Definition 5.5 (Kleisli category). Let 𝕋 be a monad on C. The Kleisli category C𝕋 is defined by obC𝕋=obC, morphsims AfB in C𝕋 are morphisms AfTB in C. The identity AA is AηATA, and the composite of AfBgC is AfTBTgTTCμCTC.

For the unit and associative laws, consider the diagrams

  A       TB        TT B


fT1μηTBBB                 TB
  A         T A


  T B       T TB


μfTη1μAfTTBBB         T B
  A       TB        TTC        TT TD      T TD


fTTμTμμTμgTCμTDhDhDD                 TC         TT D       T D