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AILANG is a purely functional, effect-typed language designed as a deterministic execution substrate for AI-generated code. Every construct has deterministic semantics that can be reflected, verified, and serialized.
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AILANG is designed to be used by AI coding agents. The AILANG Bootstrap packages the current language guidance, reusable skills, and local MCP tools for Claude Code and OpenAI Codex.
Install the AILANG CLI first:
curl -fsSL https://ailang.sunholo.com/install.sh | bash
ailang --version
The agent integrations call the local ailang executable, so it must be available on PATH.
/plugin marketplace add sunholo-data/ailang_bootstrap
/plugin install ailang@sunholo-data/ailang_bootstrap
AILANG Bootstrap also ships a Codex plugin manifest. Add its stable marketplace:
# Required by the plugin's local MCP server on first launch
node --version
npm --version
codex plugin marketplace add sunholo-data/ailang_bootstrap --ref stable
codex plugin add ailang@ailang-marketplace
codex plugin list
Start a new Codex session after installation. Alternatively, after adding the marketplace, launch codex, enter /plugins, and install ailang from the AILANG marketplace. The plugin can also be installed from the Plugins directory in the Codex desktop app. Codex plugins are not currently available in the IDE extension.
Codex reads this repository's AGENTS.md automatically, whether or not the plugin is installed. The plugin adds the reusable AILANG skills and MCP tools; AGENTS.md supplies repository-specific workflows and guardrails.
ailang executableailang_prompt, ailang_check, ailang_run, ailang_builtins, ailang_evalailang promptThe packaging is intentionally native to each host:
| Capability | Claude Code | Codex |
|---|---|---|
| Persistent guidance | CLAUDE.md | AGENTS.md |
| Reusable workflows | Plugin skills | Plugin skills |
| Local AILANG MCP tools | Yes | Yes |
| Host-native commands | Claude slash commands | Skills and MCP tools |
| AILANG Bootstrap hooks | Claude hooks | Not currently packaged |
Once installed, ask the agent to write AILANG code. All agents should run ailang prompt before authoring .ail files; it is the installed CLI's source for current syntax and idioms.
See ailang_bootstrap for details.
The installer detects your OS and architecture automatically. To pin a release:
curl -fsSL https://ailang.sunholo.com/install.sh | VERSION=v0.33.1 bash
# macOS (Apple Silicon)
curl -L https://github.com/sunholo-data/ailang/releases/latest/download/darwin.arm64.ailang.tar.gz | tar -xz
sudo mv ailang /usr/local/bin/
# macOS (Intel)
curl -L https://github.com/sunholo-data/ailang/releases/latest/download/darwin.x64.ailang.tar.gz | tar -xz
sudo mv ailang /usr/local/bin/
# Linux
curl -L https://github.com/sunholo-data/ailang/releases/latest/download/linux.x64.ailang.tar.gz | tar -xz
sudo mv ailang /usr/local/bin/
# From source
git clone https://github.com/sunholo-data/ailang.git
cd ailang && make install
# Verify
ailang --version
For complete setup instructions, see the Getting Started Guide.
module examples/hello_world
import std/io (println)
export func main() -> () ! {IO} {
println("Hello, World!")
}
ailang run --caps IO examples/hello_world.ail
# Output: Hello, World!
ailang repl
λ> 1 + 2
3 :: Int
λ> let double = \x. x * 2 in double(21)
42 :: Int
λ> :type \x. x + x
\x. x + x :: ∀α. Num α ⇒ α → α
λ> :quit
ailang lsp --stdio ships in the binary: diagnostics, hover types, go-to-def, references, document symbols. One-command VS Code install: ailang editor install vscode (guide)Learn more: Why AILANG? | No Loops Design | Go Interop | Stability Promise (1.x)
make install # Build and install
make test # Run all tests
make repl # Start REPL
make lint # Run linter
Guides:
ailang/
├── cmd/ailang/ # CLI
├── internal/ # Compiler (lexer, parser, types, eval, effects)
├── std/ # Standard library (std/io, std/fs, std/json, std/zip, std/xml, etc.)
├── examples/ # Example and reference programs
├── docs/ # Documentation website source
└── design_docs/ # Design documents
Apache 2.0 - See LICENSE
AILANG draws inspiration from Haskell, OCaml, Rust, and Idris/Agda.
