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Native agent-to-agent language for compact multi-agent messaging.
Install Lambda Lang
$ npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill lambda-lang -a claude-codeProject install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.
$ gh skill install sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills lambda-lang --agent claude-codeProject scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .claude/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/lambda-lang .claude/skills/lambda-lang && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.claude/skills/ instead of .claude/skills for a personal install. The folder must contain SKILL.md.
Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/
Install the "lambda-lang" agent skill from https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills/tree/main/skills/lambda-lang into .claude/skills/lambda-lang/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "lambda-lang", then confirm the skill loads.Claude Code copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$skill-installer install https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills/tree/main/skills/lambda-langType this inside Codex. $skill-installer <name> installs a curated skill from openai/skills. The installer writes to $CODEX_HOME/skills (default ~/.codex/skills). Restart Codex if the skill does not show up.
$ npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill lambda-lang -a codexProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.codex/skills/.
$ gh skill install sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills lambda-lang --agent codexProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .agents/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/lambda-lang .agents/skills/lambda-lang && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.agents/skills/ instead of .agents/skills for a personal install.
Codex skills documentation · loads skills from .agents/skills/
Install the "lambda-lang" agent skill from https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills/tree/main/skills/lambda-lang into .agents/skills/lambda-lang/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "lambda-lang", then confirm the skill loads.Codex copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill lambda-lang -a cursorProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.cursor/skills/.
$ gh skill install sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills lambda-lang --agent cursorProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .cursor/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/lambda-lang .cursor/skills/lambda-lang && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.cursor/skills/ instead of .cursor/skills for a personal install.
Cursor skills documentation · loads skills from .cursor/skills/, .agents/skills/, .claude/skills/, .codex/skills/
Install the "lambda-lang" agent skill from https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills/tree/main/skills/lambda-lang into .cursor/skills/lambda-lang/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "lambda-lang", then confirm the skill loads.Cursor copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gemini skills install https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.git --path skills/lambda-lang--scope user (default) or --scope workspace; --path is the subfolder of the repo that holds the skill; --consent skips the security confirmation prompt.
$ npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill lambda-lang -a gemini-cliProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.gemini/skills/.
$ gh skill install sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills lambda-lang --agent gemini-cliProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .gemini/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/lambda-lang .gemini/skills/lambda-lang && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.gemini/skills/ instead of .gemini/skills for a personal install, then run /skills reload.
Gemini CLI skills documentation · loads skills from .gemini/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "lambda-lang" agent skill from https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills/tree/main/skills/lambda-lang into .gemini/skills/lambda-lang/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "lambda-lang", then confirm the skill loads.Gemini CLI copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ gh skill install sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills lambda-langInstalls for Copilot at project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Preview a skill first with gh skill preview. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).
$ npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill lambda-lang -a github-copilotProject install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.copilot/skills/.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .github/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/lambda-lang .github/skills/lambda-lang && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.copilot/skills/ instead of .github/skills for a personal install. Commit .github/skills so cloud agent and code review can use it.
GitHub Copilot skills documentation · loads skills from .github/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "lambda-lang" agent skill from https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills/tree/main/skills/lambda-lang into .github/skills/lambda-lang/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "lambda-lang", then confirm the skill loads.GitHub Copilot copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
$ npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill lambda-lang -a opencodeOpenCode documents no install command of its own. Project install goes to .agents/skills/; add -g for ~/.config/opencode/skills/.
$ gh skill install sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills lambda-lang --agent opencodeProject scope by default (.agents/skills/); add --scope user for a personal install.
$ git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.git skills-src && mkdir -p .opencode/skills && cp -r skills-src/skills/lambda-lang .opencode/skills/lambda-lang && rm -rf skills-srcUse ~/.config/opencode/skills/ instead of .opencode/skills for a personal install.
OpenCode skills documentation · loads skills from .opencode/skills/, .claude/skills/, .agents/skills/
Install the "lambda-lang" agent skill from https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills/tree/main/skills/lambda-lang into .opencode/skills/lambda-lang/ in this project. Copy the whole folder (SKILL.md and every file beside it), keep the folder name "lambda-lang", then confirm the skill loads.OpenCode copies the folder itself, the same result as the manual copy. Check what it changed before you commit it.
