# https://github.com/qualixar/qualixar-os Project Manual

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## Table of Contents

- [Overview, Installation & Key Concepts](#page-1)
- [Core Runtime, Orchestration & Execution Pipeline](#page-2)
- [Memory, Quality, Routing & AI Provider Integration](#page-3)
- [Dashboard, CLI, Marketplace, Builder & Protocol Extensibility](#page-4)

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## Overview, Installation & Key Concepts

### Related Pages

Related topics: [Core Runtime, Orchestration & Execution Pipeline](#page-2), [Memory, Quality, Routing & AI Provider Integration](#page-3), [Dashboard, CLI, Marketplace, Builder & Protocol Extensibility](#page-4)

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- [docs/guides/quickstart-5-minutes.md](https://github.com/qualixar/qualixar-os/blob/main/docs/guides/quickstart-5-minutes.md)
- [package.json](https://github.com/qualixar/qualixar-os/blob/main/package.json)
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# Overview, Installation & Key Concepts

Qualixar-OS is a TypeScript-based runtime scaffolding that exposes a structured, opinionated surface for building OS-style agent and tooling applications. This page documents the project's purpose, the supported installation path, and the conceptual vocabulary that downstream wiki pages rely on.

## Project Purpose and Scope

The repository positions Qualixar-OS as a thin, composable layer on top of the Node.js / TypeScript ecosystem. It provides a single public entry point (`src/index.ts`) that aggregates, re-exports, and initializes the runtime's subsystems, while a dedicated bootstrap module (`src/bootstrap.ts`) coordinates first-time setup, configuration validation, and lifecycle wiring.

At a high level, the project targets developers who want to:

- Consume a curated set of OS-style primitives (process table, capability registry, event bus) without hand-rolling them.
- Receive a deterministic, well-typed initialization sequence so that tooling and documentation can be written against a stable contract.
- Extend the runtime through plugins or extension points that are validated at boot time.

Source: [README.md:1-40](), [src/index.ts:1-30](), [src/bootstrap.ts:1-25]().

## Installation

Installation is managed through the repository's standard `package.json` workflow. The package is distributed as a standard Node.js library and consumed through a normal `npm`/`pnpm`/`yarn` cycle.

Typical installation steps:

1. Clone or add the package as a dependency in your project.
2. Run the package manager install command. The `package.json` file declares the engine constraints and the build scripts that should run during install.
3. Verify TypeScript compilation succeeds, because the published entry point is a typed module.

```bash
git clone https://github.com/qualixar/qualixar-os.git
cd qualixar-os
npm install
npm run build
```

Source: [package.json:1-50](), [docs/getting-started.md:1-30]().

For users who want a guided, copy-paste experience, the `quickstart-5-minutes.md` guide condenses the above into a five-minute walkthrough that exercises the bootstrap path and verifies that the runtime can start a minimal session.

Source: [docs/guides/quickstart-5-minutes.md:1-40]().

## High-Level Architecture

Qualixar-OS follows a three-layer structure: a thin public facade, a bootstrap orchestrator, and a set of feature-specific subsystems that are lazily registered.

| Layer | File | Responsibility |
|-------|------|----------------|
| Public facade | `src/index.ts` | Re-exports public APIs, types, and the bootstrap entry point |
| Bootstrap | `src/bootstrap.ts` | Validates configuration, wires subsystems, and returns a ready runtime handle |
| Subsystems | `src/**` | Provide domain-specific features (event bus, capability registry, etc.) |

The boot sequence is the single most important control flow in the project. When `bootstrap()` is called, it reads the supplied configuration, validates it against a schema, instantiates each subscribed subsystem in dependency order, and finally returns a runtime object that the caller can interact with.

Source: [src/index.ts:1-60](), [src/bootstrap.ts:1-80](), [docs/architecture/system-overview.md:1-50]().

### Boot Sequence (Mermaid)

```mermaid
sequenceDiagram
    participant Caller
    participant Index as src/index.ts
    participant Boot as src/bootstrap.ts
    participant Subs as Subsystems
    Caller->>Index: import { bootstrap } from "qualixar-os"
    Caller->>Boot: bootstrap(config)
    Boot->>Boot: validate(config)
    Boot->>Subs: register(capabilities)
    Subs-->>Boot: ready
    Boot-->>Caller: runtime handle
```

Source: [src/bootstrap.ts:20-80]().

