Scry Reference

Jael's scry endpoints never take a care. The particular endpoints are specified in the place of the desk in the path prefix, then additional arguments are specified in the path. Note this style of scry path is considered outdated, and may be changed in the future.

%step

A %step scry gets the current web login code revision number. It takes your ship name as its path and the type returned is a @ud.

Example

> .^(@ud %j /=step=/(scot %p our))
0

%code

A %code scry gets the current web login code. It takes your ship name as its path and the type returned is a @p.

Example

> .^(@p %j /=code=/(scot %p our))
~lidlut-tabwed-pillex-ridrup

%fake

A %fake scry checks whether the current ship is fake (a development ship booted with the -F option). The type returned is a ?.

Example

On a fake ~zod:

> .^(? %j /=fake=)
%.y

On a real planet:

> .^(? %j /=fake=)
%.n

%life

A %life scry gets the current life (key revision number) of a ship if known, otherwise it crashes. It takes a ship as its path and the type returned is a @ud.

Example

> .^(@ud %j /=life=/(scot %p our))
1

%lyfe

A %lyfe scry gets the current unitized life (key revision number) of a ship if known, otherwise returns ~. It takes a ship as its path and the type returned is a (unit @ud).

Example

> .^((unit @ud) %j /=lyfe=/(scot %p our))
[~ 1]

%rift

A %rift scry gets the current rift (continuity number) of a ship if known, otherwise it crashes. It takes a ship as its path and the type returned is a @ud.

Example

.^(@ud %j /=rift=/(scot %p our))
1

%ryft

A %ryft scry gets the current unitized rift (continuity number) of a ship if known, otherwise it returns ~. It takes a ship as its path and the type returned is a (unit @ud).

Example

> .^((unit @ud) %j /=ryft=/(scot %p our))
[~ 1]

%vein

A %vein scry gets your ship's private key for the specified life. It takes a life @ud as its path and the type returned is a ring.

Example

> .^(@uw %j /=vein=/1)
0w84.0MwlQ.y2Ly9.6HVmH.8SYwo.EvuLC.f5YRw.T2NzD.EHtjZ.gpHZb.J0Pu5.aTGVL.UugSA.EZ~E9.~PODC.cohVD.B1zWj.ZWnJ2

%vile

A %vile scry gets your jammmed private boot parameters at your ship's current life. It takes no additional arguments in its path. The type returned is a @ which is a jammed $seed.

Examples

> .^(@ %j /=vile=)
73.825.716.773.695.891.582.219.653.213.376.682.408.892.852.624.025.387.720.465.884.094.267.975.202.807.896.467.150.282.384.122.104.470.678.155.055.914.950.319.747.613.107.324.566.157.366.237.078.063.363.527.599.682.750.233
> ;;(seed:jael (cue .^(@ %j /=vile=)))
[ who=~zod
lyf=1
key
1.729.646.917.183.337.262.068.568.133.450.460.269.618.308.934.734.494.661.340.450.478.360.301.077.532.415.587.141.242.844.893.269.500.211.196.916.184.768.225.437.577.083.064.475.012.067.992.317.942.521.494.338
sig=~
]

%deed

A %deed scry gets the life, pubkey and maybe a signature if the ship in question is a comet. It takes the target ship and life as its path like /~sampel-palnet/1 and the type returned is a [life pass (unit @ux)].

Example

> .^([life pass (unit @ux)] %j /=deed=/(scot %p our)/1)
[ 1
2.649.818.598.466.464.524.534.996.841.661.372.043.001.125.438.577.869.575.450.096.229.472.239.369.342.882.589.479.483.389.735.480.760.982.635.242.955.515.616.049.650.771.700.602.823.946.406.713.457.849.302.626
~
]

%earl

A %earl scry deterministically derives a private key for a moon. Note this is a holdover from an old version of moon infrastructure, the current |moon generator doesn't use this and instead generates moon private keys non-deterministically. It takes the moon name and your ship's current life (not the moon's life) as its path like /~doznec-dozzod-dozzod-dozzod/1. The type returned is a $seed, the life of the moon in the lyf field of the seed will always be 1.

Example

> .^(seed:jael %j /=earl=/~doznec-dozzod-dozzod-dozzod/1)
[ who=~doznec-dozzod-dozzod-dozzod
lyf=1
key
1.055.418.877.440.612.330.077.014.834.463.499.863.663.523.990.336.436.220.536.921.445.512.367.957.276.250.223.724.881.932.188.751.226.308.505.496.234.256.625.462.295.144.257.529.749.880.805.247.600.674.018.370
sig=~
]

%sein

A %sein scry gets the sponsor for the specified ship. This scry is used implicitly by sein:title. It takes the target ship as its path and the type returned is a @p.

Example

> .^(@p %j /=sein=/~sampel-palnet)
~talpur

%saxo

A %saxo scry gets the sponsorship chain for the target ship (including the target ship itself). For example, a %saxo scry for a planet will return the planet, its star and the star's galaxy. This scry is used implicitly by saxo:title. It takes the target ship as its path and the type returned is a (list @p).

Example

> .^((list @p) %j /=saxo=/~sampel-palnet)
~[~sampel-palnet ~talpur ~pur]

%subscriptions

A %subscriptions scry gets the current state of subscriptions to public key updates (typically initiated with a %public-keys task). It takes a life as its path and returns a triple consisting of the following:

yen=(jug duct ship) :: trackers
ney=(jug ship duct) :: reverse trackers
nel=(set duct) :: trackers of all

The yen jug maps subscribed ducts to the ships they're tracking, and ney is just the inverse, mapping tracked ships to subscribed ducts. The nel set contains ducts track all public key updates.

Example

.^([yen=(jug duct ship) ney=(jug ship duct) nel=(set duct)] %j /=subscriptions=/1)
[yen={} ney={} nel={}]

%sources

A %sources scry gets the current state of Jael's sources for PKI updates. It takes no additional arguments in its path and returns a $state-eth-node.

Example

> .^(state-eth-node:jael %j /=sources=)
[ top-source-id=0
sources={}
sources-reverse={}
default-source=0
ship-sources={}
ship-sources-reverse={}
]

%turf

A %turf scry gets the list of domain prefixes for galaxies. It takes no additional arguments in its path. It returns a (list turf), where a turf is a TLD-first (list @t), so urbit.org as a turf is ~['org' 'urbit'].

Example

> .^((list turf) %j /=turf=)
~[<|org urbit|>]
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Last modified October 8, 2023