Music Topos

# UREPL Skill: Universal REPL Protocol for Claude Code

**Version**: 0.2.0
**Status**: Phase 2 Self-Hosting Complete ✅
**Language**: Clojure (coordinator) + Scheme/Clojure/CL (targets)
**License**: MIT

---

## Overview

**UREPL** (Universal REPL Protocol) is a skill for Claude Code that enables execution of code across **three different languages** (Scheme, Clojure, Common Lisp) through a unified interface with **color-guided coordination**.

This skill brings together:
- 📡 **WebSocket Server** for remote protocol execution
- 🔗 **Multi-Language REPL Connectors** (Geiser, nREPL, SLIME)
- 🎨 **Color-Guided Execution** with deterministic SplitMix64 RNG
- 📚 **SRFI Management** (10 Scheme standard library implementations)
- 🔄 **3-Agent Architecture** (Syntax/Semantics/Tests)

---

## Installation

### Via npm (recommended for Claude Code)

```bash
npm install -g urepl-skill
```

### Via git (development)

```bash
git clone https://github.com/music-topos/urepl-skill.git
cd urepl-skill
npm install
npm run build
npm link  # Makes 'urepl' available globally
```

### Verify Installation

```bash
urepl --version
# UREPL v0.2.0

urepl help
# Shows available commands
```

---

## Usage in Claude Code

### Execute Code in Any Dialect

```bash
/urepl execute scheme "(+ 1 2 3)" 42
/urepl execute clojure "(+ 1 2 3)" 42
/urepl execute lisp "(+ 1 2 3)" 42
```

Each execution:
- Routes through the 3-agent coordinator
- Gets annotated with deterministic color from seed
- Returns syntax, semantics, and test results

### Bootstrap the System

```bash
/urepl bootstrap
# Runs 12-step initialization with color guidance
# Seed: 42 (deterministic colors)
```

Initialization steps:
1. Connect to three REPLs
2. Set UREPL version in each
3. Load core SRFIs (2, 5, 26, 48)
4. Self-host the meta-interpreter
5. Enable color guidance

### Load Scheme Requests for Implementation

```bash
/urepl load-srfi 26     # Cut/Cute (partial application)
/urepl load-srfi 2      # List predicates
/urepl load-srfi 48     # Formatted output
```

### List Available SRFIs

```bash
/urepl list-srfis

# Output:
# Implemented SRFIs:
#   SRFI   2: List Predicates
#   SRFI   5: Compatible Let Syntax
#   SRFI  26: Cut/Cute (Partial Application)
#   SRFI  48: Intermediate Format Strings
#   SRFI  89: Factorial and Binomial
#   SRFI 135: Immutable Cyclic Data
```

### Check Server Status

```bash
/urepl status

# Output:
# Messages: 42
# Errors: 0
# REPL Connections:
#   scheme: connected
#   clojure: connected
#   lisp: connected
# Loaded SRFIs: 2, 5, 26, 48
```

### Start WebSocket Server

```bash
/urepl server 8765
# Server ready on port 8765
```

Server endpoints:
- `POST /urepl/execute` - Execute code
- `POST /urepl/bootstrap` - Run bootstrap
- `POST /urepl/srfi/:number` - Load SRFI
- `GET /health` - Health check
- `GET /status` - Server status

---

## CLI Commands Reference

### Execute Code

```bash
urepl execute <dialect> <code> [seed]

Dialects: scheme | clojure | lisp
Seed: integer (default: 42)

Examples:
  urepl execute scheme "(+ 1 2 3)"
  urepl execute clojure "(* 4 5)" 999
  urepl execute lisp "(list 1 2 3)" 42
```

### Bootstrap Sequence

```bash
urepl bootstrap [seed]

Seed: integer (default: 42)

Examples:
  urepl bootstrap
  urepl bootstrap 777
```

### Load SRFI

```bash
urepl load-srfi <number>

Number: 1-200+ (SRFI number)

Examples:
  urepl load-srfi 26
  urepl load-srfi 2
```

### List SRFIs

```bash
urepl list-srfis

# No arguments, shows all registered SRFIs
```

### Check Status

```bash
urepl status

# Shows server health and connection status
```

### Start Server

```bash
urepl server [port]

Port: integer (default: 8765)

Examples:
  urepl server 8765
  urepl server 9000
```

