Outcome

Turn mixed evidence into cited answers your team can defend.

8kno is built for risk, compliance, and investigation teams that need reliable answers across documents, calls, video, and social signals. Run from CLI or API, keep the evidence chain, and ship report-ready outputs.

Run locally See proof Quickstart

Public site is landing-only while private docs and app routes are gated.

Live SessionCase Flow

$ 8kno run "Assess synthetic identity risk across mixed evidence"

→ citations + confidence + contradictions + timeline cards

$ curl -X POST localhost:8787/api/query

→ answer object with evidence-linked citations

$ curl -X POST localhost:8787/api/reports/export

→ report.md · report.html · report.pdf

CLI + APICase-firstEvidence chainAudit-ready

Multimodal ingestion: PDF, DOCX, WAV/MP3, MP4, social URLsAnswer output: citations + confidence + contradictions + timelineAPI-first execution with local CLI fallbackRun artifacts: report.*, data.json, sources.json, gradient.*.json

Proof

Built for demonstrable output, not vague claims.

The current implementation exposes explicit API stages and emits reproducible artifacts per run so teams can review what the system concluded and why.

API`POST /api/uploads/request` + `POST /api/jobs/:jobId/process` powers ingestion lifecycle.
API`POST /api/query` returns structured answer records with citations and timeline cards.
API`POST /api/reports/export` writes report markdown/html/pdf outputs.
API`POST /api/run` executes end-to-end flow and emits gradient proof artifacts.

Who It Helps

Teams that need faster conclusions with evidence integrity.

If your analysts currently stitch together findings from separate transcripts, reports, and footage, 8kno centralizes that workflow into one traceable case run with confidence and citation context.

PrinciplesProduct and engineering fit

Case-first execution

Every run creates or uses workspace/case context so evidence, answers, and risk signals stay traceable.

Evidence-grounded synthesis

Answers include citations, confidence scoring, contradictions, uncertainty notes, and timeline cards.

Operationally practical

Use API routes in team workflows and keep a local fallback path for demo and incident resilience.

Use CasesRisk, compliance, investigations

Risk Operations

Which pieces of evidence indicate synthetic identity risk?

Get a cited summary with confidence and flag severity so analysts can prioritize review queues quickly.

Compliance

Show contradictory signals across call transcript, document, and CCTV clip.

Surface contradictions and uncertainty notes in one answer object for audit-friendly escalation paths.

Investigations

Where does this claim appear in source timelines?

Timeline cards map source/time ranges so investigators can replay evidence context fast.

Execution Flow

Ingest

Stage

Process

Stage

Normalize modality artifacts, attach provenance metadata, and compute initial risk signals.

Query

Stage

Run case questions over artifacts and synthesize evidence-backed answers.

Export + Monitor

Stage

Write shareable reports and reuse structured outputs in downstream monitoring loops.

RoadmapCurrent first, then remaining

Current

001Shipped baseline

Google-only research MVP

A single dependable research lane that writes report.md, data.json, and sources.json.

002Done

Remove Tavily and simplify config

Provider branching is removed; search configuration is reduced to model + maxResults.

003Shipped foundation

Cloudflare routing (web vs api)

Split workers: apps/web serves UI/docs, apps/api serves /api/*.

004Shipped foundation

apps/api Hono contract

Hono worker owns HTTP APIs under /api/* starting with /api/health.

005Shipped foundation

Gradient G1 milestone

Submission gate: Gradient Agent + Knowledge Base + retrieval/tracing proof.

Remaining roadmap

006Planned

Knowledge base operations

Treat Knowledge Bases as billable OpenSearch-backed resources with explicit ingestion limits.

007Planned

CLI auth device flow

Better Auth device authorization mounted under /api/auth/* for CLI-friendly login.

008Planned

D1 persistence

Store user preferences and run metadata in D1 without storing large blobs or embeddings.

011Planned

CLI distribution (npm + Homebrew)

Make the CLI one-command installable via npm and Homebrew for faster adoption and lower demo risk.

ChangelogShipped changes

2026-02-17Update

Multimodal case workflow rebuild

Replaced domain-reset stubs with implemented workspace/case/upload/query/report flows
CLI run now uses API-first execution with local fallback when API is unreachable
Run outputs expanded: report.md, report.html, report.pdf, data.json, sources.json, gradient.*.json

2026-02-17Update

Documentation + marketing refresh

Homepage messaging now targets risk/compliance/investigation teams with proof-oriented positioning
Docs IA expanded with API Case Flow, Troubleshooting, and Architecture pages
Docs routes and roadmap references are now fully backed by repository files and tests

Quickstart

Launch an end-to-end run in minutes.

This sequence mirrors tested docs routes and current CLI behavior.

Quickstart/docs/getting-started

$ npm install -g 8kno

$ brew tap 8kno/tap && brew install 8kno # optional alternative

$ 8kno config --init

$ export EIGHTKNO_API_BASE_URL="http://localhost:8787" # optional

$ 8kno run "Assess synthetic identity risk across mixed evidence"

$ 8kno history --limit 10

$ 8kno open --report