\Activitylog\\Traits\\',
],