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Workflow Description Language

v0.0.1 · by Lucas van Dijk · added 3 November 2026

Syntaxt highlighting and LSP support for the Workflow Description Language (WDL).

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How to install

With Forge Super installed, the button above opens the app on this extension, where you press Install. Nothing is installed until you do.

You can also open the Extensions panel in the app and search for Workflow Description Language. The extension's id is wdl.

Don't have Forge Super yet? Download it here.

README

From the extension's repository, written by its authors and not by Mentenaz. See the source.

WDL extension for Zed

This extension provides support for the Workflow Description Language (WDL) in the Zed code editor. Currently supports WDL versions 1.0 and WDL 1.1.

Features

  • Syntax highlighting (including bash syntax highlighting in command blocks)
  • Automatic indentation
  • Automatic closing of brackets
  • Integration with WDL language server (install separately, and needs to be available in $PATH)

Preview

Related repositories

Roadmap

  • Better LSP server: I am considering using the sprocket analyzer LSP server for WDL. However, it currently only supports pull diagnostics, which is not yet supported by Zed.
  • Write tree sitter queries for WDL document outline in Zed