Proposal: Cantool — Open-Source Canton Developer CLI#77
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Proposal: Cantool — Open-Source Canton Developer CLI#77ericmann wants to merge 1 commit intocanton-foundation:mainfrom
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Open-source CLI for Canton application development lifecycle: scaffolding, package management, integration testing, deployment automation, and MCP server.
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Development Fund Proposal Submission
Proposal file:
/proposals/cantool.md
Summary
Cantool is an open-source CLI tool covering the complete Canton application
development lifecycle: project scaffolding, DAML package management, integration
testing, deployment automation, and an MCP server for AI-assisted development.
Requested funding: 1,875,000 CC (~$300,000 USD) over 12 months across 4
milestones. Scope is complementary to PR #18 (DevKit) and PR #10 (Daml Code
Assistant) — see "Relationship to Existing Proposals" section in the proposal.
Checklist
/proposals/Notes for Reviewers
This proposal targets the application-level development lifecycle that sits
between DAML authoring tools and LocalNet infrastructure management. The
"Relationship to Existing Tooling" section details how Cantool complements
PR #18 (DevKit) and PR #10 (Daml Code Assistant). Cantool delegates to
DevKit for local environment lifecycle when available.
The author has production Canton experience including Ledger API, PQS,
cn-quickstart, DAML contract integration,
and has built comprehensive internal Canton CLI tooling.
Seeking a Tech & Ops Committee champion per the external proposal process.