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vera-language from aallan/vera is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.

Install it, pinned
mdr add aallan/vera/vera-language@git:20261021.27f18f3

Pins git:20261021.27f18f3 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.

Audit grade
A, 17 of 17 checks passed
Kind
SKILL.md skill
Repository
aallan/vera
Path
docs/SKILL.md
Versions recorded
5
Latest version
git:20261021.27f18f3, committed Oct 21, 2026
First version recorded
Oct 16, 2026
Size
150,500 bytes
Repository stars
418
License
MIT

Write programs in the Vera programming language. Use when asked to write, edit, debug, or review Vera code (.vera files). Vera is a statically typed, purely functional language with algebraic effects, mandatory contracts, and typed slot references (`@T.n`) instead of variable names.

Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.

What the file says

# Vera Language Reference

Vera is a programming language designed for LLMs to write. It uses typed slot references instead of variable names, requires contracts on every function, and makes all effects explicit.

## Installation

Vera requires Python 3.11 or later. Node.js 22+ is optional (only needed for `vera compile --target browser` and browser parity tests).

**Recommended — install from the GitHub source checkout.** The checkout is the full environment this file teaches from: alongside the compiler and the `vera` CLI it carries the bundled `examples/`, the conformance suite in `tests/conformance/` (minimal working programs, named by spec chapter and feature), and the specification in `spec/`:

```bash
git clone https://github.com/aallan/vera.git && cd vera
python -m venv .venv && source .venv/bin/activate   # Windows: .venv\Scripts\activate
python -m pip install -e .
```

For an editable source install with the language server, use `python -m pip install -e ".[lsp]"` — see [LSP_SERVER.md](https://github.com/aallan/vera/blob/main/LSP_SERVER.md). Verify the install end to end with the bundled example:

```bash
…

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How to install

The exact contents, by fingerprint
mdr add aallan/vera/vera-language@sha256:e99ee2ab45da1303

The line at the top of this page pins the label git:20261021.27f18f3, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.

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Versions

The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, between Oct 16, 2026 and Oct 21, 2026, about one every day.

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A  17 of 17 checks passed. Fixed automatic checks with no AI involved, so the same checks give the same answer every run.
  • pass: Frontmatter block present
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a name
  • pass: Frontmatter declares a description
  • pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (150500 bytes)
  • pass: No zero-width or bidi control characters
  • pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
  • pass: No link to an exfiltration or paste host
  • pass: No credential-shaped string
  • pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
  • pass: No text hidden with inline styles
  • pass: No prompt-injection phrasing
  • pass: No curl or wget piped into a shell
  • pass: No recursive delete of root, home or parent
  • pass: No instruction to read or print local credentials
  • pass: No base64 blob over 200 characters
  • pass: No link to a raw IP address
  • pass: No script tag

Source

GitHub

aallan/vera · 418 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-22 · branch main

API

GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_mgthasbkjli7eikd
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=aallan/vera/vera-language
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/e99ee2ab45da130390fa041d2ba168aaf5258b98e2480579499e00da3879f221

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