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The orb CLI
Every orb command: validate, verify, compile, serve, and the tools around them.
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orb (also installed as orbital) is one native binary. Install it from the installation page.
Check
bash
orb validate app.lolo # 0 errors and 0 warnings is the bar
orb validate app.lolo --json # findings with codes and source positions
orb verify app.lolo # play every transition in the Rust kernel
orb verify app.lolo --trait Checkout # one trait at a time
orb verify app.lolo --all # the Rust kernel, the JS runtime and the compiled app
orb test app.lolo # exhaustive state-machine testsBuild and run
bash
orb serve app.lolo --open # compile and serve with the bundled runtime
orb compile app.lolo --output ./out # write a full TypeScript app
orb compile app.lolo --mode client # client only: a static site for browser-stored data
orb compile app.lolo --shell python # other backends: python, rust, mobile, android, ios
orb new my-app # scaffold a projectInspect
bash
orb emit orb app.lolo # the lowered .orb JSON
orb resolve app.lolo --output app.orb # every import flattened
orb emit ts app.lolo --section Checkout # generated code for one part
orb execute app.lolo --event PAY --payload '{"amount": 40}'
orb format app.lolo # pretty-print in place
orb evaluate '(math/clamp 12 0 10)' # evaluate an expressionBehaviors and engines
bash
orb list --global # installed orb packages, and whether each loads
orb add <package> # add one to a project
orb engines install --global # the verify engines for --runtime / --compiled
orb signatures --out signatures.lolo # the type catalog agents readAgent
bash
orb "Build a booking system for a small clinic"
orb --last "Add a cancellation fee"
orb fix app.loloEditor integration
bash
orb complete app.lolo --offset 512 # what may be written at a cursor, as JSON
orb embeds app.lolo # where each inline behavior embed sitsExit codes: 0 means everything requested passed, 1 means a check failed, and 2 means a tool could not run.
Orb
The language where the rule is the program.
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