Development Setup

This guide walks you through setting up a local development environment for the KnowledgePulse monorepo.

Prerequisites

Bun v1.0 or later -- install instructions
Git

Clone and Install

git clone https://github.com/nicobailon/knowledgepulse.git
cd knowledgepulse
bun install

bun install resolves all workspace dependencies across every package in the monorepo.

Monorepo Structure

knowledgepulse/
  packages/
    sdk/           # @knowledgepulse/sdk -- types, capture, retrieve, scoring, skill-md, migrations
    mcp-server/    # @knowledgepulse/mcp -- 6 MCP tools, dual-mode registry bridge
    cli/           # @knowledgepulse/cli -- search, install, validate, contribute, auth, security
    sop-studio/    # Placeholder (Phase 3)
  registry/        # Hono REST API server (in-memory stores, auth, rate limiting)
  specs/           # codegen.ts, validate-consistency.ts, skill-md-extension.md
  examples/        # basic-sdk-usage, mcp-client-example, langraph-integration

Common Tasks

Build the SDK

The SDK is built with tsup and emits ESM, CJS, and TypeScript declaration files.

bun run build

Generate the JSON Schema

Regenerate specs/knowledge-unit-schema.json from the Zod types in the SDK.

bun run codegen

Lint

The project uses Biome for formatting and linting.

bun run lint

Run Tests

All tests are written with bun:test and co-located with their source files as *.test.ts. The full suite comprises 319 tests across 15 files.

bun test --recursive

Start the Registry

The registry is a Hono HTTP server with in-memory stores. It listens on port 8080 by default.

bun run registry/src/index.ts

Start the MCP Server

The MCP server listens on port 3001 by default. See the MCP Server Setup guide for details on standalone vs. proxy mode.

bun run packages/mcp-server/src/index.ts

Quick Reference

Task	Command
Install dependencies	`bun install`
Build SDK	`bun run build`
Generate JSON schema	`bun run codegen`
Lint	`bun run lint`
Run all tests	`bun test --recursive`
Start registry (port 8080)	`bun run registry/src/index.ts`
Start MCP server (port 3001)	`bun run packages/mcp-server/src/index.ts`

Prerequisites​

Clone and Install​

Monorepo Structure​

Common Tasks​

Build the SDK​

Generate the JSON Schema​

Lint​

Run Tests​

Start the Registry​

Start the MCP Server​

Quick Reference​