# visualize

Turns an OKF bundle into one self-contained HTML graph: concepts as nodes, links as edges, a panel with rendered markdown. Handy for seeing the shape of a knowledge base at a glance.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 849 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/visualize/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-10-21
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/visualize

## What it does

The skill reads an OKF bundle directory and writes a single `viz.html`. Concepts become nodes, coloured by type and sized by body length. Edges come from markdown links and from `sources` entries that point at another concept in the same bundle. There is no backend and no install, and bundle content never leaves the page.

The detail panel lists `type`, `description`, `tags`, `status`, `generated`, `verified`, `stale_after` and `sources` with their credibility signals, plus "Links to" and "Cited by" backlinks. Two badges are derived rather than read: the §5.3 trust tier and staleness. Treat them as advisory — when you report on a bundle, name a concept's tier instead of using it as a gate. A v0.1 `timestamp` is read as `generated.at`, so legacy bundles still render fully.

It runs through `uv run` against `scripts/okf_visualize.py`; without `uv` it installs `pyyaml` and calls the script with `python3`. The bundle directory is required, so pass `.okf` explicitly when no path is given. The viewer needs network access, because cytoscape, marked and dompurify load from cdn.jsdelivr.net. Past 1,000 concepts the layout switches to `concentric` on its own, since the force layout freezes the page; past 5,000 the skill warns about slow loading and suggests rendering a subdirectory instead.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

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

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

### Codex

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

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

### Cursor

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

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

### GitHub Copilot

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

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

### Gemini CLI

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

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

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

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

### OpenCode

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

## When to use it
- see the whole OKF bundle as one graph
- spot concepts nothing links to
- check which sources cite a given concept
- read a concept's markdown body without a separate viewer
- filter concepts by type and search across them

## Example prompts
- visualize the .okf bundle
- graph docs/knowledge and write it to report/viz.html
- open the bundle graph with the circle layout

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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````text
---
name: visualize
description: >-
  Render an Open Knowledge Format (OKF) bundle as a single self-contained,
  interactive HTML graph (viz.html) — concepts as nodes coloured by type and
  sized by body length, markdown links and bundle-internal `sources` as edges,
  a wiki-style detail panel with rendered markdown, v0.2 trust/lifecycle/provenance
  metadata, and "Links to" / "Cited by" backlinks, layout switching, per-type
  filter and search.
  Use when asked to visualize, graph, preview, or explore an OKF bundle.
user-invocable: true
argument-hint: "<bundle-dir> [-o viz.html]"
allowed-tools: Bash
---

# Visualize an OKF bundle

Generate a self-contained HTML graph of the target bundle. The bundle directory
is required, so pass `.okf` explicitly when no path is given. No backend, no
install, no bundle content leaves the page. The viewer does need network
access: cytoscape, marked and dompurify load from cdn.jsdelivr.net.

```bash
uv run "${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/okf_visualize.py" $ARGUMENTS
```

If `uv` is unavailable:

```bash
python3 -m pip install --quiet pyyaml && \
python3 "${CLAUDE_SKILL_DIR}/scripts/okf_visualize.py" $ARGUMENTS
```

The detail panel shows each concept's `type`, `description`, `tags`, `status`,
`generated`, `verified`, `stale_after`, `sources` (with their credibility
signals, a `usage_count` alongside the `usage_window` that frames it), and
rendered body; a `sources` entry pointing at another concept in the bundle also
becomes a graph edge. A v0.1 `timestamp` is read as `generated.at`, so legacy
bundles still render fully.

Two badges are **derived**, not read: the §5.3 trust tier
(*unverified* / *machine-confirmed* / *human-reviewed*, keyed off the `human:`
prefix in `verified[].by`) and staleness (`now >= stale_after`). They are
advisory signals — when reporting on a bundle, say which tier a concept is in
rather than treating any of them as a gate.

| Flag | Effect |
|------|--------|
| `-o <path>` | Output file (default `<bundle>/viz.html`). |
| `-t, --title` | Graph title (default `parent/bundle` dir name). |
| `-l, --link` | Source URL shown in the header. |
| `--layout` | `cose`, `concentric`, `breadthfirst`, `circle`, `grid`. |
| `--max-nodes N` | Exit 1 above N concepts (useful in CI). |
| `--og-image URL` | Absolute URL for the social preview image. |

Above 1,000 concepts the default switches to `concentric` (force freezes the
page; `--layout cose` overrides, and the in-page picker asks first). Above
5,000 it warns that the page loads slowly and reads as a hairball, and
suggests rendering a subdirectory.
````
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