Open Knowledge Format (OKF)

OKF is Google's open, vendor-neutral spec (v0.2) for the context an AI agent needs, represented as a bundle. A bundle is a directory of markdown files, each a concept (a table, dataset, metric, runbook, playbook, API, join path), kept in version control next to the code it describes. Just markdown, just files, just YAML frontmatter. The format is the contract, so any producer can write a bundle and any consumer (an agent, a viewer, a search index) can read it with no SDK and no lock-in.

Use this skill two ways. Run a command on demand, or apply it implicitly whenever you shape knowledge an agent will read. The deep normative spec lives in spec.md; per-command steps in commands.md; copy-paste starting points in templates.md.

Choose the OKF method

For every OKF request, select the narrowest method that fits the user's intended outcome. In OKF Studio generic chat, call okf_capability_catalog to inspect the active versioned catalog and okf_capability_resource to load the selected method. Outside Studio, read the matching capability file directly. State the selected capability in the first progress update. Do not claim to have used a method until its resource was loaded.