Basil Development

When to use this skill

Use when:

• building Basil web apps,
• configuring basil.yaml,
• testing handlers with curl,
• working with @basil/http
• working with @basil/auth context,
• debugging routing and Parts.

Use this skill when you need to:

What is Basil?

Basil is a web framework for Parsley (the language):

• Parsley = the language (like JavaScript)
• Basil = the web framework (like Express/Rails)

Basil provides HTTP server, routing, sessions, auth, database, interactive components (Parts), and asset bundling.

Quick Start

# Initialize project
./basil --init myapp && cd myapp

# Run dev server (auto-reload, detailed errors, dev tools at /__dev/log)
./basil --dev

# Test
curl http://localhost:8080/