leankg 0.5.9

Lightweight Knowledge Graph for AI-Assisted Development
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LeanKG

License: MIT Rust crates.io

Lightweight Knowledge Graph for AI-Assisted Development

LeanKG is a local-first knowledge graph that gives AI coding tools accurate codebase context. It indexes your code, builds dependency graphs, generates documentation, and exposes an MCP server so tools like Cursor, OpenCode, and Claude Code can query the knowledge graph directly. No cloud services, no external databases -- everything runs on your machine with minimal resources.

How LeanKG Helps

graph LR
    subgraph "Without LeanKG"
        A1[AI Tool] -->|Scans entire codebase| B1[10000+ tokens]
        B1 --> A1
    end

    subgraph "With LeanKG"
        A2[AI Tool] -->|13-42 tokens| C[LeanKG Graph]
        C -->|Targeted subgraph| A2
    end

Without LeanKG: AI scans entire codebase, wasting tokens on irrelevant context.

With LeanKG: AI queries the knowledge graph for targeted context only.

Installation

One-Line Install (Recommended)

Install the LeanKG binary, configure MCP, and add agent instructions for your AI coding tool:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/FreePeak/LeanKG/main/scripts/install.sh | bash -s -- <target>

This installs:

  1. LeanKG binary to ~/.local/bin
  2. MCP configuration for your AI tool
  3. Agent instructions (LeanKG tool usage guidance) to the tool's config directory

Supported targets:

Target AI Tool MCP Config Agent Instructions
opencode OpenCode AI ~/.config/opencode/opencode.json ~/.config/opencode/AGENTS.md
cursor Cursor AI ~/.cursor/mcp.json ~/.cursor/AGENTS.md
claude Claude Code/Desktop ~/.config/claude/settings.json ~/.config/claude/CLAUDE.md
gemini Gemini CLI / Google Antigravity ~/.config/gemini-cli/mcp.json / ~/.gemini/antigravity/mcp_config.json ~/.gemini/GEMINI.md
kilo Kilo Code ~/.config/kilo/kilo.json ~/.config/kilo/AGENTS.md

Examples:

# Install for OpenCode
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/FreePeak/LeanKG/main/scripts/install.sh | bash -s -- opencode

# Install for Cursor
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/FreePeak/LeanKG/main/scripts/install.sh | bash -s -- cursor

# Install for Claude Code
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/FreePeak/LeanKG/main/scripts/install.sh | bash -s -- claude

# Install for Gemini CLI
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/FreePeak/LeanKG/main/scripts/install.sh | bash -s -- gemini

# Install for Kilo Code
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/FreePeak/LeanKG/main/scripts/install.sh | bash -s -- kilo

# Install for Google Antigravity
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/FreePeak/LeanKG/main/scripts/install.sh | bash -s -- antigravity

Install via Cargo

cargo install leankg
leankg --version

Build from Source

git clone https://github.com/your-org/LeanKG.git
cd LeanKG
cargo build --release

Update

To update LeanKG to the latest version, run the same install command:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/FreePeak/LeanKG/main/scripts/install.sh | bash -s -- update

This will replace the existing binary with the latest release while preserving your configuration.

Quick Start

# 1. Initialize LeanKG in your project
leankg init

# 2. Index your codebase
leankg index ./src

# 3. Start the MCP server (for AI tools)
leankg serve

# 4. Start the Web UI (for visualization)
# Open http://localhost:8080 in your browser
leankg web

# 5. Compute impact radius for a file
leankg impact src/main.rs --depth 3

# 6. Check index status
leankg status

How It Works

sequenceDiagram
    participant Dev as Developer
    participant CLI as LeanKG CLI
    participant Indexer as Code Indexer
    participant DB as CozoDB
    participant MCP as MCP Server
    participant AI as AI Tool (Claude/Cursor)

    Dev->>CLI: leankg init
    CLI->>DB: Initialize graph database

    Dev->>CLI: leankg index ./src
    CLI->>Indexer: Parse source files
    Indexer->>Indexer: Extract functions, imports, calls
    Indexer->>DB: Store code elements & relationships

    Dev->>CLI: leankg serve
    CLI->>MCP: Start MCP server

    AI->>MCP: "What's the impact of changing auth.rs?"
    MCP->>DB: Query impact radius (N hops)
    DB-->>MCP: Affected files list
    MCP-->>AI: Targeted context (13 tokens vs 835)

    Dev->>CLI: leankg watch
    CLI->>Index: Watch for file changes
    Index->>DB: Incremental update
  1. Index -- LeanKG parses your codebase and builds a graph of code elements (functions, classes, modules) and their relationships (imports, calls, tests).
  2. Query -- AI tools query the graph via MCP instead of scanning files.
  3. Optimize -- Get targeted context with ~99% token reduction.

