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package/dist/extensions/open-prose/skills/prose/alts/borges.md

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----
-role: experimental
-summary: |
-  Borges register for OpenProse—a scholarly/metaphysical alternative keyword set.
-  Labyrinths, dreamers, forking paths, and infinite libraries. For benchmarking
-  against the functional register.
-status: draft
-requires: prose.md
----
-
-# OpenProse Borges Register
-
-> **This is a skin layer.** It requires `prose.md` to be loaded first. All execution semantics, state management, and VM behavior are defined there. This file only provides keyword translations.
-
-An alternative register for OpenProse that draws from the works of Jorge Luis Borges. Where the functional register is utilitarian and the folk register is whimsical, the Borges register is scholarly and metaphysical—everything feels like a citation from a fictional encyclopedia.
-
-## How to Use
-
-1. Load `prose.md` first (execution semantics)
-2. Load this file (keyword translations)
-3. When parsing `.prose` files, accept Borges keywords as aliases for functional keywords
-4. All execution behavior remains identical—only surface syntax changes
-
-> **Design constraint:** Still aims to be "structured but self-evident" per the language tenets—just self-evident through a Borgesian lens.
-
----
-
-## Complete Translation Map
-
-### Core Constructs
-
-| Functional | Borges    | Reference                                                       |
-| ---------- | --------- | --------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| `agent`    | `dreamer` | "The Circular Ruins" — dreamers who dream worlds into existence |
-| `session`  | `dream`   | Each execution is a dream within the dreamer                    |
-| `parallel` | `forking` | "The Garden of Forking Paths" — branching timelines             |
-| `block`    | `chapter` | Books within books, self-referential structure                  |
-
-### Composition & Binding
-
-| Functional | Borges     | Reference                                                |
-| ---------- | ---------- | -------------------------------------------------------- |
-| `use`      | `retrieve` | "The Library of Babel" — retrieving from infinite stacks |
-| `input`    | `axiom`    | The given premise (Borges' scholarly/mathematical tone)  |
-| `output`   | `theorem`  | What is derived from the axioms                          |
-| `let`      | `inscribe` | Writing something into being                             |
-| `const`    | `zahir`    | "The Zahir" — unforgettable, unchangeable, fixed in mind |
-| `context`  | `memory`   | "Funes the Memorious" — perfect, total recall            |
-
-### Control Flow
-
-| Functional | Borges              | Reference                              |
-| ---------- | ------------------- | -------------------------------------- |
-| `repeat N` | `N mirrors`         | Infinite reflections facing each other |
-| `for...in` | `for each...within` | Slightly more Borgesian preposition    |
-| `loop`     | `labyrinth`         | The maze that folds back on itself     |
-| `until`    | `until`             | Unchanged                              |
-| `while`    | `while`             | Unchanged                              |
-| `choice`   | `bifurcation`       | The forking of paths                   |
-| `option`   | `branch`            | One branch of diverging time           |
-| `if`       | `should`            | Scholarly conditional                  |
-| `elif`     | `or should`         | Continued conditional                  |
-| `else`     | `otherwise`         | Natural alternative                    |
-
-### Error Handling
-
-| Functional | Borges       | Reference                              |
-| ---------- | ------------ | -------------------------------------- |
-| `try`      | `venture`    | Entering the labyrinth                 |
-| `catch`    | `lest`       | "Lest it fail..." (archaic, scholarly) |
-| `finally`  | `ultimately` | The inevitable conclusion              |
-| `throw`    | `shatter`    | Breaking the mirror, ending the dream  |
-| `retry`    | `recur`      | Infinite regress, trying again         |
-
-### Session Properties
-
-| Functional | Borges   | Reference                      |
-| ---------- | -------- | ------------------------------ |
