Make something agents want

Rune

The agent-native software development tool.

Rune is the agent-native SDK. It helps agents build, test, deploy, and operate general-purpose software more naturally.

Install Rune

Use this suggested prompt to have your agent install and create your first Rune.

Install Rune and prepare a new Rune with me.

1. Inspect the installer before running it:
   https://github.com/pearl-computing/rune-releases/blob/main/install.sh
   If it is safe for this host, run:
   curl --fail --silent --show-error --location --proto '=https' https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pearl-computing/rune-releases/main/install.sh | sh
2. Run `rune --version` and confirm that installation succeeded.
3. Ask me for a short Rune name and a plain-language purpose. If I want ideas, suggest a few small first programs, such as a todo API, a reverse Polish notation calculator CLI, or a personal bookmark manager. Wait for my answer before you continue.
4. Run `rune init NAME` with the approved name and the default Rune home.
5. Run `rune skills NAME`. Use its output as the source of truth for the generated skill path and clone guidance.
6. Use your environment's supported skill-loading process to load the generated rune-scheme-stdlib skill from the reported Skills path. Read the skill file fully before you edit the Rune.
7. Use the source checkout that `rune init` provisioned inside the Rune home. Use the purpose I gave you when you update `IDENTITY.md`. Save the reported clone guidance for later, after I choose to start Rune.
8. Do not start Rune or deploy the project yet.
9. Report the Rune home, source checkout, installed skill path, and exact next command.

To inspect the installer before you run it, open install.sh on GitHub.

See the checksums and release notes for Rune v0.1.5 on GitHub.

Use of Rune is governed by the Rune Personal Use License Agreement. By downloading Rune, you are agreeing to those terms.

Tools for the work

Create tools that fit the problem.

Rune gives agents Scheme, a small language they can shape around each project. Agents can define functions, commands, web routes, and macros using the language of the problem domain rather than procedural syntax.

Rune formats, checks, tests, documents, and runs the result before you deploy it.

Context that lasts

Keep project guidance beside the code.

Each project starts with instructions, modules, tests, and documentation. Agents can update the guidance with the code, so the next agent can understand the work.

  • define the product's purpose and limits
  • keep guidance next to the code
  • test product behavior in the same project
  • regenerate documentation from the current source

One complete workflow

Build and operate in one place.

Rune stores each product's source, tests, deployment history, runtime status, and application data under one directory. A product can provide commands, web routes, or both.

Push to Rune's Git main branch to validate and deploy. Use status to check what is running. Keep application data in private SQLite databases.

  • one Rust binary for the complete workflow
  • Linux and macOS releases for x86 and Arm
  • deployment through Git

Pearl Computing

Make something agents want.

Pearl Computing is the company behind Rune. We build tools that help agents understand the work, create the right software, and leave people with a product they can run.

Rune launch

Build with Rune.

Commercial Rune launch access starts with a conversation with Pearl Computing. Request Rune launch access and tell us what you want your agents to build.