Lakehouse graph database for context assembly & multi-agent coordination
Multimodal retrieval · Git-style branching · object-storage native
Quickstart · Docs · Cookbooks · CLI
Omnigraph is the operational state and coordination layer for fleets of agents.
Run it as a server, declared as code; hundreds of agents operate and enrich the graph on parallel isolated branches, and every change is reviewed and merged safely.
Join the Omnigraph Slack community to ask questions, share feedback, and follow development.
Key capabilities
| Capability | What it gives you |
|---|---|
| Declared as code | A cluster.yaml declares graphs, schemas, stored queries, embedding providers, and policies; cluster apply converges it and omnigraph-server brings every graph online at /graphs/{id}/…. |
| Built for fleets of agents | Hundreds of agents enrich the graph on parallel isolated branches; changes are reviewed and merged safely, Git-style, across the whole graph. |
| Multimodal retrieval | Graph traversal + vector ANN + full-text + Reciprocal Rank Fusion in one query runtime, for context assembly. |
| Security as code | Cedar policy enforced server-side on every mutation, per-graph and server-wide; bearer auth; actor/audit tracking. |
| Runs on your infrastructure | Local storage or any S3-compatible object store (RustFS / MinIO, AWS S3 / R2 / GCS, Azure). VPC, on-prem, hybrid; your data never leaves your store. |
| Open, versioned storage | Lance columnar format: branchable, time-travelable, with native blob-as-data (docs, images, video). |
What you can build
| Use case | What it's for |
|---|---|
| Company brain | Org knowledge unified into one graph every agent can query |
| Agentic memory | Durable, versioned memory: a branch per agent or per task, merged on review |
| Context graph | Decision traces and codified tribal knowledge for retrieval |
| Dev graph | Issues & dependency model that coding agents read and write |
| R&D / ML data layer | Experiments and trials written into branches, versioned for training & eval |
Install
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ModernRelay/omnigraph/main/scripts/install.sh | bash
This installs omnigraph (CLI) and omnigraph-server into ~/.local/bin from
published release binaries. Or with Homebrew:
brew tap ModernRelay/tap
brew install ModernRelay/tap/omnigraph
Set it up with an AI agent
Omnigraph is built to be run by coding agents. Two ways in:
Teach your agent the playbook. This repo ships the
omnigraph agent skill: the operational playbook
covering cluster mode, the two config surfaces, schema evolution, query linting,
data writes, branches, Cedar policy, and the common gotchas.
npx skills add ModernRelay/omnigraph@omnigraph
Or have an agent set it up from scratch. Paste this into Claude Code, Codex, or any agent that can read a URL and run a shell command:
Help me set up Omnigraph
1. Read the docs at https://github.com/ModernRelay/omnigraph, starting with
docs/user/clusters/index.md, then docs/user/deployment.md.
2. Skim the starter graphs and seed data in the cookbooks:
https://github.com/ModernRelay/omnigraph-cookbooks
3. Ask me what I want to build (company brain, agent memory, dev graph,
research / R&D layer, …). Then stand up a cluster for it, load a little
data, and run a query so I can see it working.
For ready-to-run graphs with real seed data (company brain, VC operating system,
pharma & industry intel),
ModernRelay/omnigraph-cookbooks
is the fastest way to see Omnigraph shaped to a real domain.
Deploy
A deployment is a cluster: a multigraph config directory that declares
its graphs, schemas, stored queries, and policies as code. You manage it
Terraform-style: cluster plan previews the diff, cluster apply converges
it. omnigraph-server then boots from the cluster and brings every graph online
at /graphs/{id}/…, each behind its own policy.
1. Declare the cluster.
company-brain/
├── cluster.yaml
├── people.pg # schema for the "knowledge" graph
├── queries/ # stored queries: the .gq files ARE the declaration
│ └── people.gq
└── base.policy.yaml # a Cedar policy bundle
# cluster.yaml
version: 1
metadata:
name: company-brain
storage: s3://company/clusters/company-brain # ledger, catalog, and graph data live here
graphs:
knowledge:
schema: people.pg
queries: queries/ # every `query <name>` in queries/*.gq registers
policies:
base:
file: base.policy.yaml
applies_to: [knowledge] # graph-bound; use [cluster] for server-level
2. Stand up your object store. On-prem, run RustFS (or MinIO); Omnigraph
writes Lance over the standard S3 API.
In the cloud, use S3 / R2 / GCS through AWS_*. Native az:// roots are also
available as a qualification preview. Every Azure writer, including
cluster apply and the server, must use the checked-in admission wrapper;
follow the Azure deployment guide
instead of running the bare commands below.
3. Converge and run. apply creates each graph, applies its schema, and
publishes queries and policies into the content-addressed catalog. It is
idempotent; re-running is always safe.
omnigraph cluster validate # parse + typecheck everything
omnigraph cluster plan # preview what apply would do
omnigraph cluster apply # converge
# Boot the server from the cluster dir; storage resolves through cluster.yaml
omnigraph-server --cluster company-brain --bind 0.0.0.0:8080
The bare commands above describe local and S3 deployments. See the cluster guide for the day-2 loop (edit → plan → apply → restart), approval gates for destructive changes, drift inspection, and recovery; the deployment guide for containers, AWS/Railway/Azure, auth, and the object-store environment contracts.
Query and mutate
Set a default server and graph once in ~/.omnigraph/config.yaml, and the
everyday commands stay short. Stored queries and mutations run by name:
omnigraph query search_docs --params '{"q":"AI safety"}'
omnigraph mutate add_person --params '{"name":"Mina"}'
# Branch, review, merge across the whole graph; agents write in isolation
omnigraph branch create --from main agent/ingest-42
omnigraph branch merge agent/ingest-42 --into main
An alias is shorter still: bind a server, graph, and stored query to one
name, then omnigraph alias triage runs it. For an ad-hoc target, any command
still takes --server --graph (or --store for a local
graph). See the CLI reference.
Security & governance
- Engine-wide enforcement: every write path goes through the same Cedar gate, so the HTTP server, the CLI, and the embedded SDK obey identical rules.
- Declared in the cluster: a policy bundle is bound to graphs (or the whole server) via
policies:→applies_to. - Scoped: rules apply per graph, per branch, or server-wide.
- No plaintext tokens: bearer tokens are hashed at startup and compared in constant time.
- Forge-proof identity: the actor is resolved server-side from the token; clients can't set it.
See the policy guide.
Clients & SDKs
| Client | Use it for | Where |
|---|---|---|
| TypeScript SDK | typed access from Node / TS | @modernrelay/omnigraph · source |
| MCP server | bridge Omnigraph to LLM hosts (Claude, Codex, …) | [@modernrelay/omnigraph-mcp](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@modernrelay/om |