UCLID5: Multi-modal Formal Modeling, Verification, and Synthesis

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uclid5: one language for procedural + transition-system models, with SMT verification and SyGuS synthesis

• supports hoare proofs, k-induction, bmc, hyperproperties, synthesis
• pipeline: parse, typecheck, inline, symbolic simulation, emit SMT-lib or SyGuS-if
• tcb: external solver, front-end translation, oracle binaries multi-modal modeling
• Boogie-style procedures plus init/next modules
• loops: unroll, or replace with user invariants SyGuS invariant synthesis
• declare synthesis function h, conjoin in a non-inductive invariant, solver (CVC5) fills the body
  • fibonacci example finds h(x, y) = x >= 0 hyperproperties via self-composition
• hyperinvariant[2] over two module instances
• trusted-access-protection case study: 2765 lines, 49 s vs Boogie 1840 lines, 51 s
  • integrity proof: 293 lines, 30 s vs Boogie 835 lines, 346 s
  • single models, not averages
• Verus: encode two ghost state copies, prove a relational invariant; no hyperinvariant keyword oracle functions
• external binary queried by the solver for hard-to-model parts
• lti example synthesizes controller gains k0, k1 with bmc over 10 steps

Last edited: 2026-11-04