okf-cli 0.1.1

Open Knowledge Format tooling

okf-cli — Open Knowledge Format tooling

Converts plain markdown into OKF-conformant knowledge bundles. Domain experts write # Title then > description — okf bundle generates frontmatter, type, timestamps, and index files.

Install

uv tool install okf-cli

Then run:

okf bundle example              # output → bundled/
cat bundled/index.md
cat bundled/tables/orders.md

Dev quickstart

uv sync
uv run okf example

Usage

okf <input-dir> [output-dir] [--default-type <name>]

Argument	Description
input-dir	Directory of plain .md files
output-dir	Target directory (default: bundled)
--default-type	Type for root-level files (skip root files if omitted)

Writing input files

Every .md file must start with:

# Title

> Description
> Second optional description line.

Everything after the description block is free-form — preserved unchanged.

Rules:

Rule	Why
First line must be # Title	Tool reads title here
Followed by > Description	Tool reads description here
Folder name = concept type	tables/orders.md → type: "tables"
Only .md files processed	Non-.md files ignored
Reserved names skipped: index.md, log.md, README.md	OKF spec reserves these

Violations:

Condition	Behavior
Line 1 not # Title	Error, stop
Empty title	Error, stop
No > description block	Error, stop
Root-level file without --default-type	Skip file, warn, continue

Root files need --default-type. Otherwise put files in named folders.

See the example/ directory for a sample of how to structure files.

How it works

1. Walk input-dir for .md files (skip reserved names)
2. Extract title from #, description from >
3. Set type from parent dir name, timestamp from file mtime
4. Write concept files with YAML frontmatter
5. Generate index.md per directory — # Contents for files, # Directories for subdirs (recursive)

Output

Each concept becomes a markdown file with YAML frontmatter:

---
type: "tables"
title: "Customer Orders"
description: "One row per completed customer order across all channels."
timestamp: "2026-07-04T15:06:51+00:00"
---

Original body preserved as-is.

Every directory gets its own index.md:

# Contents

* [Customer Orders](orders.md) - One row per completed customer order across all channels.

# Directories

* [partitions](partitions/)

OKF Conformance

Generated bundles conform to OKF v0.1 (§9):

• Every non-reserved .md has parseable YAML frontmatter with non-empty type ✓
• Reserved filenames follow spec structure ✓
• Consumers MUST tolerate missing optional fields, unknown types, broken links ✓

Project layout

okf-cli
├── OKF_SPEC.md           # OKF specification
├── pyproject.toml        # uv-managed Python project
├── src/okf/cli.py        # Single-file CLI
├── tests/test_cli.py     # Tests
└── example/              # Sample input markdown