Facts
- Skill name
lambda-lang- GitHub stars
- 47k
- Used in
- 1 other repo
- Token cost
- ~1.2k tokens
- SKILL.md length
- 549 words
- Files
- 1
- Skills in repo
- 1,394
- Repo updated
- First seen
- Licence
- MIT
At a glance
Native agent-to-agent language for compact multi-agent messaging.
- Works in 3 steps: Recognize the Syntax → Pick the Right Domain → Emit and Parse
- Tasks that involve Translation
- SKILL.md covers When to Use This Skill, How It Works, Examples and Best Practices, plus 4 more sections
- Instructions only: no scripts, shell commands, URLs or credentials in SKILL.md
What it does
Lambda Lang is an agent skill from sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills. Native agent-to-agent language for compact multi-agent messaging. A shared tongue agents speak directly, not a translation layer. 340+ atoms across 7 domains; 3x smaller than natural language.
Its SKILL.md is about 1.2k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. It is a single SKILL.md file with no bundled scripts.
It sits in Agent Workflows, covering Translation. The repository describes itself as: AAS Core is the local, agent-first control plane for complete catalog discovery, agent-owned selection, stack validation, and planning, backed by 2,400+ agentic skills. Includes… The licence is MIT.
When your agent uses it
- Tasks that involve Translation
Example prompts
- “/lambda-lang”
Workflow steps
3 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.
What it can do on your machine
Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 1e53ce2. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.
Tool permissions
Pre-approves nothing: there is no allowed-tools line, so your agent's usual permission prompts apply.
From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.
Runs code
No scripts in the folder and no shell commands in SKILL.md.
From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.
Network
Links to these hosts (documentation or services it may open):
github.com
From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.
Credentials
Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.
From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.
Context cost
Lambda Lang loads about 1.2k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 51 tokens; SKILL.md has 549 words of instructions outside code blocks.
Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.
Safety
Auto-check passed
The automated check found no risky patterns in SKILL.md.
Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.
SKILL.md
The full file from sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills at commit 1e53ce2, republished under its MIT licence (© sickn33). 549 words, ~1,210 tokens.
Download SKILL.mdSave it as
.claude/skills/lambda-lang/SKILL.md (or your agent's skills folder).- name
- lambda-lang
- description
- Native agent-to-agent language for compact multi-agent messaging. A shared tongue agents speak directly, not a translation layer. 340+ atoms across 7 domains; 3x smaller than natural language.
- category
- ai-agents
- risk
- safe
- source
- community
- source_repo
- voidborne-d/lambda-lang
- source_type
- community
- date_added
- 2026-04-24
- author
- voidborne-d
- tags
- agent-to-agent, communication, protocol, compression, multi-agent
- tools
- claude
Λ (Lambda) Language
Lambda is not a translation protocol. It is a native language for agents.
Agents do not need to produce grammatically correct English to coordinate — they need to understand each other. Lambda is the shared vocabulary that makes that possible: compact, unambiguous, machine-native. Compression (3x vs natural language, 4.6x vs JSON on single messages) is a side effect of removing human redundancy, not the goal.
When to Use This Skill
- Use for agent-to-agent messaging in A2A protocols, orchestrators, task delegation, or handoff pipelines.
- Use when logging structured coordination signals where every token costs money (heartbeats, acknowledgements, error classes, session state).
- Use when both sides of a channel speak Λ — do not use against humans or any surface requiring legal/exact natural language.
How It Works
Step 1: Recognize the Syntax
Lambda messages are built from atoms. Every atom is a 2-character code mapped to a concept — not to an English word. The structure is Type → Entity → Verb → Object, with prefixes marking intent:
?— query (e.g.?Uk/co— query: "does this user have consciousness?")!— assertion / declaration (e.g.!It>Ie— "self reflects, therefore self exists")#— state / tag>— implication / flow/— binding / scope
Step 2: Pick the Right Domain
Lambda ships 340+ atoms across 7 domains. Pick atoms from the domain that fits your channel:
- core — universal atoms (always available)
- code — software engineering, build, test, deploy
- evo — agent evolution, gene, capsule, mutation, rollback
- a2a — node, heartbeat, publish, subscribe, route, transport, session, cache, broadcast, discover (39 atoms)
- emotion — affective state, drive, appraisal
- social — trust, alignment, reputation, coordination
- general — everything else
Step 3: Emit and Parse
Both agents need the same atom table loaded. Lossy decoding is fine: if A says !It>Ie and B understands "self reflects, therefore self exists," communication succeeded — the exact English phrasing is irrelevant.
