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 where the application of `assumption` should lead to a failure.
 
-### Commands
-
-See `Pantograph/Protocol.lean` for a description of the parameters and return values in JSON.
-* `reset`: Delete all cached expressions and proof trees
-* `stat`: Display resource usage
-* `expr.echo {"expr": <expr>, "type": <optional expected type>, ["levels": [<levels>]]}`: Determine the
-  type of an expression and format it.
-* `env.catalog`: Display a list of all safe Lean symbols in the current environment
-* `env.inspect {"name": <name>, "value": <bool>}`: Show the type and package of a
-  given symbol; If value flag is set, the value is printed or hidden. By default
-  only the values of definitions are printed.
-* `options.set { key: value, ... }`: Set one or more options (not Lean options; those
-  have to be set via command line arguments.), for options, see `Pantograph/Protocol.lean`
-
-  One particular option for interest for machine learning researchers is the
-  automatic mode (flag: `"automaticMode"`).  By default it is turned on, with
-  all goals automatically resuming. This makes Pantograph act like a gym,
-  with no resumption necessary to manage your goals.
-* `options.print`: Display the current set of options
-* `goal.start {["name": <name>], ["expr": <expr>], ["levels": [<levels>]], ["copyFrom": <symbol>]}`:
-  Start a new proof from a given expression or symbol
-* `goal.tactic {"stateId": <id>, "goalId": <id>, ...}`: Execute a tactic string on a
-  given goal. The tactic is supplied as additional key-value pairs in one of the following formats:
-  - `{ "tactic": <tactic> }`: Execute an ordinary tactic
-  - `{ "expr": <expr> }`: Assign the given proof term to the current goal
-  - `{ "have": <expr>, "binderName": <name> }`: Execute `have` and creates a branch goal
-  - `{ "calc": <expr> }`: Execute one step of a `calc` tactic. Each step must
-    be of the form `lhs op rhs`. An `lhs` of `_` indicates that it should be set
-    to the previous `rhs`.
-  - `{ "conv": <bool> }`: Enter or exit conversion tactic mode. In the case of
-    exit, the goal id is ignored.
-* `goal.continue {"stateId": <id>, ["branch": <id>], ["goals": <names>]}`:
-  Execute continuation/resumption
-  - `{ "branch": <id> }`: Continue on branch state. The current state must have no goals.
-  - `{ "goals": <names> }`: Resume the given goals
-* `goal.remove {"stateIds": [<id>]}"`: Drop the goal states specified in the list
-* `goal.print {"stateId": <id>}"`: Print a goal state
-* `frontend.process { ["fileName": <fileName>",] ["file": <str>], invocations:
-  <bool>, sorrys: <bool> }`: Executes the Lean frontend on a file, collecting
-  either the tactic invocations (`"invocations": true`) or the sorrys into goal
-  states (`"sorrys": true`)
-
-### Errors
-
-When an error pertaining to the execution of a command happens, the returning JSON structure is
-
-``` json
-{ "error": "type", "desc": "description" }
-```
-Common error forms:
-* `command`: Indicates malformed command structure which results from either
-  invalid command or a malformed JSON structure that cannot be fed to an
-  individual command.
-* `index`: Indicates an invariant maintained by the output of one command and
-  input of another is broken. For example, attempting to query a symbol not
-  existing in the library or indexing into a non-existent proof state.
+For a list of commands, see [REPL Documentation](doc/repl.md).
 
 ### Project Environment
 

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+# REPL
+
+## Commands
+
+See `Pantograph/Protocol.lean` for a description of the parameters and return values in JSON.
+* `reset`: Delete all cached expressions and proof trees
+* `stat`: Display resource usage
+* `expr.echo {"expr": <expr>, "type": <optional expected type>, ["levels": [<levels>]]}`: Determine the
+  type of an expression and format it.
+* `env.catalog`: Display a list of all safe Lean symbols in the current environment
+* `env.inspect {"name": <name>, "value": <bool>}`: Show the type and package of a
+  given symbol; If value flag is set, the value is printed or hidden. By default
+  only the values of definitions are printed.
+* `env.save { path }`, `env.load { path }`: Save/Load the current environment
+  to/from a file
+* `options.set { key: value, ... }`: Set one or more options (not Lean options; those
+  have to be set via command line arguments.), for options, see `Pantograph/Protocol.lean`
+
+  One particular option for interest for machine learning researchers is the
+  automatic mode (flag: `"automaticMode"`).  By default it is turned on, with
+  all goals automatically resuming. This makes Pantograph act like a gym,
+  with no resumption necessary to manage your goals.
+* `options.print`: Display the current set of options
+* `goal.start {["name": <name>], ["expr": <expr>], ["levels": [<levels>]], ["copyFrom": <symbol>]}`:
+  Start a new proof from a given expression or symbol
+* `goal.tactic {"stateId": <id>, "goalId": <id>, ...}`: Execute a tactic string on a
+  given goal. The tactic is supplied as additional key-value pairs in one of the following formats:
+  - `{ "tactic": <tactic> }`: Execute an ordinary tactic
+  - `{ "expr": <expr> }`: Assign the given proof term to the current goal
+  - `{ "have": <expr>, "binderName": <name> }`: Execute `have` and creates a branch goal
+  - `{ "calc": <expr> }`: Execute one step of a `calc` tactic. Each step must
+    be of the form `lhs op rhs`. An `lhs` of `_` indicates that it should be set
+    to the previous `rhs`.
+  - `{ "conv": <bool> }`: Enter or exit conversion tactic mode. In the case of
+    exit, the goal id is ignored.
+* `goal.continue {"stateId": <id>, ["branch": <id>], ["goals": <names>]}`:
+  Execute continuation/resumption
+  - `{ "branch": <id> }`: Continue on branch state. The current state must have no goals.
+  - `{ "goals": <names> }`: Resume the given goals
+* `goal.remove {"stateIds": [<id>]}"`: Drop the goal states specified in the list
+* `goal.print {"stateId": <id>}"`: Print a goal state
+* `goal.save`{ id, path }, `env.load { path }`: Save/Load a goal state to/from a
+  file. The environment is not carried with the state. The user is responsible
+  to ensure the sender/receiver instances share the same environment.
+* `frontend.process { ["fileName": <fileName>",] ["file": <str>], invocations:
+  <bool>, sorrys: <bool> }`: Executes the Lean frontend on a file, collecting
+  either the tactic invocations (`"invocations": true`) or the sorrys into goal
+  states (`"sorrys": true`)
+
+## Errors
+
+When an error pertaining to the execution of a command happens, the returning JSON structure is
+
+``` json
+{ "error": "type", "desc": "description" }
+```
+Common error forms:
+* `command`: Indicates malformed command structure which results from either
+  invalid command or a malformed JSON structure that cannot be fed to an
+  individual command.
+* `index`: Indicates an invariant maintained by the output of one command and
+  input of another is broken. For example, attempting to query a symbol not
+  existing in the library or indexing into a non-existent proof state.