khive 0.2.0

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Khive · Developer Toolkit for Polyglot Agent Monorepos

Khive is an opinionated toolbox that keeps multi-language agent projects fast, consistent, and boring-in-a-good-way. One command - khive - wraps all the little scripts you inevitably write for formatting, CI gating, Git hygiene and doc scaffolding, then gives them a coherent UX that works the same on your laptop and inside CI.

The toolkit is written in pure Python (3.11+), has zero runtime dependencies, and delegates real work to best-of-breed tools like ruff, cargo, deno, and pnpm.

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Table of Contents

1. Core Philosophy
2. Quick Start
3. Command Catalogue
4. Usage Examples
5. Configuration
6. Prerequisites
7. Project Layout
8. Contributing
9. License

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Core Philosophy

• Single entry-point → khive <command>
• Convention over config → sensible defaults, TOML for the rest
• CI/local parity → the CLI and the GH workflow run the same code
• Idempotent helpers → safe to run repeatedly; exit 0 on "nothing to do"
• No lock-in → wraps existing ecosystem tools instead of reinventing them

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Quick Start

# 1 · clone & install
$ git clone https://github.com/khive-dev/khive.git
$ cd khive
$ uv pip install -e .        # editable install - puts `khive` on your PATH

# 2 · bootstrap repo (node deps, rust fmt, git hooks, …)
$ khive init -v

# 3 · hack happily
$ khive fmt --check           # smoke-test formatting
$ khive ci --check            # quick pre-commit gate

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Command Catalogue

Command	What it does (TL;DR)
khive init	Verifies toolchain, installs JS & Python deps, runs cargo check, wires Husky hooks.
khive fmt	Opinionated multi-stack formatter (ruff + black, cargo fmt, deno fmt, markdown).
khive commit	Stages → (optional patch-select) → conventional commit → (optional) push.
khive pr	Pushes branch & opens/creates GitHub PR (uses gh).
khive ci	Local CI gate - lints, tests, coverage, template checks. Mirrors GH Actions.
khive clean	Deletes a finished branch locally & remotely - never nukes default branch.
khive new-doc	Scaffolds markdown docs (ADR, RFC, IP…) from templates with front-matter placeholders.
khive reader	Opens/reads arbitrary docs via docling; returns JSON over stdout.
khive search	Validates & (optionally) executes Exa/Perplexity searches.

Run khive <command> --help for full flag reference.

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Usage Examples

# format *everything*, fixing files in-place
khive fmt

# format only Rust & docs, check-only
khive fmt --stack rust,docs --check

# staged patch commit, no push (good for WIP)
khive commit "feat(ui): dark-mode toggle" --patch --no-push

# open PR in browser as draft
khive pr --draft --web

# run the same CI suite GH will run
khive ci

# delete old feature branch safely
khive clean feature/old-experiment --dry-run

# spin up a new RFC doc: docs/rfcs/RFC-001-streaming-api.md
khive new-doc RFC 001-streaming-api

# open a PDF & read slice 0-500 chars
DOC=$(khive reader open --source paper.pdf | jq -r .doc_id)
khive reader read --doc "$DOC" --end 500

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Configuration

Khive reads TOML from your project root. All keys are optional - keep the file minimal and override only what you need.

pyproject.toml snippets

[tool.khive fmt]
# enable/disable stacks globally
enable = ["python", "rust", "docs", "deno"]

[tool.khive fmt.stacks.python]
cmd = "ruff format {files}"   # custom formatter
check_cmd = "ruff format --check {files}"
include = ["*.py"]
exclude = ["*_generated.py"]

[tool.khive-init]
# selective steps
steps = ["check_tools", "install_python", "install_js", "cargo_check"]

# extra custom step - runs after built-ins
[[tool.khive-init.extra]]
name = "docs-build"
cmd  = "pnpm run docs:build"

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Prerequisites

Khive helps you install tooling but cannot conjure it from thin air. Make sure these binaries are reachable via PATH:

• Python 3.11+ & uv
• Rust toolchain - cargo, rustc, rustfmt, optional cargo-tarpaulin
• Node + pnpm - for JS/TS stacks & Husky hooks
• Deno ≥ 1.42 - used for Markdown & TS fmt
• Git + GitHub CLI gh - Git ops & PR automation
• jq - report post-processing, coverage merging

Run khive init --check to verify everything at once.

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Project Layout

khive/
  khive_cli.py      # ← unified dispatcher
  khive_init.py     # env bootstrapper
  khive_fmt.py      # formatter orchestrator
  khive_commit.py   # conventional commit helper
  khive_pr.py       # PR automation via gh
  khive_ci.py       # test / lint / coverage gate
  khive_clean.py    # branch janitor
  khive_new_doc.py  # markdown scaffolder
  khive_reader.py   # docling wrapper CLI
  khive_search.py   # Exa / Perplexity search CLI
  utils.py          # shared ANSI & helpers

All scripts expose a main() entry-point; khive_cli.py maps sub-commands via its COMMANDS dict so extension is trivial.

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Contributing

1. Fork → branch (feat/…) → hack
2. khive fmt && khive ci --check until green
3. khive commit "feat(x): …" + khive pr
4. Address review comments → squash-merge ☑️

We follow Conventional Commits and semantic-release tagging.