Reference
Canonical specs
Links to the skill and source-of-truth reference files.
Canonical specs
If this site and the skill disagree, trust the skill.
The docs site is orientation. These files define how OpenProse agents should behave.
Skill
Agents should start here. The skill contains the activation rules, path table, command routing, host primitive adapter, and fit check.
Core specs
| File | What it defines |
|---|---|
| Contract Markdown | the .md program and service format |
| Forme | semantic wiring and manifest generation |
| Prose VM | execution behavior for manifests and services |
| ProseScript | the imperative scripting layer for .prose and ### Execution |
| Filesystem state | the default run-state layout |
| Session primitive | how isolated service sessions should behave |
Authoring guidance
| File | What it helps with |
|---|---|
| Tenets | design principles behind the language |
| Patterns | reusable workflow shapes |
| Antipatterns | common ways OpenProse programs go wrong |
CLI and packages
Reference pages here should stay shallow. If a detail is normative, link to source instead of copying it.