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Knowns CLI

Knowns CLI

AI-first CLI for task management and documentation. Task Management • Artificial Intelligence • GitHub 20 96 Tines Build agents & automations integrated across your workspace Developer Tools • Artificial Intelligence • Security Anupam Singh This feels like automation built for real teams, not just perfect demos and it’s great to see it opened up to smaller teams too.

Overview

What it is

AI-first CLI for task management and documentation. Link docs in tasks, AI reads context automatically. Stop repeating patterns every session.

Intent

I need it when

Reduce context-setting overhead during handoffs between team members and AI

Knowns centralizes tasks, linked specs, docs, and decisions in one connected system. When handing off work, all context is already structured and accessible—no need to paste docs into chat or re-explain decisions, enabling faster onboarding for both humans and AI agents.

Link specifications to implementation tasks with acceptance criteria tracking

Knowns enables spec-driven development workflows where specs are created, broken into tasks with fulfills mappings, and acceptance criteria automatically sync between spec and task. This ensures implementation stays aligned with requirements and provides AI with structured definition of done.

Search project knowledge by meaning rather than keywords

Knowns provides semantic search using native ONNX embeddings to find tasks, docs, and decisions by meaning. This helps teams and AI quickly locate relevant context without exact keyword matching, reducing time spent searching for related information.

Maintain persistent project context across AI coding sessions

Knowns stores tasks, docs, decisions, and patterns in a local-first knowledge system that AI assistants can access via MCP integration. This eliminates re-explaining architecture and context on each session, allowing Claude, Cursor, and other AI tools to pick up where work left off with full project memory.

Standardize coding workflows and patterns across team and AI agents

Knowns supports templates, memory layers (project and global), and code intelligence with LSP-based symbol navigation. Teams can define reusable workflows, conventions, and patterns that both humans and AI agents follow consistently across projects.

Drop

Not a fit when

  • User needs a GUI-first interface without CLI interaction
  • Project does not use AI assistants or requires no AI integration
  • Team requires proprietary vendor lock-in with SaaS hosting
  • Organization cannot use MIT-licensed open source software
  • User works in non-code domains where project memory and task linking are not applicable
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Pricing

Open source, MIT License, free to use