# paralleldrive/sudolang

SudoLang LLM Support for VSCode

Repository: https://github.com/paralleldrive/sudolang
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/sudolang
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-01-15T02:02:59+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 58/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 62, release rhythm 35, longevity 89
- inputs: {"age_days": 1251, "days_push": 231, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1354, forks 101 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:29.143248+00:00)

## What it is
SudoLang is a pseudocode-style programming language designed for collaborating with AI language models, using natural language constraints, interfaces, and slash commands. This repository provides a VSCode extension that adds syntax highlighting for .sudo, .sudo.md, and .mdc files.

## Use cases
- write prompts in a structured pseudocode language for LLMs
- syntax highlighting for .sudo files in VSCode
- define constraint-based programs that AI models can follow
- improve LLM reasoning with pseudocode prompts
- build chat interfaces with slash commands for AI programs

## When to choose
- you want structured, constraint-based prompts instead of freeform natural language
- you use VSCode and work with SudoLang files
- you need the AI to track complex state or follow algorithms

## When to avoid
- you only need simple one-off prompts where plain natural language suffices
- you don't use VSCode or an editor supporting the extension
- you need a fully executable general-purpose programming language

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: active
- function: programming-language, prompt-engineering, editor
- domain: programming-languages, large-language-models, developer-tools, text-editors
- platform: editor-plugin, cross-platform
- tags: vscode-extension, syntax-highlighting, ai-programming, pseudocode, constraint-based-programming, llm-prompting

## Member repositories
- paralleldrive/sudolang (main) score 58

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:29.143248+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:42:03.642023+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/paralleldrive/sudolang (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:29.143248+00:00, sha eb13e7f97dc3)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.