---
title: "PestPHP Intellisense in Laravel VS Code Extension v1.7.0"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/pestphp-intellisense-in-laravel-vs-code-extension-v1-7-0-xut5cntoy
source_url: https://laravel-news.com/pestphp-intellisense-in-laravel-vs-code-extension-v170
type: article
source: "Laravel News"
published: 2026-04-10T13:19:12.470Z
updated: 2026-04-10T13:19:32.990Z
tags: ["php", "laravel", "vscode"]
reading_time: 2
upvotes: 33
comments: 1
language: en
---

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# PestPHP Intellisense in Laravel VS Code Extension v1.7.0

**[Laravel News](https://daily.dev/sources/ln)** · 2 min read · 33 upvotes · 1 comments

## Summary

Laravel VS Code Extension v1.7.0 introduces PestPHP intellisense with autocomplete for custom expectations and test configurations, generating helper docblocks stored in storage/framework/testing/_pest.php. The release also adds a 'Go to Route' command palette action for navigating directly to route handlers, a curated set of common Artisan commands with terminal execution inside VS Code, and autocompletion/diagnostics support for new Laravel 13 attributes including routing and Eloquent model attributes.

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