feat: Experimental angle brackets!

README.md

@@ -187,7 +187,12 @@ den.aspects.my-laptop = {
 };
 ```
 
-> NOTE: `_` is an alias for `provides`. In many examples you will see `foo._.bar._.baz` instead of `foo.provides.bar.provides.baz`.
+> **TIP**
+> **`_`** is an alias for `provides`. In many examples you will see `foo._.bar._.baz` instead of `foo.provides.bar.provides.baz`.
+
+> **NOTE**
+> Den provides an [__angle-brackets__](https://fzakaria.com/2025/08/10/angle-brackets-in-a-nix-flake-world) **experimental feature** that allows even shorter syntax for deep `.provide.` access.
+> See [import-non-dendritic.nix](https://github.com/vic/den/pull/38/files) for an example usage.
 
 </td>
 <td>

modules/lib.nix

@@ -17,10 +17,25 @@ let
       { class, aspect-chain }: funk aspect param;
 
   aspects = inputs.flake-aspects.lib lib;
+
+  # EXPERIMENTAL.  __findFile to resolve deep aspects.
+  #   __findFile = angleBrackets den.aspects;
+  #   <foo/bar/baz> => den.aspects.foo.provides.bar.provides.baz
+  # inspired by https://fzakaria.com/2025/08/10/angle-brackets-in-a-nix-flake-world
+  angleBrackets =
+    den-ns: _nixPath: name:
+    lib.pipe name [
+      (lib.replaceString "/" ".provides.")
+      (lib.splitString ".")
+      (path: lib.getAttrFromPath path den-ns)
+    ];
 in
 {
   config.den.lib = {
-    inherit parametric aspects;
+    inherit parametric aspects angleBrackets;
+
+    # default angle brackets search from den.aspects
+    __findFile = angleBrackets config.den.aspects;
   };
   options.den.lib = lib.mkOption {
     readOnly = true;

templates/default/modules/_example/import-non-dendritic.nix

@@ -1,16 +1,23 @@
 # configures class-automatic module auto imports for hosts/users/homes.
 # See documentation at modules/aspects/provides/import-tree.nix
 { den, ... }:
+let
+  # EXPERIMENTAL FEATURE: __findFile enables angle brackets
+  #   <import-tree/host> resolves to: den.provides.import-tree.provides.host
+  # See lib.nix and https://fzakaria.com/2025/08/10/angle-brackets-in-a-nix-flake-world
+  # deadnix: skip # this weird if is for my nixf-diagnose to skip unused __findFile.
+  __findFile = if true then den.lib.angleBrackets den.provides else __findFile;
+in
 {
 
   # alice imports non-dendritic <class> modules from _non_dendritic/alice/_<class>/*.nix
-  den.aspects.alice.includes = [ (den._.import-tree ./_non_dendritic/alice) ];
+  den.aspects.alice.includes = [ (<import-tree> ./_non_dendritic/alice) ];
 
   # See the documentation at batteries/import-tree.nix
   den.default.includes = [
-    (den._.import-tree._.host ./_non_dendritic/hosts)
-    (den._.import-tree._.user ./_non_dendritic/users)
-    (den._.import-tree._.home ./_non_dendritic/homes)
+    (<import-tree/host> ./_non_dendritic/hosts)
+    (<import-tree/user> ./_non_dendritic/users)
+    (<import-tree/home> ./_non_dendritic/homes)
   ];
 
 }