HAL 9000

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.

Tech Stack

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

Bootstrap

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

Components

CLI: hal

hal update                      # Run Ansible playbook to set up the dev environment
hal update --tags python,node   # Run specific Ansible roles
hal link ~/.zshrc               # Move file into dotfiles/ and symlink it back
hal copy ~/.config/ghostty/     # Copy file into dotfiles/ (no symlink)
hal sync                        # Sync all links and copies
hal open-the-pod-bay-doors      # Open the pod bay doors, please, HAL