diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 92a2a8dd..45c20bd9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
-
- The context layer for analytics agents
-
+
+ The context layer for analytics agents
+
@@ -16,183 +16,82 @@
---
KTX turns warehouse metadata, semantic definitions, and business knowledge into
-reviewable project files that agents can use while planning, querying, and
-updating analytics work.
-
-A KTX project is a directory of plain files - YAML semantic sources, Markdown
-wiki pages, and SQLite state - that you commit to git and review in PRs,
-just like dbt models.
-
-## Who KTX is for
-
-KTX is built for analytics engineers and data teams who want data agents to
-work on real analytics systems - not just generate one-off SQL.
+reviewable project files that agents can use to plan, query, and update
+analytics work.
Use KTX when you want agents to:
-- **Generate SQL** from approved measures and joins
-- **Repair semantic definitions** through reviewable diffs
-- **Explain metric provenance** with warehouse evidence
-- **Work alongside** dbt, LookML, MetricFlow, Looker, Metabase, and modern BI
- platforms
+- Generate SQL from approved measures and joins
+- Repair semantic definitions through reviewable diffs
+- Explain metric provenance with warehouse evidence
+- Work alongside dbt, MetricFlow, LookML, Looker, Metabase, and Notion
-Works with PostgreSQL, Snowflake, BigQuery, ClickHouse, MySQL, SQL Server, and
+Supports PostgreSQL, Snowflake, BigQuery, ClickHouse, MySQL, SQL Server, and
SQLite.
-## Quick start
-
-Install the CLI and run the setup wizard:
+## Quick Start
```bash
-npm install @kaelio/ktx
-npm install -g @kaelio/ktx
+pnpm add --global @kaelio/ktx
ktx setup
-```
-
-The wizard walks through six steps: configuring your LLM provider, setting up
-embeddings, connecting your database, adding context sources (dbt, LookML,
-Metabase, Looker, Notion), building context, and installing agent integration.
-
-If it exits before completion, rerun `ktx setup` to resume where you left off.
-
-Check your project status:
-
-```bash
ktx status
```
-```
-KTX project: /home/user/analytics
-Project ready: yes
-LLM ready: yes (claude-sonnet-4-6)
-Embeddings ready: yes (text-embedding-3-small)
-Databases configured: yes (postgres-warehouse)
-Context sources configured: yes (dbt-main)
-KTX context built: yes
-Agent integration ready: yes (claude-code:project)
-```
+`ktx setup` creates or resumes a local KTX project, configures providers and
+connections, builds context, and installs agent integration.
-Generate SQL from a semantic-layer source:
+## Common Commands
-```bash
-npx @kaelio/ktx sl query --project-dir "$PROJECT_DIR" \
- --connection-id warehouse \
- --measure accounts.account_count \
- --dimension accounts.segment \
- --format sql
-```
+| Command | Purpose |
+|---------|---------|
+| `ktx setup` | Create, resume, or update a KTX project |
+| `ktx status` | Check project readiness |
+| `ktx connection list` | List configured connections |
+| `ktx connection test ` | Test one connection |
+| `ktx ingest ` | Build context for one connection |
+| `ktx ingest --all` | Build context for every configured connection |
+| `ktx ingest text ` | Capture free-form notes into memory |
+| `ktx sl list` | List semantic-layer sources |
+| `ktx sl search "revenue"` | Search semantic-layer sources |
+| `ktx sl validate --connection-id ` | Validate a semantic source |
+| `ktx sl query --measure --format sql` | Compile semantic-layer SQL |
+| `ktx wiki search "revenue definition"` | Search local wiki context |
+| `ktx mcp start` | Start the local MCP server for agent clients |
-List and test a configured warehouse connection:
+Project resolution defaults to `KTX_PROJECT_DIR`, then the nearest `ktx.yaml`,
+then the current directory. Pass `--project-dir ` when scripting.