-| `prompt`   | `query`  | Asking the Library             |
-| `model`    | `author` | Which author writes this dream |
-
-### Unchanged
-
-These keywords already work or are too functional to replace sensibly:
-
-- `**...**` discretion markers — already "breaking the fourth wall"
-- `until`, `while` — already work
-- `map`, `filter`, `reduce`, `pmap` — pipeline operators
-- `max` — constraint modifier
-- `as` — aliasing
-- Model names: `sonnet`, `opus`, `haiku` — already literary
-
----
-
-## Side-by-Side Comparison
-
-### Simple Program
-
-```prose
-# Functional
-use "@alice/research" as research
-input topic: "What to investigate"
-
-agent helper:
-  model: sonnet
-
-let findings = session: helper
-  prompt: "Research {topic}"
-
-output summary = session "Summarize"
-  context: findings
-```
-
-```prose
-# Borges
-retrieve "@alice/research" as research
-axiom topic: "What to investigate"
-
-dreamer helper:
-  author: sonnet
-
-inscribe findings = dream: helper
-  query: "Research {topic}"
-
-theorem summary = dream "Summarize"
-  memory: findings
-```
-
-### Parallel Execution
-
-```prose
-# Functional
-parallel:
-  security = session "Check security"
-  perf = session "Check performance"
-  style = session "Check style"
-
-session "Synthesize review"
-  context: { security, perf, style }
-```
-
-```prose
-# Borges
-forking:
-  security = dream "Check security"
-  perf = dream "Check performance"
-  style = dream "Check style"
-
-dream "Synthesize review"
-  memory: { security, perf, style }
-```
-
-### Loop with Condition
-
-```prose
-# Functional
-loop until **the code is bug-free** (max: 5):
-  session "Find and fix bugs"
-```
-
-```prose
-# Borges
-labyrinth until **the code is bug-free** (max: 5):
-  dream "Find and fix bugs"
-```
-
-### Error Handling
-
-```prose
-# Functional
-try:
-  session "Risky operation"
-catch as err:
-  session "Handle error"
-    context: err
-finally:
-  session "Cleanup"
-```
-
-```prose
-# Borges
-venture:
-  dream "Risky operation"
-lest as err:
-  dream "Handle error"
-    memory: err
-ultimately:
-  dream "Cleanup"
-```
-
-### Choice Block
-
-```prose
-# Functional
-choice **the severity level**:
-  option "Critical":
-    session "Escalate immediately"
-  option "Minor":
-    session "Log for later"
-```
-
-```prose
-# Borges
-bifurcation **the severity level**:
-  branch "Critical":
-    dream "Escalate immediately"
-  branch "Minor":
-    dream "Log for later"
-```
-
-### Conditionals
-
-```prose
-# Functional
-if **has security issues**:
-  session "Fix security"
-elif **has performance issues**:
-  session "Optimize"
-else:
-  session "Approve"
-```
-
-```prose
-# Borges
-should **has security issues**:
-  dream "Fix security"
-or should **has performance issues**:
-  dream "Optimize"
-otherwise:
-  dream "Approve"
-```
-
-### Reusable Blocks
-
-```prose
-# Functional
-block review(topic):
-  session "Research {topic}"
-  session "Analyze {topic}"
-
-do review("quantum computing")
-```
-
-```prose
-# Borges
-chapter review(topic):
-  dream "Research {topic}"
-  dream "Analyze {topic}"
-
-do review("quantum computing")
-```
-
-### Fixed Iteration
-
-```prose
-# Functional
-repeat 3:
-  session "Generate idea"
-```
-
-```prose
-# Borges
-3 mirrors:
-  dream "Generate idea"
-```
-
-### Immutable Binding
-
-```prose
-# Functional
-const config = { model: "opus", retries: 3 }
-```
-
-```prose
-# Borges
-zahir config = { author: "opus", recur: 3 }
-```
-
----
-
-## The Case For Borges
-
-1. **Metaphysical resonance.** AI sessions dreaming subagents into existence mirrors "The Circular Ruins."
-2. **Scholarly tone.** `axiom`/`theorem` frame programs as logical derivations.
-3. **Memorable metaphors.** The zahir you cannot change. The labyrinth you cannot escape. The library you retrieve from.
-4. **Thematic coherence.** Borges wrote about infinity, recursion, and branching time—all core to computation.
-5. **Literary prestige.** Borges is widely read; references land for many users.
-
-## The Case Against Borges
-
-1. **Requires familiarity.** "Zahir" and "Funes" are obscure to those who haven't read Borges.
-2. **Potentially pretentious.** May feel like showing off rather than communicating.
-3. **Translation overhead.** Users must map `labyrinth` → `loop` mentally.
-4. **Cultural specificity.** Less universal than folk/fairy tale tropes.
