dbmd-cli 0.3.6

The `dbmd` command-line tool for db.md, the open standard for databases in plain files. A thin wrapper over dbmd-core: validate, search, query, graph, write, index, and log over a db.md store. Zero AI dependencies.
dbmd-cli-0.3.6 is not a library.

dbmd-cli

The dbmd command-line tool for db.md, the open standard for databases in plain files.

db.md is a database made of markdown files: records are markdown with YAML frontmatter, relationships are wiki-links, the directory is the database, frontmatter carries structured fields, DB.md declares schemas, and your agent is the query engine. For semantic, evolving, workflow-heavy software, the old database/backend/frontend stack can become readable context, an agent harness, and a generated surface. dbmd is a single deterministic binary that performs every db.md file/data operation; all logic lives in dbmd-core and the binary is a thin arg-parse/format wrapper.

Install

cargo install dbmd-cli

This installs the dbmd binary. Alternatives: brew install carloslfu/tap/dbmd, or a prebuilt, checksummed, provenance-attested tarball from the GitHub releases.

Use

# create a store — you write DB.md (the agent authors it; there is no `dbmd init`)
mkdir -p db/{sources,records,wiki}
printf -- '---\ntype: db-md\nscope: personal\nowner: me\n---\n' > db/DB.md

# operate it
dbmd write db/records/contacts/sarah.md --type contact --summary "..."
dbmd search "(revenue|sales|ARR)" --in records
dbmd graph backlinks db/records/contacts/sarah.md
dbmd validate db/

# load the canonical contract — the single source of truth, read once per session
dbmd spec

To persist the contract across sessions, drop the open-format skill skills/db-md/SKILL.md where your harness reads skills (copy it, use your harness's own skill installer, or tell your agent) — there is no dbmd install command; the installer is text.

Every subcommand supports --json and --help; none prompt interactively.

Design

  • Zero AI dependencies. No model calls, no embeddings, no vectors — ever. Your own agent harness (Claude Code, Codex, or any tool) supplies the intelligence; dbmd is the fast, deterministic tool it drives.
  • Embedded ripgrep; built-in document extraction; permissive licensing only.

Full reference and SPEC: run dbmd spec, or see https://github.com/carloslfu/db.md.

License

Apache-2.0. Copyright 2026 Carlos Galarza. See LICENSE and NOTICE.