-```bash
-ktx connection list --project-dir "$PROJECT_DIR"
-ktx connection test warehouse --project-dir "$PROJECT_DIR"
-```
-
-The connection test prints the configured driver and connector-specific status:
+## Project Layout
```text
-Connection test passed: warehouse
-Driver: sqlite
-Status: ok
-```
-
-## What's in a project
-
-```
my-project/
-├── ktx.yaml # Project configuration
-├── semantic-layer/
-│ └── warehouse/
-│ ├── orders.yaml # Semantic source definitions
-│ ├── customers.yaml
-│ └── order_items.yaml
-├── wiki/
-│ ├── global/
-│ │ ├── revenue.md # Business definitions and rules
-│ │ └── segment-classification.md
-│ └── user/
-│ └── local/
-├── raw-sources/
-│ └── warehouse/
-│ └── / # Database ingest artifacts and reports
-└── .ktx/
- └── db.sqlite # Local state (git-ignored)
+├── ktx.yaml # Project configuration
+├── semantic-layer// # YAML semantic sources
+├── wiki/global/ # Shared business context
+├── wiki/user// # User-scoped notes
+├── raw-sources// # Ingest artifacts and reports
+└── .ktx/ # Local state and secrets, git-ignored
```
-Semantic sources and wiki pages are committed to git. The `.ktx/` directory
-holds ephemeral state and is git-ignored - delete it and KTX rebuilds on the
-next run.
+Commit `ktx.yaml`, `semantic-layer/`, and `wiki/`. Keep `.ktx/` local.
-### Build demo warehouse context
+## Agent Usage
-Database ingest artifacts are written under `raw-sources/warehouse//`
-in the project directory.
+Setup can install KTX instructions for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenCode,
+and universal `.agents` clients:
```bash
-ktx ingest warehouse --project-dir "$PROJECT_DIR" --fast
-ktx status --project-dir "$PROJECT_DIR"
+ktx setup --agents --target codex
```
-For non-SQLite drivers, prefer credential references such as `--url env:NAME`
-or `--url file:PATH` over literal credential URLs.
-
-## Managed Python runtime
-
-KTX installs its Python runtime only when a Python-backed command needs it.
-The runtime lives outside the npm cache, is versioned by the installed CLI
-version, and is managed by `ktx dev runtime` commands.
-
-KTX requires `uv` on `PATH` to create the managed runtime. Install `uv` with
-your system package manager or the official installer before running Python-
-backed KTX commands. KTX doesn't download `uv` automatically; run
-`ktx dev runtime status` if runtime installation fails:
+Agent-facing workflows typically start with:
```bash
-ktx dev runtime install --yes
-ktx dev runtime status
-ktx dev runtime start
-ktx dev runtime stop
+ktx sl search "revenue" --json
+ktx wiki search "refund policy" --json
+ktx sl query --connection-id warehouse --measure orders.revenue --format sql
```
-The release artifact manifest contains the public npm tarball and the bundled `kaelio-ktx`
-runtime wheel. The `python/ktx-sl` and `python/ktx-daemon` directories remain
-source packages for development, not public release artifacts.
-
-## Use KTX with agents
-
-KTX integrates with coding agents through CLI skills. The setup wizard
-configures this automatically.
-
-**CLI skills** - the agent calls `ktx` commands directly through a skill file
-installed in your agent's config (e.g., `.claude/skills/ktx/SKILL.md`):
-
-```bash
-ktx sl query --measure orders.revenue --dimension orders.status --format sql
-ktx wiki search "revenue definition"
-ktx sl validate orders
-```
-
-Supported agents: Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, OpenCode, and any agent that
-reads `.agents/` skills.
