[r0ze-at-hn]

Hmm, couldn't that example be simplified to:

  SetUpdatedToNow
  - set %content.updated% as %now% in the file "file.txt"

The whole reading and writing feels like a leftover from the days of programming. Reading it in, modifying and then writing assume it fits in memory, leaves out ideas around locking, filesystem issues, writing to a temp and swapping, etc. Giving the actual intent lets the LLM decide what is the best way which might be reading in , modifying and then writing.

[ingigauti]

The way I designed the language I had the current languages in mind. Don't forget you are programming, it's just more natural, you need details

But also the main reason is that it's much more difficult to solve the intent when mixing multiple action into the same step. In theory it's possible but the language isn't there yet.