# kb-visualize

Turns a knowledge bundle into an interactive concept graph. Use it to inspect the whole bundle or focus on the links around one concept.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · ★ 41
- Author: stjbrown
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/stjbrown/agent-knowledge/tree/HEAD/skills/kb-visualize/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-08-01
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/kb-visualize

## What it does

The skill extracts concepts and cross-links into a graph model, then renders nodes in colors based on their types. You can view the full bundle or narrow the graph to one concept and its neighbors. A selected node opens a detail panel with its description, Markdown body, and incoming references; search and a type filter are included.

Claude Code gets a standalone HTML artifact, while hosts that support interactive UI can show the graph in the conversation. The HTML needs no backend: it embeds the model and loads Cytoscape.js and marked from a CDN. Graph extraction requires Node.js 18 or later. The skill reads the bundle without changing it.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add stjbrown/agent-knowledge --skill kb-visualize -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add stjbrown/agent-knowledge --skill kb-visualize -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add stjbrown/agent-knowledge --skill kb-visualize -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install stjbrown/agent-knowledge kb-visualize
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/kb-visualize/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add stjbrown/agent-knowledge --skill kb-visualize -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/stjbrown/agent-knowledge --path skills/kb-visualize
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add stjbrown/agent-knowledge --skill kb-visualize -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/stjbrown/agent-knowledge/tree/HEAD/skills/kb-visualize/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- Map a knowledge bundle as a concept graph
- Explore links around a chosen concept
- Find concepts that refer to a selected node
- Search nodes and narrow the view by type

## Example prompts
- Render an interactive graph for `knowledge/`.
- Show the concepts and links around this topic in the bundle.
- Create the HTML graph and check its nodes and edges.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: kb-visualize
description: Render a knowledge bundle as an interactive graph — native UI where the host supports it, otherwise a self-contained HTML artifact.
disable-model-invocation: true
version: 0.3.2
tags: [knowledge, okf, visualize, graph]
---

# kb-visualize — see the bundle as a graph

Render a [bundle](../kb/SKILL.md) as an interactive **force-directed graph** of its concepts, so a
human can see its shape — hubs, clusters, orphans, and how concepts connect. You author the view from
a deterministic graph model, so it can adapt to the request (a whole-bundle map, or a subgraph around
one concept); it is not a fixed template.

## 1. Extract the graph model

Run the bundled extractor against the target bundle (default `knowledge/`). It is a zero-dependency
Node script (`node >=18`); `<skill-dir>` is this skill's directory — `${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}` under
Claude Code, or whatever path your host exposes for the skill:

```
node "<skill-dir>/scripts/graph.mjs" <bundle-dir>
```

It prints JSON: `nodes` (including `id`, display metadata, `status`, `generated`, `verified`, derived
`trust_tier`, `stale_after`, derived `is_stale`, structured `sources`, attestation metadata, `body`,
`links`, and `cited_by`), the distinct `types`, and `edges`. Backlinks (`cited_by`) and
edges are already computed from the cross-links in concept bodies. If the user scoped the request to
one concept/area, filter the model to that node plus its neighbors.

The renderer MUST consume the model produced by **this extractor invocation**. Do not reuse a
previous run's cached graph JSON or a generator hard-coded to another cache filename. If the host
requires scratch files, overwrite one explicit model path, pass that same path to the renderer, and
remove it after verification.

**Completion criterion:** you have the graph model, and (if scoped) filtered it to the requested
subgraph.

## 2. Choose the output form by host capability

- **Host renders interactive UI** (e.g. Claude Desktop, Codex Desktop, an MCP-Apps host): render the
  graph **as native UI** so it's live in the conversation.
- **Host is text/artifact only** (e.g. Claude Code, a terminal): write a **self-contained HTML file**
  (single file, no backend, CDN libs only) next to the bundle or as an artifact, and give the user
  the path.

If unsure whether the host renders UI, default to the HTML file — it works everywhere.

**Completion criterion:** the output form matches the host's capability.

## 3. Render the view

Whichever form, the view must show (mirroring a conformant OKF viewer):

- A **force-directed graph**: one node per concept, **colored by `type`**, directed **edges** from
  each cross-link. A layout the user can switch (e.g. cose / concentric / breadth-first / grid) is a
  plus.
- A **detail panel** for the selected node: its frontmatter (`description`, `resource` as a link,
  `tags`, lifecycle/freshness, provenance, trust tier, and Attested Computation contract when
  present) and its rendered markdown `body`, with internal concept links rewired to **navigate within
  the view** (select that node) rather than following a file path.
- A **"Cited by"** list per node, from `cited_by` (the reverse link graph).
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