# cabinet-ai-knowledge-base

This skill sets up Cabinet, a self-hosted knowledge base and startup OS with markdown pages, agents that keep memory, cron jobs and embedded HTML apps.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 607 installs · ★ 88
- Author: reason-machines
- License: not stated · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/reason-machines/trending-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/cabinet-ai-knowledge-base/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-09
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/cabinet-ai-knowledge-base

## What it does

Cabinet keeps everything as markdown files under `data/`. There is no database, and every save auto-commits to git, so page history comes for free. Agents are markdown files too: definitions live in `data/.agents/active/<agent-name>/index.md`, and the daemon appends results to `memory.md`.

The skill walks through install and setup. The quick path is `npx create-cabinet@latest`, then `npm run dev:all` starts both servers — Next.js on port 3000 and the WebSocket plus job scheduler on 3001. An onboarding wizard builds your agent team in 5 questions. A manual clone with `npm install` and a copy of `.env.example` to `.env.local` also works.

You need Node.js 20+, the Claude CLI (`npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code`) and macOS or Linux. On Windows you go through WSL, so check your environment before starting. Agent schedules are plain cron expressions in the `schedule` field, and any `index.html` inside a folder under `data/` renders as an embedded app with no build step.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add reason-machines/trending-skills --skill cabinet-ai-knowledge-base -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/cabinet-ai-knowledge-base/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/cabinet-ai-knowledge-base/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add reason-machines/trending-skills --skill cabinet-ai-knowledge-base -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/cabinet-ai-knowledge-base/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add reason-machines/trending-skills --skill cabinet-ai-knowledge-base -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/cabinet-ai-knowledge-base/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install reason-machines/trending-skills cabinet-ai-knowledge-base
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/cabinet-ai-knowledge-base/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add reason-machines/trending-skills --skill cabinet-ai-knowledge-base -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/reason-machines/trending-skills --path skills/cabinet-ai-knowledge-base
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/cabinet-ai-knowledge-base/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add reason-machines/trending-skills --skill cabinet-ai-knowledge-base -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/reason-machines/trending-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/cabinet-ai-knowledge-base/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- stand up a self-hosted knowledge base without a database
- create an agent with a schedule and persistent memory
- wire cron jobs for recurring reports
- embed an HTML dashboard inside the workspace
- trace page edits through git history

## Example prompts
- set up the Cabinet knowledge base and start the dev servers
- add a research agent scheduled every 6 hours
- create a Cabinet folder with an embedded index.html dashboard

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