For AI agents: Deterministic functional language with Hindley-Milner type inference, algebraic effects, and explicit effect tracking. Read AGENTS.md, then use ailang prompt for current language guidance.
hooks/register.tsx 290 lines1import { atom, read, update } from 'claude-code'
2import type { EngineInterface, Register } from 'claude-code'
3
4import type { LensFunc, LensModule } from '../types'
5
6const PANE = 'ailang-lens'
7const modules = atom({ plugin: 'ailang-lens', key: 'modules' } as const, [])
8
9// First JSON object in a stream that may carry warnings before it.
10function parseJson(text: string): any {
11 const at = text.indexOf('{')
12 if (at < 0) return undefined
13 try {
14 return JSON.parse(text.slice(at))
15 } catch {
16 return undefined
17 }
18}
19
20function typeName(t: unknown): string {
21 if (typeof t === 'string') return t
22 if (t && typeof t === 'object' && 'name' in t) return String((t as { name: unknown }).name)
23 return JSON.stringify(t)
24}
25
26// "type error in m (decl 0): type unification failed at [... at m.ail:3:8]: cannot unify ..."
27// → "3:8 cannot unify ..."
28function shortError(message: string): string {
29 const where = message.match(/\.ail:(\d+:\d+)/)?.[1]
30 const tail = message.includes(']: ')
31 ? message.slice(message.lastIndexOf(']: ') + 3)
32 : message.replace(/^type error in \S+ \(decl \d+\):\s*/, '')
33 return where ? `${where} ${tail}` : message
34}
35
36async function exists($: EngineInterface, path: string): Promise<boolean> {
37 try {
38 await $.fs.stat(path)
39 return true
40 } catch {
41 return false
42 }
43}
44
45// ailang names a module by its path from the working directory (MOD010), so
46// run it from the project root: the nearest ailang.toml, else .git, else the
47// file's own folder.
48async function projectRoot($: EngineInterface, file: string): Promise<string> {
49 const dirs: string[] = []
50 for (let dir = file.slice(0, file.lastIndexOf('/')); dir; dir = dir.slice(0, dir.lastIndexOf('/'))) {
51 dirs.push(dir)
52 }
53 for (const marker of ['ailang.toml', '.git']) {
54 for (const dir of dirs) {
55 if (await exists($, `${dir}/${marker}`)) return dir
56 }
57 }
58 return dirs[0] ?? '.'
59}
60
61async function mtime($: EngineInterface, file: string): Promise<number> {
62 try {
63 return (await $.fs.stat(file)).mtimeMs
64 } catch {
65 return 0
66 }
67}
68
69/** Pure: the files a module imports by relative path (`import ./data/stars`). */
70export function relativeImports(file: string, source: string): string[] {
71 const dir = file.slice(0, file.lastIndexOf('/'))
72 return [...source.matchAll(/^\s*import\s+(\.{1,2}\/[\w./-]+)/gm)].map(m => {
73 const parts = `${dir}/${m[1]}.ail`.split('/')
74 const out: string[] = []
75 for (const part of parts) {
76 if (part === '..') out.pop()
77 else if (part !== '.') out.push(part)
78 }
79 return out.join('/')
80 })
81}
82
83// A module's result goes stale when the module, its package's manifest or
84// lock, or a module it imports by relative path changes: a package-qualified
85// import resolves through ailang.toml's [exports], so a manifest edit can
86// flip a check without the module itself changing.
87async function stampOf($: EngineInterface, file: string, root: string): Promise<number> {
88 let source = ''
89 try {
90 source = await $.fs.read(file)
91 } catch {
92 // gone: the stamp drops to 0 and the next check reports it
93 }
94 const paths = [file, `${root}/ailang.toml`, `${root}/ailang.lock`, ...relativeImports(file, source)]
95 return Math.max(...(await Promise.all(paths.map(path => mtime($, path)))))
96}
97
98async function analyse($: EngineInterface, file: string, previous?: LensModule): Promise<LensModule> {
99 const started = Date.now()
100 const cwd = file.startsWith('/') ? await projectRoot($, file) : undefined
101 const root = cwd ?? '.'
