# okf

Author, maintain, and consume Open Knowledge Format (OKF) knowledge bundles as markdown and YAML files directly inside your repository.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 1100 installs · ★ 426
- Author: scaccogatto
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/scaccogatto/okf-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/okf/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-21
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/okf

## What it does

The skill guides an agent through authoring, updating, and reading knowledge bundles based on the Open Knowledge Format v0.2 specification. OKF stores project knowledge directly inside a repository, usually in the `.okf/` folder. It uses standard Markdown files paired with YAML frontmatter. External databases are not needed. One file represents one concept.

The skill operates in three explicit modes: `produce`, `maintain`, and `consume`. The agent inspects and modifies files using tools like `Read`, `Edit`, `Grep`, and `Bash`. Initializing a clean bundle relies on `uv run` executing `scripts/okf_init.py`. It creates the root `index.md` and `log.md`.

Conformance hinges on one rule. Every non-reserved Markdown file must contain parseable YAML frontmatter with a non-empty `type` field. Other metadata fields remain optional. Without `uv` installed on your machine, the scaffolding script cannot run.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add scaccogatto/okf-skills --skill okf -a claude-code
```

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

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add scaccogatto/okf-skills --skill okf -a codex
```

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

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add scaccogatto/okf-skills --skill okf -a cursor
```

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

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install scaccogatto/okf-skills okf
```

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

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add scaccogatto/okf-skills --skill okf -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/scaccogatto/okf-skills --path skills/okf
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add scaccogatto/okf-skills --skill okf -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/scaccogatto/okf-skills/tree/HEAD/skills/okf/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- capture architecture decisions and API schemas in OKF bundles
- scaffold a new `.okf/` knowledge directory with root files
- sync frontmatter metadata and `log.md` entries after code edits
- link project documents using bundle-relative markdown references

## Example prompts
- Document this authentication service in OKF format under `.okf/`
- Update our knowledge bundle to reflect recent codebase changes
- Run okf in produce mode to capture this database schema

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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```text
---
name: okf
description: >-
  Author, maintain, and consume Open Knowledge Format (OKF) knowledge bundles —
  portable markdown + YAML frontmatter that both humans and agents read. Use when
  capturing project knowledge (services, APIs, schemas, metrics, runbooks,
  decisions) into an OKF bundle, when updating one after code or docs change, or
  when a repository contains an `.okf/` (or other OKF) bundle that should inform
  the task. Triggers on: "document this in OKF", "update the knowledge bundle",
  "capture this as a concept", or any work in a repo that has an OKF bundle.
user-invocable: true
argument-hint: "[produce|maintain|consume] [path]"
allowed-tools: Read Write Edit Grep Glob Bash
---

# Open Knowledge Format (OKF) skill

OKF represents knowledge as a directory of markdown files with YAML frontmatter.
It is minimal by design: no schema registry, no runtime, no SDK. Your job is to
produce, maintain, and consume OKF bundles **conformant with the spec**, not your
memory of it.

**Always read the canonical spec before non-trivial work:**
[reference/SPEC.md](reference/SPEC.md). It is the verbatim OKF v0.2 specification
and the source of truth for every rule below.

## The one hard rule

A bundle is conformant (§11) iff: every non-reserved `.md` file has a parseable
YAML frontmatter block, and every such block has a **non-empty `type`** field.
Everything else is soft guidance. Consumers MUST tolerate missing optional
fields, unknown types, and broken links — never reject a bundle over them.

## Conventions to apply

- **One concept = one file.** The file path (minus `.md`) is the concept ID.
- **Frontmatter:** `type` is required. Add `title`, `description`, `tags` when
  they aid consumption; add `resource` (a canonical URI) only for concepts bound
  to a real asset — omit it for abstract concepts.
- **Body:** prefer structural markdown (headings, tables, lists, fenced code).
  Conventional headings: `# Schema`, `# Examples`, `# Computation`.
- **Cross-links:** standard markdown links; prefer absolute bundle-relative
  form (`/services/auth-api.md`). A link asserts a relationship; its *kind* lives
  in the surrounding prose, not the link.
- **Reserved files:** `index.md` (directory listing, no frontmatter, except the
  bundle-root index, which may carry `okf_version` and this plugin's
  `upkeep: enforced` opt-in flag, plus `recursive: true` (or a depth `n`: levels below the root, `true` is 6) to make the hook
  watch nested git repos) and `log.md` (ISO-dated history, newest
  first). Never use these names for concepts.
- **What goes in `log.md`:** lifecycle events only, written in the bundle-root
  `log.md`: a bundle **created**, a concept **deprecated** or retired, one
  concept **superseding** another, concepts **regenerated** after their source
  changed, a **verification** pass. Routine edits to a concept do not get an
  entry: its `generated` and git already record them. A log is append-only, so
  never rewrite or drop an existing entry.
```
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