Documentation

Operator reference for orkai — local AI memory on your machine.

orkai is a local daemon + CLI that gives your AI assistant persistent memory — documents, standards, skills, sessions, and indexed files on your machine. Connect any MCP-compatible client (Cursor, Claude Desktop, Claude Code, and others) and your agent reads and writes through the same knowledge graph.

How it fits together

  1. License — trial, single-device ($49.99), or three-device ($99).
  2. Daemon — orkai start keeps the daemon running locally; data lives under ~/.orkai/.
  3. MCP — orkai mcp-config connects your AI assistant.
  4. Projects — orkai init + orkai index make folders searchable (optional).
  5. Review — orkai review validates code or documents against standards you define (optional).

Start here

  • Quick start — trial → install → start daemon → MCP (six steps)

CLI reference

Page Commands
Configuration ~/.orkai/config.yaml, config get, config set
Daemon & MCP start, stop, serve, status, top, open, logs, mcp-config
Projects & indexing init, index, unindex, index from URL
Search & browse search, get, list
Export & import export, import
License activate, deactivate, license status

Features

  • Knowledge layer — annotations, @orkai tags, and graph-enriched code for agents
  • Review — validate code, documents, or CSVs against your standards

Run orkai help or orkai help <command> in the terminal for the full flag list on your installed version.