-
----
-
-## Key Borges References
-
-For those unfamiliar with the source material:
-
-| Work                          | Concept Used                       | Summary                                                                               |
-| ----------------------------- | ---------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
-| "The Circular Ruins"          | `dreamer`, `dream`                 | A man dreams another man into existence, only to discover he himself is being dreamed |
-| "The Garden of Forking Paths" | `forking`, `bifurcation`, `branch` | A labyrinth that is a book; time forks perpetually into diverging futures             |
-| "The Library of Babel"        | `retrieve`                         | An infinite library containing every possible book                                    |
-| "Funes the Memorious"         | `memory`                           | A man with perfect memory who cannot forget anything                                  |
-| "The Zahir"                   | `zahir`                            | An object that, once seen, cannot be forgotten or ignored                             |
-| "The Aleph"                   | (not used)                         | A point in space containing all other points                                          |
-| "Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius"  | (not used)                         | A fictional world that gradually becomes real                                         |
-
----
-
-## Alternatives Considered
-
-### For `dreamer` (agent)
-
-| Keyword     | Rejected because          |
-| ----------- | ------------------------- |
-| `author`    | Used for `model` instead  |
-| `scribe`    | Too passive, just records |
-| `librarian` | More curator than creator |
-
-### For `labyrinth` (loop)
-
-| Keyword          | Rejected because |
-| ---------------- | ---------------- |
-| `recursion`      | Too technical    |
-| `eternal return` | Too long         |
-| `ouroboros`      | Wrong mythology  |
-
-### For `zahir` (const)
-
-| Keyword   | Rejected because                              |
-| --------- | --------------------------------------------- |
-| `aleph`   | The Aleph is about totality, not immutability |
-| `fixed`   | Too plain                                     |
-| `eternal` | Overused                                      |
-
-### For `memory` (context)
-
-| Keyword   | Rejected because                  |
-| --------- | --------------------------------- |
-| `funes`   | Too obscure as standalone keyword |
-| `recall`  | Sounds like a function call       |
-| `archive` | More Library of Babel than Funes  |
-
----
-
-## Verdict
-
-Preserved for benchmarking against the functional and folk registers. The Borges register offers a distinctly intellectual/metaphysical flavor that may resonate with users who appreciate literary computing.
-
-Potential benchmarking questions:
-
-1. **Learnability** — Is `labyrinth` intuitive for loops?
-2. **Memorability** — Does `zahir` stick better than `const`?
-3. **Comprehension** — Do users understand `dreamer`/`dream` immediately?
-4. **Preference** — Which register do users find most pleasant?
-5. **Error rates** — Does the metaphorical mapping cause mistakes?

package/dist/extensions/open-prose/skills/prose/alts/folk.md

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----
-role: experimental
-summary: |
-  Folk register for OpenProse—a literary/folklore alternative keyword set.
-  Whimsical, theatrical, rooted in fairy tale and myth. For benchmarking
-  against the functional register.
-status: draft
-requires: prose.md
----
-
-# OpenProse Folk Register
-
-> **This is a skin layer.** It requires `prose.md` to be loaded first. All execution semantics, state management, and VM behavior are defined there. This file only provides keyword translations.
-
-An alternative register for OpenProse that leans into literary, theatrical, and folklore terminology. The functional register prioritizes utility and clarity; the folk register prioritizes whimsy and narrative flow.
-
-## How to Use
-
-1. Load `prose.md` first (execution semantics)
-2. Load this file (keyword translations)
-3. When parsing `.prose` files, accept folk keywords as aliases for functional keywords
-4. All execution behavior remains identical—only surface syntax changes
-
-> **Design constraint:** Still aims to be "structured but self-evident" per the language tenets—just self-evident to a different sensibility.
