Opinionated macOS development environment automation that dominates your dev setup like cats rule the Internet.

This project is named after Arthur C. Clarke's 2001: A Space Odyssey, a heuristic algorithmic computer designed for sentient processing and total mission control.

• Agent Skills
• Claude Code
• Codex
• Gemini
• Python
• Node.js
• Bun
• Solidity
• Docker (OrbStack)
• Kubernetes
• Amazon Web Services
• Google Cloud

curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vinta/hal-9000/master/bin/open-the-pod-bay-doors | bash

All you need is one command:

hal update

If you only want to install specific components:

hal update --tags python,node

Move file into dotfiles/ and symlink it back:

hal link ~/.zshrc

Copy file into dotfiles/ (no symlink):

hal copy ~/.config/ghostty/

Sync all links and copies:

hal sync

Open the pod bay doors, please, HAL:

hal open-the-pod-bay-doors

If you only need agent skills:

npx skills add vinta/hal-9000

Install dev dependencies and pre-commit hooks:

make install

After modifying ./bin/hal, regenerate zsh completion:

make hal-completion

Update local completion:

hal sync