Repository Ability Registry

The Repository Ability Registry maps repositories from usefulness to implementation:

Ability -> Capability -> Feature -> Evidence -> Code location

The first implementation slice is a Python registry core plus FastAPI HTTP API and a small curator UI. Repository registration imports basic metadata from the repository itself, then analysis builds observed facts and candidate review entries.

Local Development

Create an environment and install dependencies:

python3 -m venv .venv
. .venv/bin/activate
python -m pip install -e ".[dev]"

Run tests:

pytest

Run the API:

uvicorn repo_registry.web_api.app:app --reload

The API creates a local SQLite database at var/repo-registry.sqlite3 by default.

First API Loop

curl -X POST http://127.0.0.1:8000/repos \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -d '{"url":"https://example.com/mail-router.git"}'

The registry imports name and description from pyproject.toml, package.json, or README where possible. Then add abilities, capabilities, features, and evidence under that repository and inspect:

curl http://127.0.0.1:8000/repos/1/ability-map
curl 'http://127.0.0.1:8000/search?q=classify'

Deterministic Analysis

For local development, repository URLs may be local filesystem paths. Git URLs, including file:// URLs, are cloned into var/checkouts before scanning. Trigger a deterministic scan:

curl -X POST http://127.0.0.1:8000/repos/1/analysis-runs \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -d '{}'

Or override the scan source path explicitly:

curl -X POST http://127.0.0.1:8000/repos/1/analysis-runs \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -d '{"source_path":"/path/to/repository"}'

Inspect recorded facts:

curl http://127.0.0.1:8000/repos/1/analysis-runs
curl http://127.0.0.1:8000/repos/1/observed-facts

The deterministic scanner records observed facts only: languages, documentation files, examples, tests, package manifests, configuration files, framework hints, and likely API/CLI interfaces.

Each completed analysis run also creates a conservative candidate graph for review:

curl http://127.0.0.1:8000/repos/1/analysis-runs/1/candidate-graph

Candidate entries are source-linked review seeds. They are not canonical registry truth until a review workflow approves them.

Approve a candidate graph into the canonical registry:

curl -X POST http://127.0.0.1:8000/repos/1/analysis-runs/1/candidate-graph/approve \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -d '{"notes":"Approved first review package"}'

Approval copies candidate abilities, capabilities, features, and evidence into the approved registry tables, marks candidates approved, and moves the repository status to indexed.