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README.md
Knoxx
Roadmap:ROADMAP.md — this repo's slice. The hub, with the
seam, ownership table and sequencing rule, is eta-mu/ROADMAP.md.
Knoxx is a local-first knowledge operations and agent workbench. It combines a
shadow-cljs/Fastify backend, a shadow-cljs + React frontend, a JVM Clojure
ingestion worker, contract-backed policy/actor/model definitions, and adapters
for OpenPlanner, Proxx, MCP, voice, Discord, studio/audio, translation, and
workspace tooling.
The name comes from Fort Knox: a secure vault for a team's knowledge. The garden
motif comes from digital-garden publishing and curated knowledge spaces.
Built with GLM-5 — part of the z.ai startup ecosystem and the Ussyverse.
Clojure CLI for ingestion/ and for every backend shadow-cljs command.
backend/shadow-cljs.edn runs in :deps mode, so shadow-cljs resolves its
classpath through tools.deps and launches via clojure.
Redis and PostgreSQL for sessions/policy/ingestion state.
Proxx for model access, usually on http://127.0.0.1:8789.
OpenPlanner for durable memory/events/graph, usually on
http://127.0.0.1:7777.
For the local Foresight/OpenPlanner/Proxx/Ollama stack, Knoxx can discover the
already-running application credentials without writing them into this repo:
# Terminal 1: compile backend CLJS in watch mode
pnpm -C backend run watch
# Terminal 2: run the dev server output
pnpm -C backend run start:dev
Start ingestion:
cd ingestion
clojure -M:run
Start frontend:
pnpm -C frontend run dev
Open the frontend at:
http://127.0.0.1:5173
The shadow dev HTTP proxy defaults to http://127.0.0.1:8000, matching the
host PM2 backend. Override it with KNOXX_BACKEND_URL when running the frontend
somewhere else, for example KNOXX_BACKEND_URL=http://knoxx-backend:8000 inside
a Docker network. VITE_KNOXX_BACKEND_URL is still honored for ad-hoc Vite dev
or preview, but shadow-cljs dev HTTP reads KNOXX_BACKEND_URL.
Quick start: PM2 host stack
ecosystem.config.cjs encodes the current multi-process host development stack:
knoxx-shadow — shadow-cljs watch server-dev for backend CLJS.
knoxx-backend — nbb scripts/start-server-dev.cljs, waiting for the watch
build and then running dist-dev/server.js.
knoxx-frontend — pnpm dev in frontend/, with Vite bridge watch builds
plus shadow dev HTTP on 5173.
knoxx-ingestion — clojure -M:run on 3003.
Optional local sidecars for STT and Shoedelussy MCP/UI when configured.
The PM2 file loads non-committed host secrets from ~/.knoxx/.env by default.
Do not commit real credentials.
# Backend
pnpm -C backend run build
pnpm -C backend run start
# Frontend
pnpm -C frontend run build
# Discord bot, if used
pnpm -C discord-bot run build
| Area | Routes |
|------|--------|
| Health/config | GET /health, GET /api/config, GET /api/data/health |
| Auth/context | GET /api/auth/config, GET /api/auth/login, GET /api/auth/context, POST /api/auth/logout, invite/signup routes |
| Agent runtime | POST /api/knoxx/chat, POST /api/knoxx/chat/start, POST /api/knoxx/direct, POST /api/knoxx/direct/start, POST /api/knoxx/steer, POST /api/knoxx/follow-up, POST /api/knoxx/abort, GET /api/knoxx/run/:runId/events, GET /api/knoxx/runs/:runId, WS /ws/stream |
| OpenAI compatibility | GET /v1/models, POST /v1/chat/completions, POST /v1/embeddings |
| Proxx | GET /api/proxx/health, GET /api/proxx/models, POST /api/proxx/chat, observability routes under /api/proxx/observability/* |
| Memory | GET /api/memory/sessions, GET /api/memory/sessions/:sessionId, POST /api/memory/search, session title import/backfill routes |
| Contracts | GET /api/agent/contracts, POST /api/agent/contracts/validate, GET/PUT /api/agent/contracts/:contractId, admin contract routes under /api/admin/contracts |
| Admin/RBAC | org, role, user, membership, data-lake, actor mailbox, event-agent, Discord config, and trigger routes under /api/admin/* |
| Tools | GET /api/tools/catalog, POST /api/tools/read, POST /api/tools/write, POST /api/tools/edit, POST /api/tools/bash, websearch/email/Discord publish routes |
