> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://herd.laravel.com/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Tinker

# Launching Tinker

Laravel Tinker is a REPL for Laravel, and it allows you to interact with your application via the command line. While you usually start it via the terminal by running `php artisan tinker` or `herd tinker`, Herd provides a convenient button in the actions column in the sites settings as well as a global shortcut that instantly opens the active project automatically.

<Note>
  Herd integrates natively with [Tinkerwell](https://tinkerwell.app) and gives you a fantastic tinker experience with multi-line code editing, autocompletion, and SSH access to your applications.
</Note>

## Open Tinker from the site settings

You can run the Tinker site action from the [Site Manager](/windows/advanced-usage/managing-sites) to start a new tinker or Tinkerwell session directly in your site.

<Frame>
  <img alt="Tinker button in the sites settings" src="https://mintcdn.com/herd/8sm4YnmqUuRPQUjM/images/docs/windows/sites_tinker.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=8sm4YnmqUuRPQUjM&q=85&s=8385946f7d2fe0caedfd0fe2c466b919" width="2744" height="1994" data-path="images/docs/windows/sites_tinker.png" />
</Frame>

## Open Tinker with a global shortcut

Herd allows you to define global system shortcuts and Tinker is part of this configuration. By pressing the global tinker shortcut, Herd starts a tinker session for the last site that you visited via your browser.

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  <img alt="Tinker button in the sites settings" src="https://mintcdn.com/herd/8sm4YnmqUuRPQUjM/images/windows/settings-shortcuts-tinker.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=8sm4YnmqUuRPQUjM&q=85&s=e8d057c78fc470bf397866b0b857a18e" width="1639" height="1189" data-path="images/windows/settings-shortcuts-tinker.png" />
</Frame>

# Tinkerwell Integration

[Tinkerwell](https://tinkerwell.app) users benefit from the deep integration between both tools, so if you are running `herd tinker`, click the button in the site settings or press the global shortcut and Herd detects Tinkerwell on your machine, Tinkerwell opens a new tab with the most recent Herd project automatically.

This allows you to quickly iterate on complex Eloquent queries or debug some code. It also provides autocompletion and a familiar multi-line code editor experience that goes beyond a simple REPL.

<Frame>
  <a href="https://tinkerwell.app">
    <img alt="Tinkerwell with a complex Eloquent query" src="https://mintcdn.com/herd/DeXoYubPfJnYhPtY/images/docs/tinker-tinkerwell.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=DeXoYubPfJnYhPtY&q=85&s=d5e8cb39e5b93c1eef9b80e6034a02e5" width="2618" height="1720" data-path="images/docs/tinker-tinkerwell.png" />
  </a>
</Frame>

Tinkerwell ships with support for all of Herds PHP versions and automatically loads the correct configuration files.