AXLE: A Cloud Infrastructure for Lean 4 Theorem Proving Utilities

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AXLE: hosted service of 14 Lean 4 tools for proof checking and transformation

• HTTPS + JSON, pinned Lean/Mathlib env per request
• clients: Python SDK, CLI, MCP server, web UI, HTTP API
• compiling is insufficient for AI proofs: sorry, extra axioms, weakened theorem, unsafe strict verify_proof
• candidate checked against separate statement file
• rejects sorry, axioms outside {propext, Quot.sound, Classical.choice}, type mismatch, unsafe
• use as RL reward gate, agent oracle, dataset filter
• trusts compiled environment, no from-scratch recheck
  • hostile submissions need hermetic rebuild or replay
• 1,000 paired requests: AXLE 0.97 s median, 100% success; SafeVerify 10.1 s, 99.9%; Comparator 95.7 s, 93.8%
  • agrees with Comparator on 938/938, SafeVerify 992/999 (7 cases AXLE stricter) isolated multi-version execution
• fresh sandbox per request, no network, no candidate file writes
• timeouts, retries, fair-share scheduling per API key
• 5,000 Goedel-workbook proofs: all systems agree, AXLE 1.05 s / 2.09 req/s vs direct Lean 5.14 s / 1.03 req/s
  • 4,708 pass, 287 fail, 5 timeout
  • scales to 8 vCPUs then plateaus, no unlimited-scaling evidence proof-engineering tools
• extract_decls: dependency-closed declarations with metadata
• merge: α-equivalence or definitional equality, topological sort, conflict renaming
• have2lemma, sorry2lemma: generalize proof state into standalone lemma
• simplify_theorems: remove unused tactics and hypotheses to fixed point, rollback on error
• repair_proofs: replace rejected constructs, truncate finished proofs Verus takeaways (inference)
• gate = compile with Verus + required signatures, reject external_body and unverified functions
• pin Rust, Verus, crates, SMT solver, keep logs and seeds per request
• repair must never add external_body or weaken ensures

Last edited: 2026-11-04