102 const stamp = await stampOf($, file, root)
103 const rel = cwd ? file.slice(cwd.length + 1) : file
104 const [iface, check] = await Promise.all([
105 $.process.run(['ailang', 'iface', rel], { cwd, timeoutMs: 20_000 }),
106 $.process.run(['ailang', 'check', '--json', '--quiet', rel], { cwd, timeoutMs: 60_000 }),
107 ])
108 const shape = iface.exitCode === 0 ? parseJson(iface.stdout) : undefined
109 const report = parseJson(check.stdout)
110
111 const errors: string[] = report?.errors?.length
112 ? report.errors.map((err: { message?: string }) => shortError(err.message ?? 'error'))
113 : check.exitCode === 0
114 ? []
115 : [shortError((check.stderr || check.stdout).trim().split('\n').pop() ?? 'check failed')]
116
117 // A broken edit keeps the last good shape on screen, beside the errors.
118 const funcs: LensFunc[] = shape
119 ? (shape.funcs ?? []).map((f: LensFunc) => ({ name: f.name, type: f.type, effects: f.effects ?? [] }))
120 : (previous?.funcs ?? [])
121
122 return {
123 file,
124 module: shape?.module ?? previous?.module ?? (file.split('/').pop() ?? file).replace(/\.ail$/, ''),
125 types: shape ? (shape.types ?? []).map(typeName) : (previous?.types ?? []),
126 funcs,
127 passed: errors.length === 0 && check.exitCode === 0,
128 errors,
129 ms: Date.now() - started,
130 root,
131 stamp,
132 }
133}
134
135async function refresh($: EngineInterface, file: string): Promise<LensModule> {
136 const known = await read($, modules)
137 const lens = await analyse($, file, known.find(m => m.file === file))
138 await update($, modules, list => [lens, ...list.filter(m => m.file !== file)].slice(0, 8))
139
140 const effects = [...new Set(lens.funcs.flatMap(f => f.effects))].sort()
141 $.ui.status(
142 lens.passed
143 ? `ail ✓ ${lens.module} · ${lens.funcs.length} fn · ${effects.length ? `!{${effects.join(',')}}` : 'pure'}`
144 : `ail ✗ ${lens.module} · ${lens.errors.length} error${lens.errors.length === 1 ? '' : 's'}`,
145 )
146 return lens
147}
148
149// Edit/Write are seen directly; anything else that touches a module, its
150// package manifest or a relative import (Bash, another session, the person's
151// editor) is caught by its stamp after a Bash call and at the end of each turn.
152async function refreshStale($: EngineInterface): Promise<void> {
153 for (const known of await read($, modules)) {
154 if ((await stampOf($, known.file, known.root)) !== known.stamp) await refresh($, known.file)
155 }
156}
157
158// An edited .ail or ailang.toml can change how its package's other modules
159// check (exports, a sibling's signature), so they are re-checked with it.
160async function refreshPackage($: EngineInterface, edited: string): Promise<void> {
161 for (const known of await read($, modules)) {
162 if (known.file !== edited && known.root !== '.' && edited.startsWith(`${known.root}/`)) await refresh($, known.file)
163 }
164}
165
166export const register: Register = on => {
167 on('session.start', async ($, e, next) => {
168 await $.command.register({
169 name: 'ail-lens',
170 description: 'Open the AILANG lens, or analyse a .ail file into it',
171 argumentHint: '[file.ail]',
172 })
173 return next(e)
174 })
175
176 on('command.run', { command: 'ail-lens' }, async ($, e) => {
177 const arg = e.args.trim()
178 if (!arg) {
179 await refreshStale($)
180 await $.ui.open({ id: PANE, title: 'AILANG lens' })
181 return { text: 'AILANG lens opened.' }
182 }
183 if (!arg.endsWith('.ail')) return { text: `ail-lens: ${arg} is not a .ail file.` }
184
185 // A relative path is the person's, typed against the session's folder.
186 const file = arg.startsWith('/') ? arg : `${await $.session.cwd()}/${arg.replace(/^\.\//, '')}`
187 if (!(await exists($, file))) return { text: `ail-lens: ${file} not found.` }
188
189 const lens = await refresh($, file)
190 await $.ui.open({ id: PANE, title: 'AILANG lens' })
191 return { text: `AILANG lens: ${lens.module} ${lens.passed ? '✓' : `✗ ${lens.errors.length} error(s)`}` }
192 })
193
194 // Every successful edit of a .ail file re-reads its interface and type-checks it.