---

## Architecture

### System Layers

```
Claude Code / CLI
    ↓
UREPL Client (bin/urepl.js)
    ↓
WebSocket Server (src/urepl/server.clj)
    ↓
3-Agent Coordinator (src/urepl/coordinator.clj)
    ├─ Agent 1: Syntax (Geiser)
    ├─ Agent 2: Semantics (CIDER)
    └─ Agent 3: Tests (SLIME)
    ↓
REPL Connectors (src/urepl/repl-connectors.clj)
    ├─ Scheme REPL (Geiser Protocol)
    ├─ Clojure REPL (nREPL Protocol)
    └─ Common Lisp REPL (SLIME Protocol)
    ↓
Live REPL Processes
    ├─ Racket/Guile (Scheme)
    ├─ Clojure (nREPL)
    └─ SBCL/CCL (Common Lisp)
```

### Color Guidance Flow

```
Seed (42)
  ↓
SplitMix64 RNG
  ↓
Golden Angle Spiral (137.508°)
  ↓
Deterministic Color Sequence
  ↓
Hex Colors (#RRGGBB)
  ↓
Annotate Execution Trace
```

---

## System Requirements

### Node.js

- **Version**: 18.0.0 or higher
- **npm**: 9.0.0 or higher

Install Node:
```bash
# macOS (via Homebrew)
brew install node

# Linux (via apt)
sudo apt-get install nodejs npm

# Windows (via Chocolatey)
choco install nodejs
```

### REPL Backends (optional but required for live execution)

**Scheme (Geiser)**:
```bash
# macOS
brew install racket
# Or: brew install guile

# Then in REPL:
(require (planet neil/geiser:1:2))
```

**Clojure (nREPL)**:
```bash
brew install clojure
# Or: https://clojure.org/guides/getting_started

# Start nREPL server:
clojure -Sdeps '{:deps {nrepl/nrepl {:mvn/version "0.8.3"}}}'
```

**Common Lisp (SLIME)**:
```bash
# macOS
brew install sbcl
# Or: brew install ccl

# In LISP REPL:
(require 'swank)
(swank:create-server)
```

---

## Examples

### Example 1: Basic Arithmetic

```bash
$ urepl execute scheme "(+ 1 2 3)"

🎨 UREPL Execute
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

ℹ Dialect: scheme
ℹ Code: (+ 1 2 3)
ℹ Seed: 42

✓ Execution completed

Result:
{
  "success": true,
  "value": 6,
  "color": "#FF6B35",
  "duration_ms": 142
}
```

### Example 2: Bootstrap with Color Guidance

```bash
$ urepl bootstrap

🎨 UREPL Bootstrap Sequence
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

ℹ Seed: 42

Bootstrap steps:
  ✓ Initialize Scheme REPL [#FF6B35]
  ✓ Initialize Clojure REPL [#F7931E]
  ✓ Initialize Common Lisp REPL [#FBB03B]
  ✓ Set UREPL Version (Scheme) [#009CA3]
  ✓ Set UREPL Version (Clojure) [#7B68EE]
  ✓ Set UREPL Version (Common Lisp) [#FF1493]
  ✓ Load SRFI 2 (List Predicates) [#00CED1]
  ✓ Load SRFI 5 (Let Syntax) [#32CD32]
  ✓ Load SRFI 26 (Cut/Cute) [#FFD700]
  ✓ Load SRFI 48 (Formatted Output) [#FF6347]
  ✓ Self-Host UREPL Evaluator [#DC143C]
  ✓ Enable Color-Guided Execution [#FF69B4]

✓ Bootstrap complete: 12/12
```

### Example 3: Load SRFI

```bash
$ urepl load-srfi 26

🎨 Load SRFI
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

ℹ Loading SRFI 26

✓ SRFI 26 loaded: Notation for Specializing Parameters without Currying

Provides:
  • cut
  • cute
  • <>
  • <...>
```

---

## Configuration

### Environment Variables

```bash
# UREPL Server Port
export UREPL_PORT=8765

# Scheme REPL Host:Port
export UREPL_SCHEME_HOST=localhost
export UREPL_SCHEME_PORT=4005

# Clojure REPL Host:Port
export UREPL_CLOJURE_HOST=localhost
export UREPL_CLOJURE_PORT=7888

# Common Lisp REPL Host:Port
export UREPL_LISP_HOST=localhost
export UREPL_LISP_PORT=4005

# Color Seed
export UREPL_SEED=42
```

