know-tool

The Know Tool creates a spec graph that maps user objectives to software components, enforcing a directed acyclic graph structure. Use commands like know rules, know list, and know link to discover dependencies, add entities, and connect them, establishing a single source of truth that reduces LLM hallucination and maintains explicit relationships.

The Know Tool validates dependencies through know validate and know analyze commands before modifications to ensure the graph remains a DAG with explicit relationships. This governance layer prevents circular dependencies and broken references, keeping your specification graph structurally sound.

Yes. The Know Tool generates entity specs, feature specs, and sitemap extraction directly from your spec graph using the know generate command. This enables specification generation workflows where LLMs can reference accurate, graph-derived requirements without manual synthesis.

Use know rules to describe features and view allowed dependencies, combined with graph visualization to reveal component structure. Discovery workflows show how entities interconnect, exposing hidden dependencies and enabling informed decisions about component relationships.

The Know Tool operates as a CLI for spec graph management independent of your build system. It maintains explicit entity, reference, and meta schemas, supporting discovery, modification, validation, and spec generation workflows across different dependency management approaches.

The spec graph enforces DAG structure, preventing circular dependencies. This constraint ensures clarity but requires planning entity relationships upfront. Know validate and know analyze help identify structural conflicts early, though complex interdependencies may need refactoring before graph integration.