Struct Dialect 

pub struct Dialect {
    pub id: &'static str,
    pub hooks: HookSurface,
    pub rules: Option<Target>,
    pub skills_dir: Option<&'static str>,
    pub commands: CommandSurface,
    pub subagents: SubagentSurface,
    pub plugins: PluginSurface,
    pub permissions: PermissionSurface,
    pub mcp: McpSurface,
    pub native_profiles: bool,
}

One agent’s native mechanism surface, expressed as data. All paths are relative to the ArtifactScope the host supplies — user-home paths start at the agent’s config home’s parent (~), project paths at the working directory.

Fields

id: &'static str

Agent id used in the plan’s dialect field.

hooks: HookSurface

How this agent stores lifecycle hooks.

rules: Option<Target>

Where standing rules materialize, if anywhere.

skills_dir: Option<&'static str>

Home-relative skills directory (<dir>/<name>/SKILL.md).

commands: CommandSurface

How custom commands are declared.

subagents: SubagentSurface

How declarative subagents are stored.

plugins: PluginSurface

How plugins/extensions install.

permissions: PermissionSurface

How permission posture is configured.

mcp: McpSurface

How config-file MCP servers merge.

native_profiles: bool

Whether the agent has its own profile selection mechanism (codex --profile, a DSH profile, Devin Desktop profiles).

Implementations

impl Dialect

pub const fn generic() -> Dialect

The portable baseline: AGENTS.md managed blocks and .agents/skills.

pub fn adapt(&self, set: &MechanismSet) -> AdaptationPlan

Translate semantic declarations into this agent’s artifact plan. Report order follows the declaration set’s field order.

Trait Implementations

impl Clone for Dialect

fn clone(&self) -> Self

Returns a duplicate of the value.

fn clone_from(&mut self, source: &Self)

Performs copy-assignment from source.

impl Debug for Dialect

fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result

Formats the value using the given formatter.