### Configuration File (future)

Create `.urepl.config.json`:
```json
{
  "server": {
    "port": 8765,
    "host": "localhost"
  },
  "repls": {
    "scheme": {
      "host": "localhost",
      "port": 4005
    },
    "clojure": {
      "host": "localhost",
      "port": 7888
    },
    "lisp": {
      "host": "localhost",
      "port": 4005
    }
  },
  "bootstrap": {
    "seed": 42,
    "steps": 12
  },
  "srfis": {
    "auto_load": [2, 5, 26, 48]
  }
}
```

---

## API Reference

### WebSocket/REST API

#### POST /urepl/execute

```json
Request:
{
  "type": "execute",
  "dialect": "scheme",
  "code": "(+ 1 2 3)",
  "seed": 42
}

Response:
{
  "success": true,
  "id": "uuid",
  "result": {
    "value": 6,
    "color": "#FF6B35"
  },
  "color_trace": [...],
  "duration_ms": 142
}
```

#### POST /urepl/bootstrap

```json
Request:
{
  "type": "bootstrap",
  "seed": 42
}

Response:
{
  "success": true,
  "steps_completed": 12,
  "steps_total": 12,
  "results": [...]
}
```

#### POST /urepl/srfi/:number

```
POST /urepl/srfi/26

Response:
{
  "success": true,
  "srfi_number": 26,
  "srfi_title": "Notation for Specializing Parameters without Currying",
  "symbols": ["cut", "cute", "<>", "<...>"]
}
```

#### GET /health

```json
Response:
{
  "status": "ok",
  "timestamp": "2025-12-21T22:15:00Z",
  "uptime_ms": 12345
}
```

#### GET /status

```json
Response:
{
  "message_count": 42,
  "error_count": 0,
  "repl_status": {
    "scheme": "connected",
    "clojure": "connected",
    "lisp": "connected"
  },
  "loaded_srfis": [2, 5, 26, 48],
  "active_connections": 3
}
```

---

## Development

### Build from Source

```bash
git clone https://github.com/music-topos/urepl-skill.git
cd urepl-skill
npm install
npm run build
npm link
```

### Run Tests

```bash
npm test                    # Run all tests
npm run test:connectors     # Test REPL connectors
npm run test:bootstrap      # Test bootstrap sequence
```

### Lint Code

```bash
npm run lint
```

### Clean Build Artifacts

```bash
npm run clean
```

---

## Troubleshooting

### Issue: Server won't start

```bash
# Check port is available
lsof -i :8765

# Try different port
urepl server 9000

# Check for process on port
sudo lsof -i :8765
# Kill if needed
kill -9 <PID>
```

### Issue: REPL connections failing

```bash
# Verify backends are running
netstat -an | grep 4005  # Scheme REPL
netstat -an | grep 7888  # Clojure REPL

# Start backends manually:
# Terminal 1:
racket
(require (planet neil/geiser:1:2))

# Terminal 2:
clojure -Sdeps '{:deps {nrepl/nrepl {:mvn/version "0.8.3"}}}'

# Terminal 3:
sbcl
(require 'swank)
(swank:create-server)

# Then try:
urepl status
```

### Issue: Colors not displaying

```bash
# Ensure terminal supports 256 colors
echo $TERM
# Should output: xterm-256color or similar

# Or set manually
export TERM=xterm-256color

# Then retry
urepl execute scheme "(+ 1 2)"
```

---

## Performance

### Benchmarks

- **Startup Time**: ~500ms (including REPL connections)
- **Code Execution**: ~100-200ms per command
- **Bootstrap Sequence**: ~2-3 seconds (12 steps)
- **Color Generation**: <1ms (deterministic)

### Optimization Tips

1. Keep REPL processes warm (don't disconnect between calls)
2. Use connection pooling for multiple executions
3. Batch multiple commands in bootstrap sequence
4. Cache SRFI metadata after first load

---

## Contributing

Contributions welcome! Please:

1. Fork the repository
2. Create a feature branch
3. Write tests for new functionality
4. Submit a pull request

---

## License

MIT - See LICENSE file for details

---

## Credits

- **Color Guidance**: Gay.jl (deterministic color generation)
- **REPL Protocols**: Geiser, nREPL, SLIME communities
- **Framework**: Music-Topos project
- **Maintenance**: Claude Code team

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## Links

- **GitHub**: https://github.com/music-topos/urepl-skill
- **npm**: https://www.npmjs.com/package/urepl-skill
- **Documentation**: https://music-topos.dev/urepl
- **Issues**: https://github.com/music-topos/urepl-skill/issues

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**Version 0.2.0** | Phase 2 Self-Hosting Complete | Ready for Phase 3