namel3ss 0.1.0a7

Build AI-native applications in plain English. Data, UI, backend logic, and AI — all in one .ai file.

namel3ss

Build AI-native applications in plain English — with explanations you can trust.

Try it in 60 seconds

The 10-minute demo (ClearOrders)

pip install namel3ss
n3 new demo
cd demo
n3 run

The first-run experience opens your browser to the ClearOrders app with orders, Ask AI, and Why? explanations ready to try.

• Orders dataset
• Ask AI + Answer
• Why? explanation

Open Studio:

n3 app.ai studio

Why namel3ss

One .ai file describes your data, UI, backend logic, and AI behavior. Runs are deterministic in a clear execution environment, with AI as an explicit boundary. Explainability is built in so you can trust what happened and why. The first-run experience is designed to feel finished, not experimental.

What makes it different

• One .ai file defines data, UI, backend logic, and AI.
• Deterministic execution environment by default; AI is explicit and traced.
• Built-in run summary and explanations for flows, tools, and UI.
• File-first CLI and Studio for inspection and interaction.
• First-run experience that opens the demo in a browser automatically.

Quickstart (non-demo)

n3 new starter my_app
cd my_app
n3 app.ai

Minimal UI example:

page "home":
  title is "Hello"
  text is "Welcome"

Optional AI example:

ai "assistant":
  provider is "mock"
  model is "mock-model"
  system_prompt is "You are a concise assistant."

flow "reply":
  ask ai "assistant" with input: input.message as reply
  return reply

Status

namel3ss is in v0.1.0a7 alpha. It is suitable for learning and experimentation, not production. Expect breaking changes between alpha revisions.

Start here (learning path)

• Quickstart
• First 5 minutes
• What you can build today

Documentation index

Getting started

• Learning book
• Quickstart
• First 5 minutes
• What you can build today
• Examples
• Demo: CRUD dashboard
• Demo: onboarding flow
• Demo: AI assistant over records
• Documentation directory

UI

• UI DSL spec

Explainability

• Execution how
• Run outcome
• Tools with
• UI see
• Errors fix
• Build exists
• CLI: exists
• CLI: fix
• CLI: what
• CLI: when
• CLI: with

Tools & packs

• Python tools
• Tool packs
• Capabilities
• Publishing packs
• Registry
• Editor

Deployment & promotion

• Targets and promotion

Trust, memory & governance

Memory in one minute: namel3ss memory is explicit, governed, and inspectable. It records what matters (preferences, decisions, facts, corrections) under clear policies, with deterministic recall and traceable writes — so AI behavior can be reviewed instead of guessed. You can inspect what was recalled or written through Studio and CLI explanations.

• Trust and governance
• Memory overview
• Concurrency model
• AI language definition

Stability & limitations

• Stability
• Spec freeze v1
• Canonical version map
• Beta checklist
• Known limitations
• Changelog

Community & support

• Issues
• Discussions
• Discord
• LinkedIn
• Email
• Source repository

Contributing

Read CONTRIBUTING.md and ECOSYSTEM.md.