| MCP | GET /.well-known/oauth-authorization-server, GET /.well-known/oauth-protected-resource, POST /api/mcp/oauth/register, OAuth authorize/token routes, GET/POST/DELETE /mcp |
| Data/OpenPlanner | /api/data/*, /api/openplanner/*, document ingestion/status/history routes, graph export, database settings |
| Ingestion proxy | /api/ingestion/*, /api/ingestion-proxy/* |
| Studio/audio | /api/studio/*, labels, playlists, audio assets, Discord media scan routes |
| Workspace media | /api/workspace-media/raw, /api/workspace-media/audio-library, rename/ensure-dir routes |
| Voice | GET /api/voice/stt/health, POST /api/voice/stt, GET /api/voice/tts/health, POST /api/voice/tts, WS /ws/voice/tts |
| Translation | routes under /api/translations/* |
Representative ingestion routes:
| Route | Purpose |
|-------|---------|
| GET /health | Ingestion service health |
| GET /api/ingestion/browse | Browse workspace/source files |
| GET /api/ingestion/file | Preview a file |
| PUT /api/ingestion/file | Update a file through ingestion surface |
| GET/POST /api/ingestion/sources | Source list/create |
| GET/POST /api/ingestion/jobs | Job list/create/start |
| POST /api/query/search | Federated/source search |
| POST /api/query/answer | Grounded answer synthesis |
| GET /api/query/gardens | Garden listing |
Contracts and policy
Contracts live under contracts/ and are loaded by the backend as runtime data.
Current contract classes include actors, agents, roles, capabilities, policies,
model families, models, pipelines, runtime features, source modes, sources,
sub-agents, triggers, and workflow/actions.
The Pi development actor is defined at:
contracts/actors/pi.edn
In development, requests with X-API-Key: $KNOXX_API_KEY can resolve to
KNOXX_API_KEY_USER_EMAIL or pi@open-hax.local, then reapply the actor
contract before serving the request.
docs/actor-realtime-socket-io-spec.md — realtime/actor bus target shape.
kanban/ — agent task board (markdown cards); the source of truth for work items. (The former specs/ tree was retired 2026-05-28; its history lives in git and the fork-tax tags.)
Testing and verification
Backend:
pnpm -C backend run lint
pnpm -C backend run typecheck
pnpm -C backend run test
pnpm -C backend run test:coverage
Frontend:
pnpm -C frontend run typecheck
pnpm -C frontend run test
pnpm -C frontend run test:e2e
Ingestion:
cd ingestion
clj-kondo --lint src test
clojure -M:test
Discord bot:
pnpm -C discord-bot run lint:size
pnpm -C discord-bot run typecheck
Repo-wide checks:
node scripts/lint-file-sizes.mjs
bash scripts/pre-push-checks.sh
pnpm run scan:duplication
File size budgets
Knoxx includes a repo-local size linter for Clojure, ClojureScript, TypeScript,
and TSX files.
warning threshold: 350 lines
error threshold: 500 lines
Run the full check from the Knoxx root:
node scripts/lint-file-sizes.mjs
Or run package-local checks:
pnpm -C backend run lint:size
pnpm -C frontend run lint:size
pnpm -C discord-bot run lint:size
Git hooks
Knoxx ships a tracked pre-push hook that runs lint and typecheck gates before a
push:
repo-wide size lint
backend clj-kondo
backend shadow-cljs compile server
ingestion clj-kondo
frontend size lint + TypeScript typecheck
discord-bot size lint + TypeScript typecheck
Install the tracked hook path once per clone:
bash scripts/install-hooks.sh
Run the same checks manually:
bash scripts/pre-push-checks.sh
Temporary escape hatch:
git push --no-verify
# or
KNOXX_SKIP_PRE_PUSH=1 git push
License
GPL-3.0-or-later; see LICENSE.
Deployment ownership
Knoxx owns application validation and portable packaging. Production image
builds, host placement, deployment, and live verification are owned by the
DigitalOcean stack in open-hax/services. A reviewed Services pull request
carrying deploy at merge time authorizes that stack; Knoxx pull-request labels
do not deploy a shared staging slot.
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