-
-## Workspace packages
-
-| Package | Purpose |
-|---------|---------|
-| `packages/cli` | CLI entry point |
-| `packages/context` | Core context engine |
-| `packages/llm` | LLM and embedding providers |
-| `packages/connector-bigquery` | BigQuery scan connector |
-| `packages/connector-clickhouse` | ClickHouse scan connector |
-| `packages/connector-mysql` | MySQL scan connector |
-| `packages/connector-postgres` | Postgres scan connector |
-| `packages/connector-snowflake` | Snowflake scan connector |
-| `packages/connector-sqlite` | SQLite scan connector |
-| `packages/connector-sqlserver` | SQL Server scan connector |
-| `python/ktx-sl` | Semantic-layer query planning |
-| `python/ktx-daemon` | Portable compute service |
-
## Development
```bash
@@ -204,7 +103,7 @@ pnpm run build
pnpm run check
```
-Use the development CLI for local testing:
+Use the development CLI locally:
```bash
pnpm run setup:dev
@@ -212,30 +111,28 @@ pnpm run link:dev
ktx-dev --help
```
-### Debug LLM traces
+KTX is a pnpm + uv workspace:
-KTX can capture local AI SDK DevTools traces for LLM calls that run through the
-KTX provider. Enable it with an environment flag when running an LLM-backed
-command:
+- TypeScript packages live in `packages/*`
+- CLI source lives in `packages/cli`
+- Python runtime source lives in `python/ktx-sl` and `python/ktx-daemon`
+- Public docs live in `docs-site/content/docs`
+
+Useful checks:
```bash
-KTX_AI_DEVTOOLS_ENABLED=true ktx ingest warehouse --project-dir "$PROJECT_DIR" --deep
+pnpm run type-check
+pnpm run test
+pnpm run dead-code
+uv run pytest -q
```
-Traces are written to `.devtools/generations.json` under the current working
-directory. To inspect them, run:
+## Docs
-```bash
-pnpm dlx @ai-sdk/devtools
-```
-
-Then open `http://localhost:4983`. These traces are local-development-only and
-store prompts, model outputs, tool arguments/results, and raw provider payloads
-in plain text. Do not enable this in production or for sensitive runs.
-
-The repository uses `pnpm` for TypeScript packages and `uv` for Python
-packages. See [Contributing](docs-site/content/docs/community/contributing.mdx)
-for full development setup, testing, and PR guidelines.
+- [Quickstart](docs-site/content/docs/getting-started/quickstart.mdx)
+- [CLI Reference](docs-site/content/docs/cli-reference/index.mdx)
+- [Building Context](docs-site/content/docs/guides/building-context.mdx)
+- [Contributing](docs-site/content/docs/community/contributing.mdx)
## License
diff --git a/docs-site/content/docs/cli-reference/index.mdx b/docs-site/content/docs/cli-reference/index.mdx
index c4ef07db..065339ca 100644
--- a/docs-site/content/docs/cli-reference/index.mdx
+++ b/docs-site/content/docs/cli-reference/index.mdx
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ description: "Command map and shared options for the KTX CLI."
---
The `ktx` CLI sets up local projects, builds agent-ready context, checks
-connections, queries semantic-layer sources, searches wiki pages, and manages
-the bundled Python runtime.
+connections, queries semantic-layer sources, searches wiki pages, runs the MCP
+server, and manages the bundled Python runtime.
## Command Map
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ ktx
validate
query
status
+ mcp
+ start
+ stop
+ status
+ logs
dev
init [directory]
schema
@@ -73,4 +78,7 @@ ktx ingest --all
# Search semantic-layer sources and wiki pages
ktx sl search "revenue"
ktx wiki search "revenue recognition"
+
+# Start the local MCP server for agent clients
+ktx mcp start
```
diff --git a/docs-site/content/docs/cli-reference/ktx-mcp.mdx b/docs-site/content/docs/cli-reference/ktx-mcp.mdx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9f0dd189
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs-site/content/docs/cli-reference/ktx-mcp.mdx
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+---
+title: "ktx mcp"
+description: "Run the KTX MCP HTTP server for agent clients."
+---
+
+`ktx mcp` starts, stops, inspects, and tails the local KTX MCP server for a KTX
+project. Use it when an agent client connects through MCP instead of generated
+CLI instructions.
