iter 23.1.2: load_workspace auto-injects prelude module

crates/ail/src/main.rs

@@ -1140,6 +1140,19 @@ fn workspace_error_to_diagnostic(
                 "type": type_repr,
             })),
         ),
+        // Iter 23.1: the user named a module `prelude`, which the
+        // loader reserves for the auto-injected prelude module.
+        W::ReservedModuleName { name } => Some(
+            ailang_check::Diagnostic::error(
+                "reserved-module-name",
+                format!(
+                    "module name {name:?} is reserved (auto-injected by the loader)"
+                ),
+            )
+            .with_ctx(serde_json::json!({
+                "module": name,
+            })),
+        ),
     }
 }
 

crates/ail/tests/e2e.rs

@@ -846,7 +846,9 @@ fn workspace_lists_imported_modules() {
     );
 
     let modules = v["modules"].as_array().expect("modules must be array");
-    assert_eq!(modules.len(), 2, "expected 2 modules: {stdout}");
+    // Iter 23.1: the loader auto-injects the `prelude` module, so
+    // the count is the user's two modules plus prelude.
+    assert_eq!(modules.len(), 3, "expected 3 modules: {stdout}");
 
     let names: Vec<&str> = modules
         .iter()
@@ -854,6 +856,7 @@ fn workspace_lists_imported_modules() {
         .collect();
     assert!(names.contains(&"ws_main"), "ws_main missing: {names:?}");
     assert!(names.contains(&"ws_lib"), "ws_lib missing: {names:?}");
+    assert!(names.contains(&"prelude"), "prelude missing: {names:?}");
 }
 
 /// Guards Iter 5b: `ail check examples/ws_main.ail.json --json` must

crates/ailang-core/src/workspace.rs

@@ -282,6 +282,13 @@ pub enum WorkspaceLoadError {
         superclass: String,
         type_repr: String,
     },
+
+    /// Iter 23.1: a user module attempted to use the reserved
+    /// module name `prelude`. The prelude is auto-injected by
+    /// the loader, so a user module of the same name would
+    /// collide silently. Reject explicitly.
+    #[error("module name {name:?} is reserved (auto-injected by the loader)")]
+    ReservedModuleName { name: String },
 }
 
 /// Hash over the canonical bytes of a complete module.
@@ -295,6 +302,23 @@ pub fn module_hash(m: &Module) -> String {
     h.to_hex().as_str()[..16].to_string()
 }
 
+/// Iter 23.1: the prelude module is embedded into the binary at
+/// compile time so the loader needs no on-disk resolution. The
+/// canonical source-of-truth file remains
+/// `examples/prelude.ail.json` (the file the LLM-author edits).
+const PRELUDE_JSON: &str = include_str!(
+    "../../../examples/prelude.ail.json"
+);
+
+/// Iter 23.1: parse the embedded prelude source into a `Module`.
+/// Panics on parse failure — the prelude is build-time-validated;
+/// a failure here means the embedded file is malformed and is a
+/// build-correctness bug, not a runtime concern.
+fn load_prelude() -> Module {
+    serde_json::from_str(PRELUDE_JSON)
+        .expect("examples/prelude.ail.json must parse as a Module")
+}
+
 /// Load entry module plus all transitively reachable modules.
 ///
 /// Algorithm: DFS over `imports`, with two sets:
@@ -333,6 +357,19 @@ pub fn load_workspace(entry_path: &Path) -> Result<Workspace, WorkspaceLoadError
         &mut visiting_set,
     )?;
 
+    // Iter 23.1: inject the prelude module. It is implicitly
+    // part of every workspace, so the user's import graph
+    // does not name it. A user module that happens to be named
+    // "prelude" would collide here; reject explicitly so the
+    // failure is informative rather than silent.
+    if modules.contains_key("prelude") {
+        return Err(WorkspaceLoadError::ReservedModuleName {
+            name: "prelude".to_string(),
+        });
+    }
+    let prelude = load_prelude();
+    modules.insert("prelude".to_string(), prelude);
+
     // Iter 22b.2: class-schema validation runs before registry
     // construction so that ill-kinded class definitions are rejected
     // before any instance against them is registered.
@@ -851,7 +888,37 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(ws.entry, "ws_main");
         assert!(ws.modules.contains_key("ws_main"));
         assert!(ws.modules.contains_key("ws_lib"));
-        assert_eq!(ws.modules.len(), 2);
+        // Iter 23.1: the loader auto-injects the `prelude` module,
+        // so the count is the user's two modules plus prelude.
+        assert_eq!(ws.modules.len(), 3);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn loads_workspace_auto_injects_prelude() {
+        // Iter 23.1: the prelude module is implicitly part of every
+        // workspace, regardless of whether the user's modules import
+        // it. Loading any well-formed workspace must result in
+        // `ws.modules["prelude"]` being present with the Ordering
+        // type def.
+        let workspace_root =
+            std::path::PathBuf::from(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR")).join("../..");
+        let entry = workspace_root.join("examples").join("ws_main.ail.json");
+
+        let ws = load_workspace(&entry).expect("load workspace");
+        assert!(
+            ws.modules.contains_key("prelude"),
+            "prelude module must be auto-injected; modules present: {:?}",
+            ws.modules.keys().collect::<Vec<_>>()
+        );
+        let prelude = &ws.modules["prelude"];
+        assert_eq!(prelude.name, "prelude");
+        assert!(
+            prelude.defs.iter().any(|d| matches!(
+                d,
+                crate::ast::Def::Type(t) if t.name == "Ordering"
+            )),
+            "prelude must contain Ordering type def"
+        );
     }
 
     #[test]