-
----
-
-## Complete Translation Map
-
-### Core Constructs
-
-| Functional | Folk       | Origin   | Connotation                            |
-| ---------- | ---------- | -------- | -------------------------------------- |
-| `agent`    | `sprite`   | Folklore | Quick, light, ephemeral spirit helper  |
-| `session`  | `scene`    | Theatre  | A moment of action, theatrical framing |
-| `parallel` | `ensemble` | Theatre  | Everyone performs together             |
-| `block`    | `act`      | Theatre  | Reusable unit of dramatic action       |
-
-### Composition & Binding
-
-| Functional | Folk      | Origin            | Connotation                      |
-| ---------- | --------- | ----------------- | -------------------------------- |
-| `use`      | `summon`  | Folklore          | Calling forth from elsewhere     |
-| `input`    | `given`   | Fairy tale        | "Given a magic sword..."         |
-| `output`   | `yield`   | Agriculture/magic | What the spell produces          |
-| `let`      | `name`    | Folklore          | Naming has power (true names)    |
-| `const`    | `seal`    | Medieval          | Unchangeable, wax seal on decree |
-| `context`  | `bearing` | Heraldry          | What the messenger carries       |
-
-### Control Flow
-
-| Functional | Folk               | Origin       | Connotation                         |
-| ---------- | ------------------ | ------------ | ----------------------------------- |
-| `repeat N` | `N times`          | Fairy tale   | "Three times she called..."         |
-| `for...in` | `for each...among` | Narrative    | Slightly more storytelling          |
-| `loop`     | `loop`             | —            | Already poetic, unchanged           |
-| `until`    | `until`            | —            | Already works, unchanged            |
-| `while`    | `while`            | —            | Already works, unchanged            |
-| `choice`   | `crossroads`       | Folklore     | Fateful decisions at the crossroads |
-| `option`   | `path`             | Journey      | Which path to take                  |
-| `if`       | `when`             | Narrative    | "When the moon rises..."            |
-| `elif`     | `or when`          | Narrative    | Continued conditional               |
-| `else`     | `otherwise`        | Storytelling | Natural narrative alternative       |
-
-### Error Handling
-
-| Functional | Folk             | Origin     | Connotation                    |
-| ---------- | ---------------- | ---------- | ------------------------------ |
-| `try`      | `venture`        | Adventure  | Attempting something uncertain |
-| `catch`    | `should it fail` | Narrative  | Conditional failure handling   |
-| `finally`  | `ever after`     | Fairy tale | "And ever after..."            |
-| `throw`    | `cry`            | Drama      | Raising alarm, calling out     |
-| `retry`    | `persist`        | Quest      | Keep trying against odds       |
-
-### Session Properties
-
-| Functional | Folk     | Origin   | Connotation            |
-| ---------- | -------- | -------- | ---------------------- |
-| `prompt`   | `charge` | Chivalry | Giving a quest or duty |
-| `model`    | `voice`  | Theatre  | Which voice speaks     |
-
-### Unchanged
-
-These keywords already have poetic quality or are too functional to replace sensibly:
-
-- `**...**` discretion markers — already "breaking the fourth wall"
-- `loop`, `until`, `while` — already work narratively
-- `map`, `filter`, `reduce`, `pmap` — pipeline operators, functional is fine
-- `max` — constraint modifier
-- `as` — aliasing
-- Model names: `sonnet`, `opus`, `haiku` — already poetic
-
----
-
-## Side-by-Side Comparison
-
-### Simple Program
-
-```prose
-# Functional
-use "@alice/research" as research
-input topic: "What to investigate"
-
-agent helper:
-  model: sonnet
-
-let findings = session: helper
-  prompt: "Research {topic}"
-
-output summary = session "Summarize"
-  context: findings
-```
-
-```prose
-# Folk
-summon "@alice/research" as research
-given topic: "What to investigate"
-
-sprite helper:
-  voice: sonnet
-
-name findings = scene: helper
-  charge: "Research {topic}"
-
-yield summary = scene "Summarize"
-  bearing: findings
-```
-
-### Parallel Execution
-
-```prose
-# Functional
-parallel:
-  security = session "Check security"
-  perf = session "Check performance"
-  style = session "Check style"
-
-session "Synthesize review"
-  context: { security, perf, style }
-```
-
-```prose
-# Folk
-ensemble:
-  security = scene "Check security"
-  perf = scene "Check performance"
-  style = scene "Check style"
-
-scene "Synthesize review"
