https://alwaldend.com/docs/projects/al/openspec/specs/project-al/Recent content in Project al on AlwaldendHugoenhttps://alwaldend.com/docs/projects/al/openspec/specs/project-al/spec/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://alwaldend.com/docs/projects/al/openspec/specs/project-al/spec/<span id="al-specification"></span><h2 id="purpose">Purpose<a class="td-heading-self-link" href="#purpose" aria-label="Heading self-link"></a></h2><p>Describe AL, the repository command runner that prepares plugin resources and environment variables, executes a command, and releases those resources.</p> <p>Sources: <a href="https://alwaldend.com/docs/projects/al/">project README</a>, <a href="https://alwaldend.com/docs/projects/al/docs/al/lifecycle/">lifecycle contract</a>, <a href="../../../internal/cli/root.go">command implementation</a>, <a href="../../../pkg/lifecycle/lifecycle.go">lifecycle manager</a>, <a href="../../../BUILD.bazel">Bazel package</a>, and <a href="../../../MODULE.bazel">toolchain registration</a>. Baseline source revision: <code>550d7e79b1f5fdbc2b6017b75178471d6914082f</code>, observed 2026-09-08.</p> <h2 id="requirements">Requirements<a class="td-heading-self-link" href="#requirements" aria-label="Heading self-link"></a></h2><h3 id="requirement-prepare-selected-plugins-before-command-execution">Requirement: Prepare selected plugins before command execution<a class="td-heading-self-link" href="#requirement-prepare-selected-plugins-before-command-execution" aria-label="Heading self-link"></a></h3><p><code>al run</code> SHALL load its supplied configurations, start the plugins selected by <code>--plugin_label</code>, and append their environment values to the child command&rsquo;s environment before starting that command. It SHALL reject invocation without a command argument.</p>