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name: octave-literacy description: Fundamental reading and writing capability for the OCTAVE format. Inject this to give an agent basic structural competence without the overhead of full architectural specifications. Triggers on: octave format, write octave, octave syntax, structured output. allowed-tools: Read implements: specs/octave-5-llm-core

OCTAVE Literacy Skill

===OCTAVE_LITERACY=== META: TYPE::SKILL VERSION::"1.1" PURPOSE::"Essential syntax and operators for basic OCTAVE competence" TIER::LOSSLESS SPEC_REFERENCE::octave-5-llm-core.oct.md

§1::CORE_SYNTAX ASSIGNMENT::KEY::value // Double colon is MANDATORY for data BLOCK::KEY:[indent_2] // Single colon + newline + 2 spaces starts a block LIST::[a,b,c] // Brackets for collections STRING::"value"∨bare_word // Quotes required if contains spaces or special chars NUMBER::42∨3.14∨-1e10 // No quotes for numeric values BOOLEAN::true∨false // Lowercase only NULL::null // Lowercase only COMMENT::// // Standard comment syntax

§1b::BRACKET_FORMS CONTAINER::[a,b,c] // Bare brackets = list CONSTRUCTOR::NAME[args] // NAME[...] = constructor (REGEX[pattern], ENUM[a,b]) INLINE_MAP::[key::val,key2::val2] // Dense key-value pairs (values must be atoms) HOLOGRAPHIC::["value"∧CONSTRAINT→§TARGET] // Schema mode only

§2::OPERATORS // EXPRESSION OPERATORS (with precedence - lower number = tighter binding) []::Container [a,b,c] (precedence 1) ⧺::Concatenation A⧺B (mechanical join) (precedence 2) | ASCII: ~ ⊕::Synthesis A⊕B (emergent whole) (precedence 3) | ASCII: + ⇌::Tension A⇌B (binary opposition) (precedence 4) | ASCII: vs [requires word boundaries] ∧::Constraint [A∧B∧C] (precedence 5) | ASCII: & ∨::Alternative A∨B (precedence 6) | ASCII: | →::Flow A→B→C (precedence 7, right-associative) | ASCII: ->

// PREFIX/SPECIAL §::Target (→§DECISION_LOG) //::Comment (line start or after value)

§2b::ASCII_ALIASES ALL_OPERATORS::accept_both_unicode_and_ascii CANONICAL_OUTPUT::prefer_unicode_in_emission vs_BOUNDARY_RULE::"vs requires word boundaries [whitespace∨bracket∨paren∨start∨end]" VALID::"A vs B"∨"[Speed vs Quality]" INVALID::"SpeedvsQuality"[no_boundaries]

§3::CRITICAL_RULES 1::No spaces around assignment :: (KEY::value, not KEY :: value) 2::Indent exactly 2 spaces per level (NO TABS) 3::All keys must be [A-Z, a-z, 0-9, _] and start with letter or underscore 4::Envelopes are ===NAME=== at start and ===END=== at finish 5::Use lowercase for true, false, null (NOT True, False, NULL) 6::∧ only appears inside brackets, never bare: [A∧B∧C] is valid, A∧B is not 7::⇌ is binary only (A⇌B), not chained (A⇌B⇌C is invalid)

§3b::ASSEMBLY_RULES WHEN_CONCATENATING_PROFILES::omit_intermediate_===END===[only_final_===END===terminates] USE_CASES::[agent_context_injection,specification_layering,multi_part_documents] EXAMPLE::core_profile⊕schema_profile→single===END===_at_finish

§4::EXAMPLE_BLOCK ===EXAMPLE=== STATUS::ACTIVE PHASES: PLAN::[Research → Design] BUILD::[Code ⊕ Test] METRICS: SPEED::"High" QUALITY::"Verified" ===END===

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