kglite-cli
The interactive Cypher shell for kglite
knowledge graphs — the sqlite3-style REPL for .kgl files.
Install
$ pip install kglite # Python API plus the `kglite` command
# or
$ pip install kglite-cli # standalone CLI-only binary wheel
# or
$ cargo install kglite-cli # standalone build (needs a Rust toolchain)
The main kglite wheel embeds this crate's Rust library and exposes the same
command through a thin console-script shim. kglite-cli remains the standalone
libpython-free binary distribution; install one route or the other.
The code-review Agent Skill is installed by codingest, which also builds the code graphs the skill queries:
$ codingest skill install
Use
Run one query and exit:
$ kglite query app.kgl "MATCH (n:Person) RETURN n.name AS name" --format json
[
{
"name": "Alice"
}
]
Run a scoped write and persist it:
$ kglite write app.kgl "CREATE (:Task {id:'t1', status:'todo'})" \
--save --write-scope Task --git-sha abc123 --modified-by agent
Inspect a dependency frontier:
$ kglite ready-set app.kgl --done 'n.status = "done"' --node-type Task --format csv
Ask for the agent-oriented graph description:
$ kglite describe app.kgl
$ kglite describe app.kgl --types Task
$ kglite describe app.kgl --cypher
Build a code-review graph without Python or MCP configuration:
# Code-graph builds live in the codingest project's CLI:
$ codingest build . --output .kglite/code-review.kgl
$ codingest status --output .kglite/code-review.kgl
The adjacent metadata sidecar records the source and revision fingerprint so
status can detect a stale working-tree artifact or a revision label that
moved.
Keep one graph loaded for an agent loop:
$ kglite session app.kgl --format json
{"op":"describe","types":["Task"]}
{"id":"w1","op":"write","query":"CREATE (:Task {id:'t1', status:'todo'})"}
{"id":"q1","op":"query","query":"MATCH (t:Task) RETURN count(t) AS n","format":"json"}
{"op":"save"}
{"op":"exit"}
Session JSON responses echo id when provided. JSON-mode query/write
responses return typed rows; table/csv modes return rendered output.
For describe, the compact forms still work ("connections":true,
"connections":["KNOWS"]), and agents can use explicit object forms:
"connections":{"detail":"overview"} or "connections":{"types":["KNOWS"]}.
Or open the interactive shell:
$ kglite app.kgl
kglite shell — app.kgl
Type .help for commands, .quit to exit.
kglite> MATCH (n:Person) RETURN n.name AS name LIMIT 3;
name
----
Alice
Bob
Carol
(3 rows)
kglite> .quit
Run with no path for a scratch in-memory graph ($ kglite). Pure-Rust single
binary over kglite::api::* — no Python, no server.
A Cypher statement runs when terminated by ;, so it can span multiple lines;
dot-commands run on Enter. Tab completes dot-commands and the graph's labels.
Piped input (kglite app.kgl < script.cypher) additionally runs a balanced
trailing statement at end of input and before a dot-command line, so a script
whose last statement has no ; still runs; an unbalanced tail is reported on
stderr with a non-zero exit. Table cells are width-capped only on a terminal.
Commands
Non-interactive commands:
query <graph.kgl> <cypher> [--format table|csv|json]— run a read-only Cypher querywrite <graph.kgl> <cypher> [--format table|csv|json] [--save]— run a write-capable Cypher statementwrite --write-scope A,B --git-sha <sha> --modified-by <actor>— restrict writes and stamp provenance onauto_timestamptypesready-set <graph.kgl> --done <predicate> [--relationship DEPENDS_ON] [--node-type T]— printCALL ready_set(...)describe <graph.kgl> [--types T] [--cypher] [--connections]— print the XMLdescribe()document for agents, including<skills>and<recipes>indexes when the graph carries themskill <graph.kgl> [name] [--format table|csv|json]— list the skills the graph carries (sorted,--formathonoured), or print one body raw on stdout. Read-only, no writer lease. Exits non-zero when the named skill is absent; a graph with no skills lists zero rows and exits 0. Skills and recipe queries are written from Python (set_skill/set_recipe), not hereokf check <dir> [--dialect obsidian|okf|loose] [--strict] [--json]— check a vault directory against theVAULT.mdformat and print the build report (counts, then errors, then warnings). Exits non-zero on any error;--strictcounts warnings too. Runs the same read the build runs, so it reports what a build doesokf build <dir> -o <graph.kgl> [--dialect obsidian]— build a vault into a.kgl; the report goes to stderr, stdout names the file writtenokf status <dir> [--graph <graph.kgl>] [--dialect obsidian]— print the vault's fingerprint (astatpass; no note is read). With--graph, compare it against the one stamped in the.kglat build time:currentexits 0,staleexits non-zero. Keep the.kgloutside the vault — a file inside it is part of what the fingerprint coversokf export <graph.kgl> <dir> [--force] [--source-root <dir>]— write a.kglback out as a vault. Only files a previous export wrote are replaced or removed; anything else is refused, named on stderr and exits non-zero (--forcelifts that).--source-rootnames the directory the graph's attachments were read from, so their bytes are copied too; omitted, the graph's own recorded source root stands insession <graph.kgl>— process JSONL requests against one in-memory graph (query,write,describe,save,help,exit);{"op":"help"}returns the op tableexport-text <graph.kgl>— print the deterministic text projection used by git textconvdiff <a.kgl> <b.kgl>— compare two graph text projections
Interactive dot-commands:
.help— list commands.quit/.exit— leave the shell.labels/.rels/.schema/.indexes— schema introspection.mode table|csv|json— set the output format.import <file.csv> <NodeType> [--id <col>] [--title <col>]— load a CSV as nodes.dump <dir>— export a portable CSV +blueprint.jsoncopy (reload withkglite.from_blueprint(...)).read <file>— run the Cypher statements in a file.save [path]— write the graph to a.kglfile.timing on|off— show query wall-time after each statement
Anything else is executed as Cypher. Ctrl-C cancels a running query; Ctrl-D exits.
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