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The forward queue moves out of the in-tree markdown file and into Gitea issues at http://192.168.178.103:3000/Brummel/AILang/issues. Labels: kind:{milestone,feature,todo,idea} + prio:{p1,p2,p3} + state:in-progress. Big chunks live as Gitea milestones (containers) with full prose in the description; smaller items are standalone issues. Browse-and-filter scales constant against growing item count; the previous markdown file was 1059 lines, of which ~850 were already-closed-entry verlauf (the same failure class the JOURNAL cut removed). Sync-drift Code<>Tracker mitigation: Soft-convention `closes #N` / `refs #N` in commit bodies — Gitea auto-closes the issue on push. Captured in user-level CLAUDE.md (~/.claude/CLAUDE.md, not in this commit) as the durable rule; no hook enforcement. In-repo changes: - docs/roadmap.md deleted. - CLAUDE.md (project): Code-layout drops roadmap; /boss gating retargeted; Roles section rewritten with a new "Gitea issues" bullet (URL + tea-CLI snippet) and the closes-#N trailer note. - skills/boss/SKILL.md: 10 sites retargeted, plus Step 1 now prescribes `tea issues ls --labels prio:p1` as the queue read. - skills/brainstorm/SKILL.md: Step 7.5 no-override BLOCK now files a Gitea issue via `tea issues create` instead of appending a roadmap entry; spec deletion stays. - skills/audit/SKILL.md + ailang-architect.md: deferral requirement and debt-heuristic retargeted; forward-intent belongs in the Gitea backlog. - skills/fieldtest/SKILL.md, skills/docwriter/SKILL.md + ailang-docwriter.md: roadmap → backlog. - design/contracts/honesty-rule.md: forward intent lives in the Gitea backlog (pinned phrases unchanged). - design/INDEX.md: Docs bullet drops roadmap, adds the backlog URL. - crates/ailang-core/tests/docs_honesty_pin.rs: two assert messages retargeted (assertion bodies unchanged). - bench/architect_sweeps.sh: Sweep-4 TABU extended with `docs/roadmap\.md` so the deleted path cannot quietly regrow as a cross-reference in design/contracts/. Verification: - cargo build --workspace clean. - cargo test --workspace: 647 passed, 0 failed, 2 ignored. - bench/architect_sweeps.sh exit 0 (all five sweeps clean, incl. new TABU). - grep over the live tree (excluding docs/specs/, docs/plans/) shows zero residual docs/roadmap.md refs. Not touched: ~55 historical files under docs/specs/ and docs/plans/ that mention docs/roadmap.md. Snapshot-character, analogous to the JOURNAL-cut precedent — historical specs are not mass-edited just because a live file was retired; their mentions were correct at write time.
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# AILang Design — Index
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The sole addressable entry point. Every contract and model is
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reached from here. A contract is a prescriptive, test-linked
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invariant; a model is a whitepaper narrative. `ratifying-test` names
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the green test that proves a contract still holds. `link` is
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polymorphic: a `design/` file, or the authoritative source `//!`
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header when the code is the single source of truth.
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## Project framing
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### Goal
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AILang is a programming language for LLM authors. It compiles to LLVM IR.
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Performance: native, no GC for the MVP.
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Optimised for:
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- **Machine readability** over human ergonomics. The source is structured.
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- **Local reasoning.** Every definition carries its full type and effects.
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- **Provability.** Pure core language, explicit effects, optional refinements.
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- **Robustness against hallucinations.** Symbols are hashable; tools can verify
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existence without spending context window.
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### Project ecosystem
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AILang is not just a language but an ecosystem. The language on its own is
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only valuable when its surroundings make it usable, checkable, and
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extensible for its target user (LLM authors). The repo therefore contains
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several equally important components — none of them optional, all of them
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evolving in lockstep with the language:
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- **Language core** (`crates/ailang-core`, `crates/ailang-check`,
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`crates/ailang-codegen`): AST, type system, codegen.
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- **Surface forms** (`crates/ailang-surface`, `crates/ailang-prose`):
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the LLM-facing renderings of a module. `ailang-surface`
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is the lossless Form-A printer/parser — the canonical
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[authoring surface](contracts/authoring-surface.md), with a
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round-trip property `parse ∘ print = id` gating every release. `ailang-prose`
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is the lossy Form-B projection — human-readable prose for review and
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edit, with no parser; re-integration goes through the
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LLM-mediator round-trip documented in `docs/PROSE_ROUNDTRIP.md`.
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- **CLI** (`crates/ail`): toolchain for tooling consumers — `manifest`,
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`describe`, `deps`, `check`, `build`, `parse`, `render`, `prose`,
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`merge-prose`, etc., preferably with `--json` for machine consumption.
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- **Examples** (`examples/`): canonical `.ail.json` programs. They are
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specification anchors, not demos — the E2E suite hangs off them.
