Open Knowledge

Find your first useful answer.

Start in the terminal. Keep the source in plain Markdown. Open the same knowledge base for people, search, and agent workflows.

  1. 01Install + setup
  2. 02Open locally
  3. 03Search
  4. 04Check

Install and set up the knowledge base.

Install the CLI. Run okn setup to select existing Markdown and review a managed copy or in-place adoption. If no Markdown exists, setup offers an agent task.

Read the setup reference
/setup/session.log
Terminal showing the interactive Open Knowledge setup wizard

Open the knowledge base.

Run the local viewer. The viewer opens in your browser by default.

Read the viewer reference
/viewer/local
Open Knowledge local viewer showing the knowledge architecture and view command documentation side by side

Check the knowledge base.

Check the knowledge base after each change and review anything that needs attention before people or agents depend on the content.

Read the check reference
/validate/report
Terminal showing Open Knowledge validation checks passing against Open Knowledge Format v0.2

Start with one useful question.

Build only the context that people and agents need. Improve it as the work changes.