Keep a helper across restarts

A helper defined in the active image dies with the image unless it is persisted. Autolith's mutation path makes the durable version a single request.

Ask for it

❯ you
Add a frob-line helper to the active image that trims outer
spaces from one line. Check it on a few inputs and make it
survive restarts.

Autolith journals the intended mutation, compiles and installs it in the live image, and runs the checks you asked for before anything becomes durable.

One definition or a working set

self.persist-definition compiles, installs, checks, and persists one complete definition. self.commit persists every pending change as one immutable private image commit with a complete replay script, retained in private Git history.

After the restart

The selected private commit replays automatically on startup, so the helper is simply there. Nothing in your repository changes; when a helper belongs to the project itself, put it in the repository instead and let the workspace load it like any other code.