-  bearing: { security, perf, style }
-```
-
-### Loop with Condition
-
-```prose
-# Functional
-loop until **the code is bug-free** (max: 5):
-  session "Find and fix bugs"
-```
-
-```prose
-# Folk
-loop until **the code is bug-free** (max: 5):
-  scene "Find and fix bugs"
-```
-
-### Error Handling
-
-```prose
-# Functional
-try:
-  session "Risky operation"
-catch as err:
-  session "Handle error"
-    context: err
-finally:
-  session "Cleanup"
-```
-
-```prose
-# Folk
-venture:
-  scene "Risky operation"
-should it fail as err:
-  scene "Handle error"
-    bearing: err
-ever after:
-  scene "Cleanup"
-```
-
-### Choice Block
-
-```prose
-# Functional
-choice **the severity level**:
-  option "Critical":
-    session "Escalate immediately"
-  option "Minor":
-    session "Log for later"
-```
-
-```prose
-# Folk
-crossroads **the severity level**:
-  path "Critical":
-    scene "Escalate immediately"
-  path "Minor":
-    scene "Log for later"
-```
-
-### Conditionals
-
-```prose
-# Functional
-if **has security issues**:
-  session "Fix security"
-elif **has performance issues**:
-  session "Optimize"
-else:
-  session "Approve"
-```
-
-```prose
-# Folk
-when **has security issues**:
-  scene "Fix security"
-or when **has performance issues**:
-  scene "Optimize"
-otherwise:
-  scene "Approve"
-```
-
-### Reusable Blocks
-
-```prose
-# Functional
-block review(topic):
-  session "Research {topic}"
-  session "Analyze {topic}"
-
-do review("quantum computing")
-```
-
-```prose
-# Folk
-act review(topic):
-  scene "Research {topic}"
-  scene "Analyze {topic}"
-
-perform review("quantum computing")
-```
-
----
-
-## The Case For Folk
-
-1. **"OpenProse" is literary.** Prose is a literary form—why not lean in?
-2. **Fourth wall is theatrical.** `**...**` already uses theatre terminology.
-3. **Signals difference.** Literary terms say "this is not your typical DSL."
-4. **Internally consistent.** Everything draws from folklore/theatre/narrative.
-5. **Memorable.** `sprite`, `scene`, `crossroads` stick in the mind.
-6. **Model names already fit.** `sonnet`, `opus`, `haiku` are poetic forms.
-
-## The Case Against Folk
-
-1. **Cultural knowledge required.** Not everyone knows folklore tropes.
-2. **Harder to Google.** "OpenProse summon" vs "OpenProse import."
-3. **May feel precious.** Some users want utilitarian tools.
-4. **Translation overhead.** Mental mapping to familiar concepts.
-
----
-
-## Alternatives Considered
-
-### For `sprite` (ephemeral agent)
-
-| Keyword   | Origin  | Rejected because                          |
-| --------- | ------- | ----------------------------------------- |
-| `spark`   | English | Good but less folklore                    |
-| `wisp`    | English | Too insubstantial                         |
-| `herald`  | English | More messenger than worker                |
-| `courier` | French  | Good functional alternative, not literary |
-| `envoy`   | French  | Formal, diplomatic                        |
-
-### For `shade` (persistent agent, if implemented)
-
-| Keyword   | Origin     | Rejected because                  |
-| --------- | ---------- | --------------------------------- |
-| `daemon`  | Greek/Unix | Unix "always running" connotation |
-| `oracle`  | Greek      | Too "read-only" feeling           |
-| `spirit`  | Latin      | Too close to `sprite`             |
-| `specter` | Latin      | Negative/spooky connotation       |
-| `genius`  | Roman      | Overloaded (smart person)         |
-
-### For `ensemble` (parallel)
-
-| Keyword   | Origin  | Rejected because                          |
-| --------- | ------- | ----------------------------------------- |
-| `chorus`  | Greek   | Everyone speaks same thing, not different |
-| `troupe`  | French  | Good alternative, slightly less clear     |
-| `company` | Theatre | Overloaded (business)                     |
-
-### For `crossroads` (choice)
-
-| Keyword      | Origin | Rejected because         |
-| ------------ | ------ | ------------------------ |
-| `fork`       | Path   | Too technical (git fork) |
-| `branch`     | Tree   | Also too technical       |
-| `divergence` | Latin  | Too abstract             |
-
----
-
-## Verdict
-
-Preserved for benchmarking against the functional register. The functional register remains the primary path, but folk provides an interesting data point for:
-
-1. **Learnability** — Which is easier for newcomers?
-2. **Memorability** — Which sticks better?
-3. **Error rates** — Which leads to fewer mistakes?
-4. **Preference** — Which do users actually prefer?
-
-A future experiment could present both registers and measure outcomes.