feat: npx support — no global install required#9
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Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Replace PROJECT_ROOT with KB_DIR/ENV_PATH from paths.js for .env, setup-config.json, and docker-compose.yml writes - Update generateDockerCompose to use npx image and KB_DIR output path - Add isNpx() helper and warn users when persistent services are chosen under npx (ephemeral cache) - Remove unused fileURLToPath import and PROJECT_ROOT constant Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Co-Authored-By: Claude Sonnet 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Summary
~/.knowledge-base/alongside the DBnpx knowledge-base-server startworks out of the box from any directorykbbinary path viawhich kbimage: node:22-slim+ npx instead ofbuild: .filesfield (bin/, src/, openapi.json only)What changed
src/paths.js— canonical .env loading from~/.knowledge-base/.env, exportsENV_PATHbin/kb.js,bin/weekly-synthesis.js— use paths.js instead ofdotenv/configsrc/cli/setup.js— removedPROJECT_ROOT, writes to KB_DIR, npx detection, docker fixkb-server-install.sh,kb-server.service.example— use resolved kb pathbin/cron-capture.sh— uses~/.knowledge-base/.envandkbCLIEXTENDING.md— updated .env documentationpackage.json— fixed main entry, added files fieldTest plan
tests/paths.test.js— verifies ENV_PATH exporttests/setup.test.js— verifies no PROJECT_ROOT references remaintests/npx-compat.test.js— 5 integration tests (run from /tmp, .env loading, openapi.json)Review history
Plan reviewed by Claude, OpenAI Codex (GPT-5.4), and Google Gemini across 3 rounds. Issues found and fixed:
build: .breaks in ~/.knowledge-base/, cron-capture.sh stale paths, EXTENDING.md docsCloses #5
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