diff --git a/brag/brag/rules/lexer.rkt b/brag/brag/rules/lexer.rkt
index 877f563..32a205f 100755
--- a/brag/brag/rules/lexer.rkt
+++ b/brag/brag/rules/lexer.rkt
@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@
       (:+ id-char)))
 
 
-
-
-
 (define lex/1
   (lexer-src-pos
    [(:: "'"
@@ -64,6 +61,8 @@
     (token-EOF lexeme)]
    [(:: id (:* whitespace) ":")
     (token-RULE_HEAD lexeme)]
+   [(:: "<" id ">" (:* whitespace) ":")
+    (token-RULE_HEAD_HIDDEN lexeme)]
    [id
     (token-ID lexeme)]
    
diff --git a/brag/brag/rules/parser.rkt b/brag/brag/rules/parser.rkt
index a9dc02d..5a318dc 100755
--- a/brag/brag/rules/parser.rkt
+++ b/brag/brag/rules/parser.rkt
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
          token-PIPE
          token-REPEAT
          token-RULE_HEAD
+         token-RULE_HEAD_HIDDEN
          token-ID
          token-LIT
          token-EOF
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@
                        PIPE
                        REPEAT
                        RULE_HEAD
+                       RULE_HEAD_HIDDEN
                        ID
                        LIT
                        EOF))
@@ -84,7 +86,23 @@
                            (position-col $1-start-pos))
                       trimmed
                       #f)
-              $2))]]
+              $2))]
+     
+     ;; angles indicate hiding. set hide value to #t
+     [(RULE_HEAD_HIDDEN pattern)
+      (begin
+        (begin 
+        (define trimmed (cadr (regexp-match #px"<(\\w+)>\\s*:$" $1)))
+        (rule (position->pos $1-start-pos)
+              (position->pos $2-end-pos)
+              (lhs-id (position->pos $1-start-pos)
+                      (pos (+ (position-offset $1-start-pos)
+                              (string-length trimmed))
+                           (position-line $1-start-pos)
+                           (position-col $1-start-pos))
+                      trimmed
+                      #t)
+              $2)))]]
     
     [pattern
      [(implicit-pattern-sequence PIPE pattern)