Agent Guide

Guidance for anyone writing code in PureYAML.

Rule Loading

At the start of a session, read this file and the rules under docs/rules/ that match the task. Confirm by replying with rules-loaded and name the files you loaded.

For code changes, load at minimum:

docs/rules/code-style.md
docs/rules/namespacing.md
docs/rules/cross-platform.md
docs/rules/testing.md
docs/rules/verification.md
docs/rules/commits.md

What PureYAML Is

PureYAML is a dependency-free YAML package written entirely in Swift.

The package must stay:

pure Swift
root Swift package layout, with Package.swift at repository root
dependency-free
Linux-compatible
WebAssembly/WASI-compatible
namespaced under PureYAML

The private PureYAMLResearch repo is for studying Yams and libyaml behavior. Do not copy C code or upstream Yams source into this public package. Keep attribution in ATTRIBUTION.md accurate when compatibility work references Yams or CYaml behavior.

Namespace Rules

Every public type lives under the PureYAML namespace tree and mirrors its folder:

Sources/Model/Value.swift declares PureYAML.Model.Value
Sources/Parsing/Parser.swift declares PureYAML.Parsing.Parser
Sources/Emitting/Dumper.swift declares PureYAML.Emitting.Dumper
Sources/Validation/Validator.swift declares PureYAML.Validation.Validator

No top-level public concrete types except the root public enum PureYAML.

Dependency Rules

Package.swift must keep dependencies: [].

Do not add external packages, C targets, system libraries, Foundation-only workarounds, JavaScript tooling, or generated parser dependencies without an explicit maintainer decision.

Verification

Before claiming a change is complete, run and cite:

bash scripts/check-style.sh
bash scripts/check-namespacing.sh
bash scripts/check-changelog-touched.sh
swiftformat . --config .swiftformat --lint
swiftlint --config .swiftlint.yml --strict
swift build
swift test
bash scripts/check-linux.sh
bash scripts/check-wasm.sh

Enable local hooks:

git config core.hooksPath .githooks

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