# Manuscript

> Manuscript is a statically typed language for native programs, with named arguments, mutable data, explicit errors, scoped resources, and concurrent work through library APIs.

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## Read in order
- [Get started](learn/getting-started/): a complete application and CLI commands
- [Language tour](learn/tour/): functions, data, and expected failures
- [Language](core-language/): basics, functions, types, control flow, errors, modules, and resources
- [Standard library](standard-library/): imports, services, data, files, processes, and networking
- [Concurrent work](concurrency/): tasks, cancellation, scheduling, and synchronized updates
- [Developer tools](developer-tooling/): commands, projects, source tools, and debugging

## Look up a declaration
- [Entire standard library as Markdown](stdlib.md): every standard module, intrinsic prelude, generic bound, field, case, operation, and special call rule
- [Standard library JSON](stdlib.json): versioned structured declaration snapshot
- [API reference](standard-library/reference/): browsable generated declarations
- [Special call rules](standard-library/call-rules/): additional compiler checks
- [Glossary](glossary/): language terminology

## Contribute
- [Contributor documentation](contributing/): architecture, development checks, compiler internals, and releases