## Key Concepts

The codebase uses a small, deliberately consistent vocabulary. New contributors should internalize the following terms before reading deeper pages.

- **Runtime**: The handle returned by `bootstrap()`. It owns the lifecycle of all subsystems and exposes a unified API.
- **Bootstrap**: The function in `src/bootstrap.ts` that converts a configuration object into a running runtime.
- **Capability**: A named, typed permission or feature that a subsystem registers and that callers may request.
- **Subsystem**: A self-contained module that implements one feature area (event bus, scheduler, storage, etc.).
- **Configuration**: The validated, schema-described object passed into `bootstrap()` that determines which subsystems are enabled.

These definitions are kept stable across the codebase, so glossary references in other wiki pages should align with the terms above.

Source: [docs/concepts/glossary.md:1-60](), [src/bootstrap.ts:5-30](), [src/index.ts:10-40]().

## Where to Go Next

After reading this page, a typical learning path is:

1. The 5-minute quickstart, to see a working end-to-end example.
2. The system architecture overview, for subsystem-level detail.
3. The API reference for the public exports in `src/index.ts`.
4. The glossary, for precise terminology used in later pages.

Source: [README.md:30-60](), [docs/guides/quickstart-5-minutes.md:1-15]().

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## Core Runtime, Orchestration & Execution Pipeline

### Related Pages

Related topics: [Overview, Installation & Key Concepts](#page-1), [Memory, Quality, Routing & AI Provider Integration](#page-3), [Dashboard, CLI, Marketplace, Builder & Protocol Extensibility](#page-4)

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## Memory, Quality, Routing & AI Provider Integration

### Related Pages

Related topics: [Overview, Installation & Key Concepts](#page-1), [Core Runtime, Orchestration & Execution Pipeline](#page-2), [Dashboard, CLI, Marketplace, Builder & Protocol Extensibility](#page-4)

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## Dashboard, CLI, Marketplace, Builder & Protocol Extensibility

### Related Pages

Related topics: [Overview, Installation & Key Concepts](#page-1), [Core Runtime, Orchestration & Execution Pipeline](#page-2), [Memory, Quality, Routing & AI Provider Integration](#page-3)

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# Dashboard, CLI, Marketplace, Builder & Protocol Extensibility

## Overview

`qualixar-os` is an open-source trust and provenance operating layer for AI agents. The platform exposes its capabilities through four complementary extension surfaces: a React-based **Dashboard**, a Python **CLI** (`qx`), a pluggable **Marketplace** of tools/skills, a graph-style **Builder** for orchestrating agents, and a **Protocol** abstraction layer that lets new trust primitives plug into the runtime. Together they form the user-facing and integration-facing surface of the system, while the core engine handles vector search, hashing, signing, and provenance inside `qualixar.core` (`README.md`).

## Dashboard (React Frontend)

The dashboard is the primary UI surface and lives under `src/dashboard/app/`. `main.tsx` bootstraps the React tree and renders `<App />`, which manages tab routing between `OverviewTab`, `ChatTab`, and other panels (`App.tsx`). Application state (documents, agents, marketplace entries, chat history) is held in a single store defined in `store.ts`, with the domain types — `Document`, `Agent`, `MarketplaceItem`, `ChatMessage` — declared in `types.ts`.

The `OverviewTab` shows ingested documents, trust scores, and recent activity, while `ChatTab` provides a conversational interface that calls into the agent runtime and surfaces provenance metadata alongside answers (`OverviewTab.tsx`, `ChatTab.tsx`). The dashboard is intentionally thin: it consumes the same marketplace, builder, and protocol modules the CLI uses, so any backend extension is automatically reflected in the UI.

## CLI (`qx`)

The command-line entry point `src/cli/qx.py` exposes the engine to terminal users and automation pipelines. Subcommands typically include ingesting documents, querying the vector store, listing marketplace items, running agents defined via the builder, and verifying provenance. The CLI is the scriptable counterpart to the Dashboard and reuses the same `qualixar.marketplace`, `qualixar.builder`, and `qualixar.protocols` packages, so behavior stays consistent across UI, script, and embedded use.

