Knowledge Base

Knowledge Base is a Writing skill for Claude Code, published by inkeep in open-knowledge.

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Install Knowledge Base

Copy Knowledge Base into your Claude Code skills folder. Run the command in your terminal, or review the source on GitHub before installing.

terminal

npx degit https://github.com/inkeep/open-knowledge/tree/main/packages/server/assets/skills/packs/knowledge-base ~/.claude/skills/knowledge-base

Requires Node.js. Downloads this skill only — not the rest of the repository — into your Claude Code skills folder.

Without Node.js

git clone https://github.com/inkeep/open-knowledge.git

Clones the whole repository, then copy the skill’s own directory into your skills folder yourself.

In this catalog

Source file: packages/server/assets/skills/packs/knowledge-base/SKILL.md in inkeep/open-knowledge
Installs to: ~/.claude/skills/knowledge-base
Collection: One of 18 skills cataloged from this repository
Category: Writing — 1012 skills

What Knowledge Base does

Knowledge Base defines the three-layer source-grounded layout (external-sources, research, articles) and the per-folder rules and status flows for working in a Knowledge Base project. Use it when setting up or operating a project with ingest-research-consolidate stages.

Knowledge Base is cataloged under Writing on DirSkills. Knowledge Base comes from a repository tagged 2nd-brain, agent-skills, claude, codex and company-brain.

Documentation

README

Excerpt

Knowledge Base pack — how to work here

This project uses the source-grounded knowledge-base layout. The whole point is a closed evidence loop: nothing canonical exists without a traceable chain back to a preserved source. This skill holds the workflow so the templates and log.md can stay clean — when you create a doc from a template you get structure, and the how lives here.

This skill is pack guidance. The platform /open-knowledge skill (read/write/preview/linking/grounding rules) still governs every markdown operation — this layers the KB workflow on top.

Link at creation

This is the opening of the README. Read the full README on GitHub.

Commands Knowledge Base provides

Slash commands named in this skill’s SKILL.md, listed in the order they first appear.

/open-knowledge
/research-with-sources
/consolidate-notes

Frequently asked about Knowledge Base

What else does inkeep publish alongside Knowledge Base?
Knowledge Base is one of 18 skills that DirSkills catalogs from inkeep/open-knowledge, the repository it ships in. Its siblings there include Codebase Wiki, Consolidate Notes and Frame a Proposal. Each one is a separate skill with its own page in this directory, installs the same way Knowledge Base does, and is maintained by inkeep in that same repository. The rest of the collection is listed on the inkeep/open-knowledge page.
How does Knowledge Base compare to other Writing skills?
Knowledge Base ranks #184 by stars among the 1012 Writing skills in this catalog. The most-starred ones next to it are Article Writing, Social Media Content Calendar and Knowledge Comic Creator. DirSkills ranks by the star count of the repository each skill ships in, so that order reflects how popular those repositories are rather than any review of Knowledge Base against them. Open each page to compare what they document and how they install.