195 on('tool.call', async ($, e, next) => {
196 const ran = await next(e)
197 if (e.tool === 'Bash') {
198 await refreshStale($).catch(() => undefined)
199 return ran
200 }
201 const file = (e.tool === 'Edit' || e.tool === 'Write') ? e.file_path : undefined
202 const isModule = file?.endsWith('.ail') === true
203 const isManifest = file?.endsWith('/ailang.toml') === true
204 if (!file || !(isModule || isManifest) || ran.deny !== undefined || ran.isError) return ran
205
206 try {
207 if (isModule) {
208 await refresh($, file)
209 void $.ui.open({ id: PANE, title: 'AILANG lens' })
210 }
211 await refreshPackage($, file)
212 } catch (err) {
213 $.ui.status(`ail lens: ${String(err).slice(0, 60)}`)
214 }
215 return ran
216 })
217
218 on('turn.complete', async ($, e, next) => {
219 const done = await next(e)
220 await refreshStale($).catch(() => undefined)
221 return done
222 })
223
224 on('ui.render', { component: 'Pane', requestId: PANE }, async ($, e) => {
225 const { Box, Text } = $.ui.resolve(e)
226 const [current, ...older] = await read($, modules)
227
228 if (!current) {
229 return (
230 <Box flexDirection="column">
231 <Text dimColor>No AILANG edited yet.</Text>
232 <Text dimColor>Edit a .ail file, or /ail-lens path/to/file.ail</Text>
233 </Box>
234 )
235 }
236
237 const width = Math.max(...current.funcs.map(f => f.name.length), 4)
238 return (
239 <Box flexDirection="column">
240 <Text>
241 <Text bold>{current.module}</Text>
242 <Text color={current.passed ? 'green' : 'red'}>{current.passed ? ' ✓ checks' : ' ✗ fails'}</Text>
243 <Text dimColor>{` ${current.ms}ms`}</Text>
244 </Text>
245
246 {current.types.length > 0 && (
247 <Text>
248 <Text dimColor>types </Text>
249 <Text color="magenta">{current.types.join(' ')}</Text>
250 </Text>
251 )}
252
253 <Box flexDirection="column" marginTop={1}>
254 {current.funcs.map(f => (
255 <Box flexDirection="column">
256 <Text>
257 <Text bold>{f.name.padEnd(width)}</Text>
258 <Text color={f.effects.length ? 'yellow' : 'green'}>
259 {f.effects.length ? ` !{${f.effects.join(',')}}` : ' pure'}
260 </Text>
261 </Text>
262 <Text dimColor wrap="truncate-end">{` ${f.type}`}</Text>
263 </Box>
264 ))}
265 </Box>
266
267 {current.errors.length > 0 && (
268 <Box flexDirection="column" marginTop={1}>
269 {current.errors.map(err => (
270 <Text color="red" wrap="wrap">{`✗ ${err}`}</Text>
271 ))}
272 {current.funcs.length > 0 && <Text dimColor>(signatures above are the last good shape)</Text>}
273 </Box>
274 )}
275
276 {older.length > 0 && (
277 <Box flexDirection="column" marginTop={1}>
278 <Text dimColor>recent</Text>
279 {older.map(m => (
280 <Text dimColor>
281 {`${m.passed ? '✓' : '✗'} ${m.module} · ${m.funcs.length} fn`}
282 </Text>
283 ))}
284 </Box>
285 )}
286 </Box>
287 )
288 })
289}
290types/index.d.ts 22 lines1export type LensFunc = { name: string; type: string; effects: string[] }
2
3export type LensModule = {
4 file: string
5 module: string
6 types: string[]
7 funcs: LensFunc[]
8 passed: boolean
9 errors: string[]
10 ms: number
11 /** Package root the checks ran from (nearest ailang.toml, else .git). */
12 root: string
13 /** Newest mtime of the module, its package manifest/lock and its ./ imports. */
14 stamp: number
15}
16
17declare module 'claude-code' {
18 interface PluginState {
19 'ailang-lens': { modules: LensModule[] }
20 }
21}
22