KSoR (Knowledge System of Record) is an open-source SDK for building governed, authoritative knowledge systems for humans and AI agents. It is a foundation of an AI-native knowledge platform.
Turn what the owner has into governed knowledge in knowledge/ — a document, a page, pasted text, notes, or something nobody ever wrote down that they tell you. Use when the owner shares material to add, says "add this to the knowledge base", asks how to get existing content in, or wants to write down what they know…
The record's format rules as a runnable check — frontmatter, filenames, links, structure. Use before handing off any change to knowledge/, when a check fails and you need to fix it, or when unsure whether a document is well-formed. Run with pnpm check (or node .agents/skills/format-checker/check.mjs).
The first conversation with the owner of this Knowledge System of Record — three questions that define what it is authoritative for, who may read it and who may approve it, then write instance.md together. Use when the owner asks to set up, configure, or "get started with" this project, when instance.md still contains…
At most 3 mods per repository are shown here, and a mod shipped inside a plugin is left to that plugin's page — the rest are on their repository pages: