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Reference map

Use the book for onboarding and day-to-day usage. Use the specs and design docs for authoritative semantics. Use repository agent docs only when changing Chelis itself.

Primary references

Section titled “Primary references”
  • spec/design/chelis_canonical_reference.md
  • spec/00-context.md
  • spec/02-surf-syntax.md
  • spec/03-deep-syntax.md
  • spec/04-type-system.md
  • spec/05-risc-primitives.md
  • spec/08-backends.md
  • spec/09-tide.md

Design and project state

Section titled “Design and project state”
  • spec/design/chelis_project_plan.md
  • spec/design/chelis_phase3_plan.md
  • spec/design/phase3j_pre_release.md

Agent-facing docs

Section titled “Agent-facing docs”
  • packages/chelis-std/SKILL.md: downstream Chelis generation and shell-authoring skill. Use it when writing Chelis, not when changing the compiler.
  • AGENTS.md and agent-skills/: repository governance and implementation workflows for agents modifying Chelis itself.