What is the Artisan CLI in Laravel?

Artisan is Laravel's built-in command-line interface. It provides dozens of helpful commands for common development tasks. Examples: php artisan make:model User (generate a model), php artisan make:controller UserController --resource (generate a resource controller), php artisan migrate (run database migrations), php artisan tinker (REPL for interacting with the app), php artisan serve (start a local dev server), php artisan queue:work (start queue worker). You can create custom Artisan commands with php artisan make:command. Artisan drastically speeds up development by automating repetitive file creation and maintenance tasks.