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+;;; kaakaa --- Tiny, security-focused AI agent in Guile
+;;; Copyright © 2026 Arun Isaac <arunisaac@systemreboot.net>
+;;;
+;;; This file is part of kaakaa.
+;;;
+;;; kaakaa is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+;;; under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+;;; the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+;;; (at your option) any later version.
+;;;
+;;; kaakaa is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+;;; WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+;;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+;;; General Public License for more details.
+;;;
+;;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+;;; along with kaakaa.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+(define-module (kaakaa utils)
+  #:use-module (srfi srfi-1)
+  #:use-module (srfi srfi-26)
+  #:use-module (ice-9 match)
+  #:use-module (ice-9 popen)
+  #:export (->
+            alist->plist
+            call-with-input-pipe))
+
+(define (->-helper x . procs)
+  "Thread @var{x} through @var{procs}."
+  (match procs
+    (() x)
+    ((head tail ...)
+     (apply ->-helper (head x) tail))))
+
+(define-syntax-rule (-> x (proc ...) ...)
+  "Thread @var{x} through @var{procs}.
+
+For example:
+(-> 1
+    (1+ <>)
+    (* 2 <>)
+    (expt <> 2))
+=> 16"
+  (->-helper x (cut proc ...) ...))
+
+(define (alist->plist alist)
+  "Convert association list @var{alist} to a property list. Keys in
+@var{alist} are converted to keywords."
+  (append-map (match-lambda
+                ((key . value)
+                 (list (symbol->keyword (string->symbol key))
+                       value)))
+              alist))
+
+(define (call-with-input-pipe command proc)
+  "Call @var{proc} with input pipe to @var{command}. @var{command} is a
+list of program arguments."
+  (match command
+    ((prog args ...)
+     (let ((port #f))
+       (dynamic-wind
+         (lambda ()
+           (set! port (apply open-pipe* OPEN_READ prog args)))
+         (cut proc port)
+         (lambda ()
+           (unless (zero? (close-pipe port))
+             (error "Command invocation failed" command))))))))