Great, thank you for this series!

Absolutely, you can add custom methods to your Laravel policies beyond the default ones like view, create, update, and delete.

For example, if you want to add a method like createOwn to only allow users to create resources they "own," you can define it just like any other policy method:

public function createOwn(User $user, SomeModel $model)
{
    return $user->id === $model->user_id;
}

Once you've added a custom method, you can authorize it in your controllers/blades using:

$this->authorize('createOwn', $model);
// or
@can('createOwn', $model)
    <!-- show create button -->
@endcan

So, you are not limited to the default methods. Feel free to add authorization logic that fits your application's needs!

First <3

@Jeffrey Way can you release a series on how to deploy a Laravel app with Docker in 2026 (maybe FrankenPHP)?

Hello.

First of all, why use permissions in your package?