kymora

Kymora provides cross-platform extensions for the Kyo effect system. The current modules focus on virtual filesystem access and workflow/task execution: programs describe the effects they need, and callers choose concrete runtimes such as in-memory, host-backed, or mounted filesystems.

Modules

Core

Tooling

kymora-examples (JVM-only, unpublished) carries runnable reference examples: smile-build (Mill-style build DSL) and agent-skills (workflow-backed agent skill runner).

WASM modules use Scala.js WebAssembly output and require Node.js 24+ for local test execution.

Quick examples

Use VFS path syntax with the smallest effect that fits the program:

import io.eleven19.kymora.vfs.*
import kyo.*

val program =
  for
    _    <- (VPath.root / "notes.txt").write("hello")
    text <- (VPath.root / "notes.txt").read
  yield text

val result =
  for
    backend <- Vfs.inMemory.init
    text    <- Vfs.run(backend)(program)
  yield text

Run workflows by constructing a Workflow.Runtime and handling the Workflow effect:

import io.eleven19.kymora.vfs.*
import io.eleven19.kymora.workflow.*
import kyo.*

val compile = Task.cached("compile") {
  for
    dest <- Workflow.dest
    out   = dest / "classes.txt"
    _    <- out.write("compiled")
  yield out
}

val run =
  for
    vfs <- Vfs.inMemory.init
    runtime = Workflow.Runtime(vfs)
    output <- Workflow.handle(runtime)(compile())
  yield output

Releasing

Kymora uses split release workflows, matching the other Eleven19 Scala libraries:

• Release creates or updates the GitHub release from CHANGELOG.md and generated git-cliff notes.
• Publish Maven Central publishes the resolved Mill artifacts to Sonatype Central.
• Publish SNAPSHOT publishes a manually selected ref as a Maven snapshot.

The publish workflows read organization-level credentials from these GitHub secrets:

• ELEVEN19_SONATYPE_USERNAME
• ELEVEN19_SONATYPE_PASSWORD
• ELEVEN19_IO_PGP_SECRET_BASE64
• ELEVEN19_IO_PGP_PASSPHRASE

Before cutting a release, update VERSION and add a matching ## [<version>] - <YYYY-MM-DD> section to CHANGELOG.md; the release notes builder fails if that section is missing.

For a manual release, run the Release workflow with the version without the leading v, then run Publish Maven Central with the same version after the release workflow succeeds. A human-pushed v* tag triggers both workflows directly.

Developing

This project uses Jujutsu (jj) as its default version control system. Because jj is backed by Git and fully compatible with it, the repository is also a normal Git repository — if you prefer Git, every standard git command still works against the same .git store. The instructions below assume jj.

Prerequisites

• Install jj:

# macOS (Homebrew)
brew install jj

# or via cargo
cargo install --locked jj-cli

• Set your identity (once, globally):

jj config set --user user.name "Your Name"
jj config set --user user.email "you@example.com"

Cloning

Clone with a colocated Git directory so both jj and git tooling work side by side:

jj git clone --colocate git@github.com:Eleven19/kymora.git
cd kymora

Drop --colocate if you don't need raw git commands locally.

Development flow

In jj there is no staging area and the working copy is itself a commit. You edit files, describe the change, and push a bookmark (jj's equivalent of a Git branch) to open a PR.

1. Start a feature. Create a change on top of main and describe it:

jj new main -m "Add the thing"

Edit files as normal. jj automatically snapshots the working copy — there is no git add.

2. Inspect your work as you go:

jj status        # what changed in the working copy
jj diff          # the diff of the current change
jj log           # history and where you are (@)

Refine the description any time with jj describe -m "...". Split a change that grew too big with jj split.

3. Create a bookmark to publish under (GitHub needs a branch name):

jj bookmark create my-feature -r @

If you keep working, move the bookmark to your latest change with jj bookmark move my-feature --to @.

4. Push to GitHub and open a PR:

jj git push --bookmark my-feature
gh pr create --fill --base main --head my-feature

This repository's jj version does not use an --allow-new flag; pushing a new bookmark works without it.

5. Update the PR after more work — re-describe/refine, point the bookmark at your newest change, and push again:

jj bookmark move my-feature --to @
jj git push --bookmark my-feature

6. Keep up to date with main:

jj git fetch
jj rebase -d main          # rebase your change(s) onto the latest main

Replacing Git worktrees (parallel / agentic work)

If you reach for git worktree to run several agents or feature branches in parallel without clobbering one working tree, jj gives you two better-fitting options.

Often you don't need a separate checkout at all. In jj, every change is a commit and switching between them is cheap and conflict-free — no stashing, no dirty-tree blocking. To juggle multiple in-flight features in a single directory:

jj new main -m "Feature A"     # work on A
jj new main -m "Feature B"     # start B off main, independent of A
jj edit <change-id-of-A>       # jump back to A's working copy any time
jj log                         # see all parallel changes at once

Each jj new main starts an independent line of work; jj edit makes any existing change the working copy. Nothing is lost when you switch.

When you genuinely need separate working directories (e.g. one per agent, each running its own build/test process against different files at the same time), use a workspace — jj's direct equivalent of a Git worktree, sharing one underlying repository:

jj workspace add ../kymora-agent-1
jj workspace add ../kymora-agent-2
jj workspace list              # show all workspaces
jj workspace forget ../kymora-agent-1   # detach when done

Each workspace has its own working-copy commit but shares the same operation log and commits, so changes made in one are immediately visible to the others via jj log. This avoids the duplicated-clone overhead and branch-checkout contention that make git worktree awkward for many parallel agents.

Using Git instead

The repo is a standard Git repository, so git clone, git checkout -b, git commit, git push, and gh pr create all work normally. You and jj-using contributors can collaborate on the same branches without conflict.