Zig C Interop

Purpose

Guide agents through Zig's C interoperability: @cImport/@cInclude for calling C, translate-c for header inspection, extern struct and packed struct for ABI-compatible types, exporting Zig for C consumption, and zig cc for mixed C/Zig builds.

Triggers

• "How do I call a C function from Zig?"
• "How do I use @cImport and @cInclude?"
• "How do I export Zig functions to be called from C?"
• "How do I define a struct that matches a C struct?"
• "What does translate-c do?"
• "How do I build a mixed C and Zig project?"

Workflow

1. Calling C from Zig with @cImport