# OpenProse

- [OpenProse Documentation](/): A programming language for AI sessions.
- Start
  - [What is OpenProse?](/start/what-is-openprose): The short mental model for OpenProse.
  - [Install](/start/install): Install the OpenProse skill and run through the shell entrypoint.
  - [Your first program](/start/first-program): Write and run a tiny OpenProse program.
  - [Your first useful workflow](/start/first-useful-workflow): Run a small multi-service workflow where OpenProse starts to matter.
- Think
  - [Contracts, not prompts](/think/contracts-not-prompts): Learn the basic shape of OpenProse programs.
  - [Services, Forme, and the VM](/think/services-forme-vm): How OpenProse wires and runs programs.
  - [Workspaces, bindings, and traces](/think/workspaces-bindings-traces): How OpenProse keeps agent work durable and context-efficient.
  - [When to use OpenProse](/think/when-to-use-it): Good fits, bad fits, and the quick taste test.
- Use
  - [Examples](/use/examples): A curated path through the OpenProse examples.
  - [Patterns](/use/patterns): Common workflow shapes in OpenProse.
  - [Troubleshooting](/use/troubleshooting): Common OpenProse confusions and how to correct them.
- Agents
  - [For AI agents](/agents/for-ai-agents): Read this before running, editing, or explaining OpenProse programs.
- Reference
  - [Reference overview](/reference/overview): Where the canonical OpenProse specs live.
  - [Command surface](/reference/commands): The OpenProse command names and what they are for.
  - [Canonical specs](/reference/specs): Links to the skill and source-of-truth reference files.