Handbook

Choose your path

Pick the row that matches you; each link is the shortest route into the handbook.

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I am new to LCDL

  1. What is LCDL? — boundaries and non-goals.
  2. Getting started — install + smoke.
  3. Tutorial 101 — hands-on path with offline fake transport.

I need to run a task today

  1. Getting started — environment.
  2. Client API — run_task / TaskRunner.
  3. Task catalog — pick task_id, follow the linked contract.

I need to author or extend a task

  1. ContractSpec — Markdown + contract.json sidecar.
  2. Tutorial 201 — author flow and audits.
  3. Schemas — JSON schema rules.

I integrate LCDL in another repo

  1. Adoption — consumer positioning.
  2. Client API — embedding patterns.
  3. TASK-PACKS if you ship curated task sets.

I need enterprise / architecture / CI

  1. Tutorial 301.
  2. Enterprise hub.
  3. Benchmarks and Release checklist.

I am an agent or Cursor user

  1. Agents hub.
  2. For agents and Cursor integration.

I need flow orchestration (lmeta)

  1. LMeta overview — abstraction ladder and reading order.
  2. LMeta v4 execution — FlowExecutor, hooks, budgets.
  3. Deterministic routing ladders — runtime and authoring pipelines.

I hit a failure

  1. Troubleshooting.
  2. Repair loops and Verification.