| name | Grammar Design |
| description | Expert skill for formal grammar design including disambiguation, precedence, and validation |
| category | Language Design |
| allowed-tools | ["Read","Write","Edit","Glob","Grep","Bash"] |
| graph | {"domains":["domain:software-engineering"],"specializations":["specialization:programming-languages"],"skillAreas":["skill-area:language-design","skill-area:compiler-implementation"],"roles":["role:backend-engineer"]} |
Grammar Design Skill
Overview
Expert skill for formal grammar design including disambiguation, precedence, and validation.
Capabilities
- Write EBNF/BNF grammar specifications
- Design unambiguous grammars
- Handle operator precedence and associativity
- Analyze grammar conflicts
- Design grammar for specific parser classes (LL, LR, PEG)
- Document grammar with examples
- Design syntax for common language constructs
- Handle grammar evolution and backwards compatibility
Target Processes
- language-grammar-design.js
- lexer-implementation.js
- parser-development.js
Dependencies
Parsing theory literature (Dragon Book, Parsing Techniques)