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The context database for AI agents.
Bring knowledge, memory, and skills into one filesystem. Build the second brain for agent-native teams.
OpenVikingCONTEXT MODEL
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project/.abstract.mdL0.overview.mdL1architecture.mdL2ls · tree · read · findFamiliar by design01 — START HEREA field guide to agent context
RETRIEVAL
Run your first retrieval
Connect to a service, import a document, and find what matters.
Start buildingAGENT
Connect your agent
Add cross-session memory to the tools you already use.
Explore integrationsBUILD
Build a context-aware application
Choose a workflow for retrieval, memory, skills, or compilation.
Choose a workflowHave a server? Start with the CLI.Connection guide ↗
YOUR NEXT STEP
Try it on your own work.
Check retrieval, cross-session memory, or a compiled output with sources you know.
02 — THE MENTAL MODEL
A filesystem you can reason about.
Browse the structure. Read the summary. Load the detail when you need it.
Concepts and principles ↗05 — DOCUMENTATION ATLAS
Find your next step.
Choose a task, then follow the pages in reading order.
QuickstartGet a first result, evaluate it on your tasks, and choose what to connect.4 pages
- Get your first result
- What OpenViking does
- Import and retrieve your first document
- Install and use the CLI
- Evaluate the result
- Evaluate OpenViking on your tasks
ConceptsLearn the context model, processing flow, architecture and governance.18 pages
- Context model
- Concepts and principles
- Context Types
- Viking URI
- Context Layers (L0/L1/L2)
- Processing and memory
- Context Extraction
- Retrieval Mechanism
- Session Management
- Architecture and reliability
- Architecture Overview
- Storage Architecture
- Queue State and Completion Semantics
- Path Locks and Crash Recovery
- Multi-Write Storage
- Metrics
- Identity and governance
- Multi-Tenant
- Resource Access Control (ACL)
- Data Encryption
- Privacy Configs and Skill Privacy Extraction/Restore
- Application example
- VikingBot: OpenViking's Native Agent
AgentsChoose an integration, connect it, and verify memory behavior.24 pages
- Choose an integration
- Choose an agent integration
- Agent integration capabilities
- OpenViking Helper
- Coding tools
- Claude Code
- Codex
- Cursor
- TRAE
- OpenCode
- DeepSeek Harness
- Agents and frameworks
- OpenClaw
- Hermes
- pi
- LangChain / LangGraph
- Community Plugins
- Shared setup and tuning
- MCP Clients
- Agent Plugins 1.0 Package
- Import Local Agent Logs (openviking-server ingest)
- Tune recall latency
- Develop and maintain an agent plugin
- Working memory is opt-in
- Context Gateway
- Context Gateway
- Context Gateway deployment and operations
- VikingBot
- VikingBot Installation and Configuration
- Validate Vikingbot metrics with real conversations
DevelopTurn resources and sessions into reusable context and outputs.11 pages
- Choose a workflow
- Application workflows
- Manage context
- OpenViking Assets
- OVPack Import and Export
- Snapshots (Multi-Version Management) Guide
- Customize processing prompts
- Compile context into outputs
- Context Compilation Overview
- Example: LLM Wiki
- Example: Knowledge Graph
- Example: Daily Report
- Example: Knowledge Distillation
- Memory Consolidation
DeployDeploy a service, control access, monitor it, and upgrade it.19 pages
- Deploy a service
- Choose a deployment path
- Server Deployment
- Server setup instructions for agents
- Configure models and services
- Volcengine Model Purchase Guide
- Enterprise deployment
- Deployment Checklist
- Enterprise Deployment
- Enterprise Deployment: Upgrades and Troubleshooting
- Secure access
- Authentication
- Public Access & Reverse Proxy
- OAuth 2.1 Guide
- Encryption Guide
- Observe and troubleshoot
- Observability & Diagnostics
- Operation Telemetry Reference
- Using Prometheus and Grafana to View OpenViking Metrics
- FAQ
- Storage and performance
- Multi-Write Storage Guide
- RAGFS Cache
- NVIDIA cuVS dense search backend
ReferenceLook up API contracts, protocol details and configuration fields.28 pages
- Reference and configuration
- Find a reference
- SDK, HTTP and CLI conventions
- Server configuration fields
- Client configuration fields
- MCP tools and protocol
- Resources and retrieval APIs
- Resource Management
- Content
- File System
- Retrieval
- Resource Watches
- Sessions, memory and skills APIs
- Sessions
- Memory
- Skills
- Agent Evolution
- Data and extension APIs
- Snapshots (Multi-Version Management)
- OVPack
- Assets
- WebDAV
- Agent Runtime API
- VikingBot API
- Administration and operations APIs
- Admin (Multi-tenant)
- Context Gateway Management API
- ACL API
- Privacy Configs
- System Status
- Background Tasks
- Runtime Observability
- Metrics
CommunityFollow releases and contribute to the project.4 pages
- Community and releases
- Team & Org
- Changelog
- Roadmap
- Contribute documentation
- API documentation standard
06 — BUILT IN THE OPEN
Keep exploring.
Read the source, ask a question, or help shape what comes next.