FORGE Lang — VS Code Extension v0.4.0

The AI-Native Systems Language.

FORGE is the world's first compiled language with AI as a native stdlib primitive. No imports. No pip. No boilerplate. Just ai_ask().

What's New in v0.4.0

🤖 AI stdlib syntax highlighting — ai_ask, ai_classify, ai_translate, ai_sentiment, ai_generate highlighted as builtins
📝 31 code snippets including 4 new AI workflow snippets
🔤 String builtins — str_upper, str_lower, str_trim, str_replace, str_split
🔢 Math builtins — math_pow, math_floor, math_sin, math_cos, math_random
⚙️ Env builtins — env_get, env_set
🆕 AI model + API key settings in VS Code settings

Features

Syntax Highlighting

Full highlighting for all FORGE constructs:

Keywords: fn, let, var, if, for, while, return, async, await, spawn
Types: i32, i64, f64, str, bool, void
Annotations: @parallel, @gpu, @async
All 50+ builtin functions including the complete AI stdlib

Code Snippets (31 total)

Prefix	Description
`fn`	Function definition
`ai_ask`	AI question builtin
`ai_classify`	Text classification
`ai_pipeline`	Translate → Sentiment pipeline
`ai_generate`	Code/text generation
`str_ops`	String manipulation
`env_get`	Environment variable
`pfn`	@parallel function
`http`	HTTP server
`sdl`	SDL2 game window
`region`	Memory region block
`spawn`	Async spawn
`trait`	Trait definition
`impl`	Trait implementation

Quick Start

fn main() -> void {
    ai_set_key("your-deepseek-or-openai-key")

    // Ask AI anything — native compiled call
    let answer = ai_ask("What is quantum computing?", "")
    print(answer)

    // Classify text — zero-shot, no training
    let label = ai_classify("Win $1000!", "spam,important,newsletter")
    print(label)

    // String builtins
    let up = str_upper("hello forge")
    print(up)  // HELLO FORGE

    // Env vars
    let home = env_get("HOME")
    print(home)
}

Compile and run:

forge build main.forge -o app && ./app

Platform Support

Platform	Target	Status
Linux x86_64	native	✅
Windows x64	`--target windows`	✅
Android/ARM64	`--target aarch64`	✅
Web/WASM	`--target web`	✅
macOS	`--target macos`	✅

Settings

Setting	Default	Description
`forge.compiler.path`	`""`	Path to forge binary
`forge.compiler.checkOnSave`	`true`	Type-check on save
`forge.ai.defaultModel`	`deepseek-chat`	Default AI model for builtins
`forge.ai.apiKey`	`""`	API key for AI builtins

Why FORGE?

FORGE is the only compiled language where:

ai_ask() is a language builtin — not a library
@parallel auto-parallelises any loop — no threading code
region { } gives memory safety without GC
HTTP server works with zero imports
Native speed + Python ease for AI work

FORGE Lang

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