+
+## Command signature
+
+```bash
+ktx mcp [options]
+```
+
+## Subcommands
+
+| Subcommand | Description |
+|-----------|-------------|
+| `start` | Start the KTX MCP HTTP server |
+| `stop` | Stop the KTX MCP daemon |
+| `status` | Show daemon status, URL, PID, token mode, and project path |
+| `logs` | Print the daemon log |
+
+## `mcp start` Options
+
+| Flag | Description | Default |
+|------|-------------|---------|
+| `--host ` | Host to bind | `127.0.0.1` |
+| `--port ` | Port to bind | `7878` |
+| `--token ` | Bearer token for non-loopback binding | `KTX_MCP_TOKEN` |
+| `--foreground` | Run the server in the foreground | `false` |
+| `--allowed-host ` | Additional allowed Host header; repeatable | - |
+| `--allowed-origin ` | Allowed browser Origin header; repeatable | - |
+
+## `mcp logs` Options
+
+| Flag | Description | Default |
+|------|-------------|---------|
+| `--follow` | Follow log output | `false` |
+
+## Examples
+
+```bash
+# Start the daemon on localhost
+ktx mcp start
+
+# Check status
+ktx mcp status
+
+# Tail logs
+ktx mcp logs --follow
+
+# Run in the foreground on a custom port
+ktx mcp start --port 8787 --foreground
+```
+
+## Security notes
+
+The default host is loopback-only. If you bind to a non-loopback host, configure
+a bearer token with `--token ` or `KTX_MCP_TOKEN` and restrict allowed
+hosts and origins for browser clients.
+
+## Common errors
+
+| Error | Cause | Recovery |
+|-------|-------|----------|
+| No KTX project found | Current directory has no `ktx.yaml` and `KTX_PROJECT_DIR` is unset | Run from a KTX project or pass `--project-dir ` |
+| Non-loopback host rejected | The server needs token auth before binding beyond localhost | Pass `--token ` or set `KTX_MCP_TOKEN` |
+| Client cannot connect | Host, port, token, allowed host, or allowed origin does not match the client | Check `ktx mcp status`, then restart with explicit `--host`, `--port`, `--allowed-host`, and `--allowed-origin` values |
diff --git a/docs-site/content/docs/cli-reference/meta.json b/docs-site/content/docs/cli-reference/meta.json
index 46aafb4c..4103c025 100644
--- a/docs-site/content/docs/cli-reference/meta.json
+++ b/docs-site/content/docs/cli-reference/meta.json
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
"ktx-sl",
"ktx-wiki",
"ktx-status",
+ "ktx-mcp",
"ktx-dev"
]
}
diff --git a/docs-site/tests/docs-index-route.test.mjs b/docs-site/tests/docs-index-route.test.mjs
index ddcd3181..7d1c62c0 100644
--- a/docs-site/tests/docs-index-route.test.mjs
+++ b/docs-site/tests/docs-index-route.test.mjs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { setTimeout as delay } from "node:timers/promises";
import { fileURLToPath } from "node:url";
const configuredDocsSiteUrl = process.env.DOCS_SITE_URL;
+const docsBasePath = "/ktx";
let docsSiteUrl = configuredDocsSiteUrl;
let docsServer;
let docsServerOutput = "";
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ async function waitForDocsServer() {
}
try {
- await fetch(`${docsSiteUrl}/docs`, { redirect: "manual" });
+ await fetch(`${docsSiteUrl}${docsBasePath}/docs`, { redirect: "manual" });
return;
} catch {
await delay(200);
@@ -99,12 +100,14 @@ after(async () => {
}
});
-test("/docs redirects to the docs introduction", async () => {
- const response = await fetch(`${docsSiteUrl}/docs`, { redirect: "manual" });
+test("/ktx/docs redirects to the docs introduction", async () => {
+ const response = await fetch(`${docsSiteUrl}${docsBasePath}/docs`, {
+ redirect: "manual",
+ });
assert.equal(response.status, 307);
assert.equal(
response.headers.get("location"),
- "/docs/getting-started/introduction",
+ `${docsBasePath}/docs/getting-started/introduction`,
);
});