MCP Server Setup

See MCP Setup for detailed setup instructions for all supported AI tools.

Agentic Instructions for AI Tools

LeanKG instructs AI coding agents to use LeanKG first for codebase queries.

Quick Rule to Add Manually

Add this to your AI tool's instruction file:

## MANDATORY: Use LeanKG First
Before ANY codebase search/navigation, use LeanKG tools:
1. `mcp_status` - check if ready
2. Use tool: `search_code`, `find_function`, `query_file`, `get_impact_radius`, `get_dependencies`, `get_dependents`, `get_tested_by`, `get_context`
3. Only fallback to grep/read if LeanKG fails

| Task | Use |
|------|-----|
| Where is X? | `search_code` or `find_function` |
| What breaks if I change Y? | `get_impact_radius` |
| What tests cover Y? | `get_tested_by` |
| How does X work? | `get_context` |

Instruction Files (Auto-installed)

Tool File Auto-install
Claude Code ~/.config/claude/CLAUDE.md Yes
OpenCode ~/.config/opencode/AGENTS.md Yes
Cursor ~/.cursor/AGENTS.md Yes
KiloCode ~/.config/kilo/AGENTS.md Yes
Codex ~/.config/codex/AGENTS.md Yes
Gemini CLI ~/.gemini/GEMINI.md Yes
Google Antigravity ~/.gemini/GEMINI.md Yes

See Agentic Instructions for detailed setup.

OpenCode Plugin (Auto-Trigger)

LeanKG includes an OpenCode plugin that automatically injects LeanKG context into every prompt. Add to your opencode.json:

{
  "plugins": ["leankg@git+https://github.com/FreePeak/LeanKG.git"]
}

This makes LeanKG tools always available without manual activation. See .opencode/INSTALL.md for details.

Claude Code Plugin (Auto-Trigger)

LeanKG is available via the official Claude plugin marketplace:

/plugin install leankg@claude-plugins-official

Or register the marketplace:

/plugin marketplace add FreePeak/leankg-marketplace
/plugin install leankg@leankg-marketplace

See .claude-plugin/INSTALL.md for details.

Cursor Plugin (Auto-Trigger)

LeanKG is available via the Cursor plugin marketplace:

/add-plugin leankg

See .cursor-plugin/INSTALL.md for details.

Gemini CLI / Google Antigravity (Auto-Trigger)

Install via gemini extensions:

gemini extensions install https://github.com/FreePeak/LeanKG

See GEMINI.md for context file details.

Codex (Fetch Instructions)

Tell Codex:

Fetch and follow instructions from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/FreePeak/LeanKG/refs/heads/main/.codex/INSTALL.md

See .codex/INSTALL.md for details.

Kilo Code (Fetch Instructions)

Tell Kilo Code:

Fetch and follow instructions from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/FreePeak/LeanKG/refs/heads/main/.kilo/INSTALL.md

See .kilo/INSTALL.md for details.

Highlights

  • Code Indexing -- Parse and index Go, TypeScript, Python, and Rust codebases with tree-sitter.
  • Dependency Graph -- Build call graphs with IMPORTS, CALLS, and TESTED_BY edges.
  • Impact Radius -- Compute blast radius for any file to see downstream impact.
  • Auto Documentation -- Generate markdown docs from code structure automatically.
  • MCP Server -- Expose the graph via MCP protocol for AI tool integration.
  • File Watching -- Watch for changes and incrementally update the index.
  • CLI -- Single binary with init, index, serve, impact, and status commands.
  • Business Logic Mapping -- Annotate code elements with business logic descriptions and link to features.
  • Traceability -- Show feature-to-code and requirement-to-code traceability chains.
  • Documentation Mapping -- Index docs/ directory, map doc references to code elements.
  • Graph Viewer -- Visualize knowledge graph using standalone web UI.

Web UI

See Web UI for detailed documentation.

Auto-Indexing

LeanKG watches your codebase and automatically keeps the knowledge graph up-to-date. See CLI Reference for detailed commands.

CLI Commands

For the complete CLI reference, see CLI Reference.

MCP Tools

See MCP Tools for the complete list of available tools.

Supported AI Tools

Tool Integration Agent Instructions
Claude Code MCP Yes (CLAUDE.md)
OpenCode MCP Yes (AGENTS.md)
Cursor MCP Yes (AGENTS.md)
KiloCode MCP Yes (AGENTS.md)
Codex MCP Yes (AGENTS.md)
Google Antigravity MCP Yes (AGENTS.md)
Windsurf MCP Not yet
Gemini CLI MCP Yes (AGENTS.md)

Roadmap

See Roadmap for detailed feature planning and implementation status.

Requirements

  • Rust 1.70+
  • macOS or Linux

Tech Stack & Project Structure

See Tech Stack for architecture, tech stack details, supported languages, and project structure.

License

MIT