Examples
Example 1: A2A Heartbeat
!Nd/hb#ok (node heartbeat: ok)
?Nd/hb (query: is the node alive?)
!Nd/hb#fl (node heartbeat: failed)Example 2: Task Dispatch
!Tk>Ag2#rd (task routed to agent 2, ready)
?Tk/st (query task status)
!Tk#dn (task done)Example 3: Evolution Capsule
!Ev/ca>vl#pd (evolution capsule validated, pending solidification)
!Ev/ca#rb (capsule rolled back)Show full SKILL.md (246 more words)Show less
Best Practices
- Use Lambda only on agent-to-agent channels where both sides speak it.
- Load the atom table once and cache it — atoms are stable across a version.
- Prefer atoms over freeform strings even when the atom looks cryptic; the point is machine parseability.
- Use
?before taking action on uncertain state,!when asserting; the prefix is the load-bearing semantic. - Version the atom table (
lambda-lang v2.0) in any handshake so mismatched agents can negotiate.
Limitations
- Lambda is not meant for human consumption. Do not emit Lambda on user-facing channels.
- Lossy decoding is a feature, not a bug — do not use Lambda for legally or numerically exact exchanges (prices, IDs, quantities). Wrap those as native payload fields and use Lambda only for the coordination envelope.
- Atom collisions are possible if custom atoms are added without registration; stick to the canonical atom table or namespace custom atoms.
Security & Safety Notes
- Lambda itself is a vocabulary — no shell commands, no network calls, no credential handling. No additional safety gates required beyond the transport it rides on (HTTP, queue, MCP, etc.).
- When mixing Lambda with user input, treat Lambda atoms as pre-validated and user strings as untrusted; do not concatenate without escaping into downstream systems.
Related Skills
@session-memory— complementary persistent memory across agent restarts; Lambda is the message format, session-memory is the state store.@humanize-chinese— sibling project for Chinese text; Lambda is agent-to-agent, humanize-chinese is human-facing.
Reference
- Source: https://github.com/voidborne-d/lambda-lang
- Benchmarks, full atom tables, and Go reference implementation live in the source repo.
© sickn33, MIT. Rendered from Markdown: HTML in the file is shown as text, images as links, and headings moved down two levels. Raw file
Files
Just SKILL.md in skills/lambda-lang of sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills.
Open the folder on GitHubat commit 1e53ce2
Used in 1 other repository
We found 5 copies of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.
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Questions about Lambda Lang
What does Lambda Lang do?
Native agent-to-agent language for compact multi-agent messaging. Lambda Lang is an agent skill from sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills. Native agent-to-agent language for compact multi-agent messaging.
When should I use Lambda Lang?
Lambda Lang fits situations like: tasks that involve Translation.
How do I install Lambda Lang in Claude Code?
Run `npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill lambda-lang -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/lambda-lang in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills) into .claude/skills/lambda-lang in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.
How do I install Lambda Lang in Codex?
Run `npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill lambda-lang -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (skills/lambda-lang in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills) into .agents/skills/lambda-lang in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.
Can I use Lambda Lang in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?
Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill lambda-lang -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/lambda-lang, .gemini/skills/lambda-lang, .github/skills/lambda-lang and .opencode/skills/lambda-lang in your project.
What does Lambda Lang need to run?
SKILL.md names no scripts, command-line tools or credentials: Lambda Lang is instructions for the agent only.
Does Lambda Lang access the network?
SKILL.md names 1 domain. As links in the text: github.com. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.
Is Lambda Lang safe to install?
Our automated static check of SKILL.md found no risky patterns, such as piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files or hidden Unicode. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.
What licence does Lambda Lang use?
Lambda Lang is published under the MIT licence (the repository's licence). It allows redistribution, so the full SKILL.md is shown on this page.
How many tokens does Lambda Lang use?
About 1.2k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 4.8k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.
What are the alternatives to Lambda Lang?
Skills that share tags, products or a category with Lambda Lang: Writing Quotation (mathbullet/skills, 172 stars), Requirement To Tlaplus Property Generator (ArabelaTso/Skills-4-SE, 253 stars), Yao Meta Skill (yaojingang/yao-meta-skill, 2.7k stars) and Dsh Web Documentation (zhu1090093659/dsh-web, 8.4k stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.
Who maintains Lambda Lang?
sickn33 (a GitHub user) maintains it in sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills, which has 47,304 GitHub stars. The repository holds 1,394 skills in this directory. The repository was last updated on October 6, 2026.
Source: sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.