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Pyrite is designed to be general-purpose knowledge infrastructure. Here's how different audiences use it.

Investigative journalism

Track people, organizations, events, claims, and evidence with source chains and reliability tiers. The journalism-investigation plugin adds:

  • Claim entries with lifecycle management (unverified → corroborated → confirmed)
  • Evidence entries linking claims to sources
  • Source reliability tiers (Tier 1: direct observation, Tier 2: court records, etc.)
  • Ownership chain mapping and money flow tracking
  • Cross-KB entity correlation for multi-investigation searches

    • The knowledge graph shows connections between entities. Wikilinks create a web of evidence that's searchable by both humans and AI agents.

    Software teams

    Manage architecture decisions, component documentation, backlogs, and coding standards. The software-kb plugin adds:

  • ADRs (Architecture Decision Records) with status tracking
  • Component docs with dependency graphs
  • Backlog items with kanban workflow and quality gates
  • Standards — both coding conventions and automated validation rules
  • Runbooks for operational procedures

    • Works alongside your codebase — put the KB in the same repo and Claude Code can reference it while coding.

    Personal knowledge management

    Build a second brain with the zettelkasten plugin:

  • Notes progress through maturity stages: capture → elaborate → question → refine → connect
  • Wikilinks create an organic structure that emerges from connections
  • Semantic search finds conceptually related notes across your entire collection
  • AI agents can help with linking, summarizing, and gap analysis

    • Research and OSINT

    Build structured databases of open-source intelligence:

  • Typed entries enforce consistent data capture
  • Source tracking with verification metadata
  • Timeline views for chronological analysis
  • Cross-KB search for multi-project investigations
  • Git-native storage for distributed, privacy-preserving collaboration

    • Team wikis and documentation

    Replace Notion/Confluence with something you own:

  • Markdown files work in any editor
  • Git handles versioning, branching, review
  • No per-seat pricing — unlimited users on self-hosted
  • MCP means your team's AI tools can read the wiki
  • Schema validation keeps content quality high without manual enforcement