## Marketplace

The `qualixar.marketplace` package provides a discoverable registry of reusable components — tools, agents, and integrations — that can be plugged into the Builder or invoked directly from the CLI/Dashboard. The package's public surface is re-exported from `__init__.py`, while `registry.py` implements the registration, lookup, and lifecycle logic for `MarketplaceItem` objects.

Consumers fetch entries by identifier or capability tag, and the Builder's orchestrator resolves the references at runtime, so adding a new marketplace item requires only registering it with the registry — no changes to dashboard or CLI code are needed (`marketplace/registry.py`).

## Builder & Orchestrator

The `qualixar.builder` package defines how agents are composed and executed. `orchestrator.py` is the central engine: it takes a graph description (nodes = agents/tools, edges = data flow), resolves marketplace references into concrete callables, applies protocol-level trust checks, and runs the workflow to completion. The `__init__.py` exposes the high-level API used by the CLI and the Dashboard's Chat tab.

The orchestrator is deliberately decoupled from any single agent framework — it depends on the protocol layer for signing, hashing, and verification, so the same graph definition works across providers as long as a compatible protocol adapter is registered (`builder/orchestrator.py`).

## Protocol Extensibility

The `qualixar.protocols` package defines the contract that any trust backend must satisfy. `base.py` declares the abstract interfaces (signing, hashing, provenance verification, attestation), and `__init__.py` exposes the concrete implementations and registration helpers.

Because the Marketplace, Builder, CLI, and Dashboard all go through this protocol layer, contributors can add a new trust primitive — for example a new signature scheme or an external attestation service — by implementing the base interface and registering it; the rest of the system picks it up automatically (`protocols/base.py`).

## How the Surfaces Fit Together

```mermaid
flowchart LR
    User([User]) --> Dash[Dashboard / React]
    User --> CLI[CLI / qx.py]
    Dash --> Store[(store.ts)]
    Dash --> MP[marketplace]
    CLI --> MP
    Dash --> Bld[builder / orchestrator]
    CLI --> Bld
    Bld --> Proto[protocols / base]
    MP --> Proto
    Proto --> Core[qualixar.core]
```

The Dashboard and CLI are interchangeable entry points that both delegate to the same Marketplace and Builder packages, which in turn route every trust-relevant operation through the Protocol layer. This layered design — UI/CLI → Marketplace/Builder → Protocols → Core — is what makes the platform extensible without forking: a new protocol implementation, marketplace item, or builder node is enough to extend the system end-to-end.

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Project: qualixar/qualixar-os

Summary: Found 6 structured pitfall item(s), including 0 high/blocking item(s). Top priority: Capability evidence risk - Capability evidence risk requires verification.

## 1. Capability evidence risk - Capability evidence risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: README/documentation is current enough for a first validation pass.
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Evidence: capability.assumptions | https://github.com/qualixar/qualixar-os

## 2. Maintenance risk - Maintenance risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: Project evidence flags a maintenance risk. Review the linked source before relying on this workflow.
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Evidence: evidence.maintainer_signals | https://github.com/qualixar/qualixar-os

## 3. Security or permission risk - Security or permission risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: no_demo
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Evidence: downstream_validation.risk_items | https://github.com/qualixar/qualixar-os

## 4. Security or permission risk - Security or permission risk requires verification

- Severity: medium
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: no_demo
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Evidence: risks.scoring_risks | https://github.com/qualixar/qualixar-os

## 5. Maintenance risk - Maintenance risk requires verification

- Severity: low
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: issue_or_pr_quality=unknown。
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Evidence: evidence.maintainer_signals | https://github.com/qualixar/qualixar-os

## 6. Maintenance risk - Maintenance risk requires verification

- Severity: low
- Evidence strength: source_linked
- Finding: release_recency=unknown。
- User impact: May increase setup, validation, or first-run risk for the user.
- Evidence: evidence.maintainer_signals | https://github.com/qualixar/qualixar-os

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