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Vera: Empower Your LLMs with a Tailored Programming Language

Vera lets founders give LLMs a concise, verifiable language for writing code, ideal for AI‑driven development and formal verification.

From the repo · “Vera: a programming language designed for LLMs to write”

418 stars29 forksPythonGuide quality 8/10 · reviewed Oct 10Updated 10/23/2026100% free · open source
What it does

Vera allows startup founders to automate coding tasks by leveraging large language models (LLMs) to write Python code using a custom programming language

When to use it
  • •When you need to automate repetitive coding tasks
  • •When you want to leverage AI to generate code for your startup
  • •When you're looking for a way to integrate LLMs into your development workflow
Ready-to-paste prompt
vera examples/hello.vera
Heads up: Make sure you have Python 3.8 or later installed, as Vera relies on specific Python features
Saves to your device
Use with Claude
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🛠️ Technical setup

Expect 20–40 minutes in a terminal — or let your AI agent drive it.

Try it instantly — no install
Claude Code
mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/vera && curl -fsSL https://workflowstacks.com/api/skills/vera/claude-skill -o ~/.claude/skills/vera/SKILL.md
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Opens the app with this repo with the prompt ready to go — no copy-paste needed.

Connect the whole catalog (MCP)
claude mcp add --transport http workflowstacks https://workflowstacks.com/api/mcp

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How Vera: Empower Your LLMs with a Tailored Programming Language works
Codeflow
Free to inspect

Vera: Empower Your LLMs with a Tailored Programming Language is a very large Python project (~153k lines across 160 code files, plus 301 test files). It is a full software project: use it through its install path rather than reading it end to end. Last commit this month, MIT license, has a test suite.

Size
Very large codebase
~153k lines · 160 code files · days to read — use, don't read
Setup
Developer setup
A real software project. Use it via its install path; don't expect to read it all.
Runs on
Python
No API keys detected
Python 99%JavaScript 1%
Where to start reading
  1. 1
    README.md
    Start here — what it does and how to install it
  2. 2
    AGENTS.md
    The instructions the AI actually follows
  3. 3
    vera/cli.py
    Where the program starts running
  4. 4
    pyproject.toml
    Dependencies and the commands it exposes
  5. 5
    vera/__init__.py
    Inside vera/ — the main logic begins here
What's in each folder
vera/Core code — the actual logic122 files
examples/Examples you can copy48 files
docs/Documentation20 files
scripts/Helper scripts37 files
editors/Folder21 files
changelog.d/Folder17 files
tests/Tests — proof it works758 files
assets/Images & static assets35 files
READMEHas testsDocumentedCI checksExamples includedMIT licenseUpdated this month
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Details
Creator
aallan
Language
Python
Category
ai-agent
Published
2/22/2026

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