@nzpr/kb 0.1.11 → 0.1.12

package/README.md

@@ -169,14 +169,7 @@ export KB_EMBEDDING_API_KEY=...
 
 If `KB_EMBEDDING_MODE` is omitted, the CLI uses local hash embeddings for development.
 
-Publishing needs one more privileged environment variable:
-
-```bash
-export KB_GITHUB_REPO=owner/repo
-export GITHUB_TOKEN=...
-```
-
-Publishing is allowed when the provided `GITHUB_TOKEN` can read `KB_GITHUB_REPO`. Normal readers do not need GitHub credentials.
+Publishing uses the local docs directory and the database only. It does not need GitHub credentials.
 
 When `kb init-repo` is given `--repo`, it uses the same token to:
 
@@ -194,8 +187,6 @@ If you run `kb init-repo` without the repo or database inputs, it still scaffold
 
 ```bash
 export KB_DATABASE_URL=postgresql://kb:kb@localhost:5432/kb
-export KB_GITHUB_REPO=owner/repo
-export GITHUB_TOKEN=...
 docker compose -f docker-compose.pgvector.yml up -d
 kb publish --docs-root ./docs
 kb catalog --json

package/lib/cli-common.js

@@ -67,7 +67,9 @@ optional GitHub API override:
 }
 
 export function publishHelp() {
-  return `required publish authorization:
-  KB_GITHUB_REPO=OWNER/REPO
-  GITHUB_TOKEN=...`;
+  return `publish runtime:
+  KB_DATABASE_URL=postgresql://USER:PASSWORD@HOST:5432/DB
+
+publish reads local docs and writes to the database.
+GitHub credentials are not required.`;
 }

package/lib/cli.js

@@ -165,14 +165,6 @@ export async function main(argv) {
         return 0;
       }
       case "publish": {
-        const repo = flags.repo ?? resolveGitHubRepository();
-        const apiBaseUrl = resolveGitHubApiBaseUrl();
-        const token = process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN ?? null;
-        await requirePublishAccess({
-          repo,
-          token,
-          apiBaseUrl
-        });
         const knowledgeRoot = flags["knowledge-root"]
           ? path.resolve(flags["knowledge-root"])
           : tryResolveKnowledgeRoot();
@@ -278,7 +270,7 @@ function printCommandHelp(command) {
     ask: `usage: kb ask <question> [options]\n\n${databaseHelp()}\n  --limit N`,
     list: `usage: kb list\n\n${databaseHelp()}`,
     catalog: `usage: kb catalog [--json]\n\n${databaseHelp()}`,
-    publish: `usage: kb publish [--docs-root PATH] [--knowledge-root PATH] [--repo OWNER/REPO]\n\n${databaseHelp()}\n\n${publishHelp()}`,
+    publish: `usage: kb publish [--docs-root PATH] [--knowledge-root PATH]\n\n${databaseHelp()}\n\n${publishHelp()}`,
     doctor: `usage: kb doctor [--knowledge-root PATH] [--docs-root PATH]\n\n${databaseHelp()}`
   };
   console.log(commandHelp[command] ?? `unknown command: ${command}`);
@@ -292,40 +284,6 @@ function requireDatabaseUrl() {
   return databaseUrl;
 }
 
-async function requirePublishAccess({ repo, token, apiBaseUrl }) {
-  if (!repo) {
-    throw new Error("KB_GITHUB_REPO or --repo OWNER/REPO is required to publish knowledge");
-  }
-  if (!token) {
-    throw new Error("GITHUB_TOKEN is required to publish knowledge");
-  }
-
-  const response = await fetch(`${apiBaseUrl.replace(/\/$/, "")}/repos/${repo}`, {
-    headers: {
-      accept: "application/vnd.github+json",
-      authorization: `Bearer ${token}`,
-      "user-agent": "@nzpr/kb"
-    }
-  });
-
-  if (!response.ok) {
-    const errorText = await response.text().catch(() => "");
-    throw new Error(
-      `failed to verify GitHub repo access: ${response.status} ${response.statusText}${errorText ? ` - ${errorText}` : ""}`
-    );
-  }
-
-  const payload = await response.json();
-  const permissions = payload?.permissions ?? null;
-  if (!permissions) {
-    return;
-  }
-  if (permissions.admin || permissions.maintain || permissions.push || permissions.triage || permissions.pull) {
-    return;
-  }
-  throw new Error(`GITHUB_TOKEN does not have repository access to ${repo}`);
-}
-
 function printInitRepoStatus(result) {
   console.log("");
   printInitRepoScaffoldStatus(result);

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@nzpr/kb",
-  "version": "0.1.11",
+  "version": "0.1.12",
   "description": "Knowledge base CLI for proposing, publishing, and querying curated agent knowledge.",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",