Blade directive

The @liked conditional renders the right like-button state without glue code:

@liked($post)
    <x-icon name="heart-filled" />
@else
    <x-icon name="heart" />
@endliked

• @liked($model) — uses the resolved actor.
• @liked($model, $actor) — honours an explicit actor.
• @liked($model, $actor, 'love') — honours a reaction type; without one, default_reaction is checked.

Guest-visible pages

Without an explicit actor — or with a null one — the directive resolves one like every read (actor_resolver, else auth()->user()). A guest gets the @else branch, never an exception, so it is safe on pages guests can see:

{{-- a guest gets the @else branch, never an exception --}}
@liked($post)
    <button>Unlike</button>
@else
    <button>Like</button>
@endliked

{{-- or pass an actor you already hold --}}
@liked($post, $team, 'love')
    <span>Your team loves this</span>
@endliked

The directive is only registered if your app doesn’t already define a @liked directive. For feeds, prefer withLikedState() — it hydrates the same state for every row in one query.