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- **Skills** (`skills/`): specialised disciplines
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(`brainstorm`, `planner`, `implement`, `audit`, `debug`,
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`fieldtest`) plus the agent rosters they dispatch
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(`skills/<name>/agents/`). They form the project's own
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development methodology and are versioned with the codebase.
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See `skills/README.md`.
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- **Design ledger** (`design/`): `design/INDEX.md` (this file — the
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sole addressable spine for canonical state), `design/contracts/`
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(test-linked invariants), `design/models/` (onboarding
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whitepapers).
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- **Docs** (`docs/`): `specs/` (per-milestone design specs),
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`plans/` (per-iteration implementation plans). Project history
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lives in `git log`; the forward queue lives in the Gitea issue
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backlog (http://192.168.178.103:3000/Brummel/AILang/issues).
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- **Tests**: unit tests per crate plus E2E in `crates/ail/tests/e2e.rs`. Every
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new compiler path needs a test, otherwise the feature does not count as done.
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### Project language: English
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All in-tree content is written in English: source code (identifiers,
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comments, string literals, CLI help), design documents, agent
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prompts, READMEs, commit messages, examples, and `CLAUDE.md`. The live
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conversation between user and me stays German for ergonomic reasons;
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everything that lands in git is English. This keeps diffs and tooling output
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uniform and matches the audience for AILang (LLM authors), for whom English
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is the default.
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## Contracts
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| id | consumer / lifetime | ratifying-test | link |
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| feature-acceptance | brainstorm-gate / stable | skills/brainstorm/SKILL.md | design/contracts/feature-acceptance.md |
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| authoring-surface | LLM author / stable | crates/ailang-surface/tests/round_trip.rs | design/contracts/authoring-surface.md |
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| roundtrip-invariant | every release / stable | crates/ailang-surface/tests/round_trip.rs | design/contracts/roundtrip-invariant.md |
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| language-constraints | LLM author / stable | crates/ailang-check/src/uniqueness.rs (in-source mod tests) | design/contracts/language-constraints.md |
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| memory-model | LLM author / stable | crates/ailang-check/src/uniqueness.rs (in-source mod tests) | design/contracts/memory-model.md |
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| data-model | LLM author / stable | crates/ailang-core/tests/design_schema_drift.rs | design/contracts/data-model.md |
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| mangling | codegen / stable | crates/ail/tests/eq_ord_e2e.rs | crates/ailang-codegen/src/lib.rs //! |
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| env-construction | codegen / stable | crates/ailang-check/tests/duplicate_ctor_pin.rs | crates/ailang-codegen/src/lib.rs //! |
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| qualified-xref | codegen / stable | crates/ail/tests/codegen_import_map_fallback_pin.rs | crates/ail/src/main.rs //! |
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| frozen-value-layout | embedding ABI / one-way-frozen| crates/ailang-codegen/tests/embed_record_layout_pin.rs | design/contracts/frozen-value-layout.md + runtime/rc.c §layout |
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| float-semantics | LLM author / stable | crates/ail/tests/eq_float_noinstance.rs | design/contracts/float-semantics.md |
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| typeclasses | LLM author / stable | crates/ail/tests/show_no_instance_e2e.rs | design/contracts/typeclasses.md |
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| method-dispatch | LLM author / stable | crates/ail/tests/show_no_instance_e2e.rs | design/contracts/method-dispatch.md |
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| prelude-classes | LLM author / stable | crates/ail/tests/show_no_instance_e2e.rs | design/contracts/prelude-classes.md |
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| str-abi | runtime ABI / stable | crates/ail/tests/e2e.rs (Str path) | design/contracts/str-abi.md + runtime/str.c §heap-Str |
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| tail-calls | codegen / stable | crates/ailang-check/src/lib.rs (in-source tail_call_in_non_tail_position_is_rejected) | design/contracts/tail-calls.md |
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| honesty-rule | architect+grounding / stable | crates/ailang-core/tests/docs_honesty_pin.rs | design/contracts/honesty-rule.md |
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| embedding-abi | embedding host / stable | crates/ailang-codegen/tests/embed_record_layout_pin.rs | design/contracts/embedding-abi.md |
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| scope-boundaries | architect+author / stable | crates/ailang-core/tests/effect_doc_honesty_pin.rs | design/contracts/scope-boundaries.md |
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| verification | architect / stable | bench/architect_sweeps.sh | design/contracts/verification.md |
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## Models
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| id | consumer / lifetime | link |
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| rc-uniqueness | onboarding / evolves | design/models/rc-uniqueness.md |
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| typeclasses | onboarding / evolves | design/models/typeclasses.md |
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| effects | onboarding / evolves | design/models/effects.md |
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| authoring-surface | onboarding / evolves | design/models/authoring-surface.md |
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| prose-projection | onboarding / evolves | design/models/prose-projection.md |
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| pipeline | onboarding / evolves | design/models/pipeline.md |
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