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kowalski-cli

Command line of Kowalski, a Rust multi-agent framework: agents with MCP tools and memory, and hordes (step pipelines with triggers) over Ollama or OpenAI-compatible models.

The operator UI and HTTP API are served by the kowalski binary; kowalski-cli is the terminal side.

Install

cargo install kowalski-cli
kowalski-cli --help

Commands

• run — interactive agent REPL
• config check — validate a config file
• db migrate — memory database migrations
• doctor — health diagnostics
• mcp ping, mcp tools — check configured MCP servers
• extension list, extension run — discover and run extensions
• federation ping-notify — federation smoke test (with --features postgres)

kowalski-cli run -c config.toml
kowalski-cli doctor
kowalski-cli mcp tools -c config.toml

Extensions

extension run <name> resolves, in order:

1. a binary in PATH named kowalski-ext-<name>
2. a local executable .kowalski/extensions/<name>/run

See the Knowledge Compiler example for a delegate/worker flow against a running kowalski server.

Documentation

• docs.rs/kowalski-cli
• Project README · Changelog

License

MIT — see LICENSE.

Modules

agent_app_ops

Local markdown-staged app CLI (app.md / horde.md + agents/*.md). Execution rules live in kowalski_core::markdown_pipeline; this module wires HTTP chat, federation helpers, and filesystem paths.

config

error

extension_ops

Generic extension runners for kowalski-cli.

federation_ops

kowalski-cli federation * operators.

ops

Operator commands: config validation, DB migrations, environment checks.

run_ops

kowalski-cli run — interactive orchestrator REPL (chat + federation hints).