OpenProse is a declarative language for standing model work in which you describe desired world states in Markdown contracts and a reconciler handles execution. Rather than scripting sequential agent steps that drift over time, you declare what must stay true and the system determines how much work is needed to keep reality matching that declaration. It ships as a skill for coding agents like Claude Code or Codex CLI with no separate binary or server to run.
- The core unit is a "Responsibility" whose Maintains section defines material fields and a content-hash fingerprint to avoid redundant re-runs
- The dependency graph self-wires: a node's Requires section subscribes to upstream Maintains facets, so structure emerges from the contracts rather than being explicitly drawn
- Five kinds exist: responsibility, function, gateway, pattern, and test
- Continuity (when a node wakes) is a first-class contract section, not an afterthought
- Optional imperative ProseScript plans are available for cases requiring exact choreography
- The core unit is a "Responsibility" whose Maintains section defines material fields and a content-hash fingerprint to avoid redundant re-runs
- The dependency graph self-wires: a node's Requires section subscribes to upstream Maintains facets, so structure emerges from the contracts rather than being explicitly drawn
- Five kinds exist: responsibility, function, gateway, pattern, and test
- Continuity (when a node wakes) is a first-class contract section, not an afterthought
- Optional imperative ProseScript plans are available for cases requiring exact choreography
