API Reference

Starkite exposes Go's standard library as type-safe, scriptable Starlark modules. All modules are auto-loaded in every .star script — no import statement, no load() call.

For the auto-loading mechanism and the try_ error pattern that every function supports, see Modules and Language.

Foundations

System primitives, control flow, and built-in utilities every script needs.

• os

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  Environment, process info, command execution.

• fs

  ---

  Filesystem operations and Path objects.

• fmt

  ---

  Formatted printing — printf, sprintf, errorf.

• io

  ---

  Interactive user input — confirm, prompt.

• vars

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  Typed variable access — var_str, var_int, var_list, …

• runtime

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  Runtime and platform information.

• log

  ---

  Structured logging with slog backend.

• test

  ---

  Testing assertions and helpers.

• inventory

  ---

  Inventory management — file, list, filter, group_by, merge.

• concur

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  Concurrent execution — map, each, exec, worker pools.

• retry

  ---

  Retry logic with fixed delay and exponential backoff.

Network

Remote services — HTTP and SSH.

• http

  ---

  HTTP client, server, and URL builder.

• ssh

  ---

  Remote command execution and SCP file transfer.

Data

Database connectivity, encoding, serialization, text processing, and value utilities.

• sql

  ---

  SQL databases (SQLite, PostgreSQL, MySQL): query, exec, transactions, batch.

• json

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  JSON encoding, decoding, and file I/O.

• yaml

  ---

  YAML encoding, decoding, and file I/O.

• csv

  ---

  CSV reading, writing, and file I/O.

• gzip

  ---

  Gzip compression and decompression.

• zip

  ---

  ZIP archive reading and writing.

• base64

  ---

  Base64 encoding and decoding.

• hash

  ---

  Cryptographic hash functions.

• strings

  ---

  String utility functions.

• regexp

  ---

  Regular expression matching and replacement.

• template

  ---

  Go text/template rendering.

• time

  ---

  Time, duration, and arithmetic.

• uuid

  ---

  UUID generation.

• table

  ---

  ASCII table rendering.

Cloud

Kubernetes and cloud-native resource management — cloud edition (kitecloud or kite).

• k8s

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  Full Kubernetes API — CRUD, kubectl-equivalents, typed constructors, controllers, webhooks.

AI

LLM clients and Model Context Protocol — AI edition (kiteai or kite).

• ai

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  Multi-provider LLM client with chat, tools, streaming, and structured output.

• mcp

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  Model Context Protocol — mcp.serve() server and mcp.connect() client.