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Kaddo Visual Explorer is a visual way to discover the toolkit. Each concept pairs a picture with a plain explanation, an example and links to the technical documentation — so you can find what is useful to you without knowing Kaddo beforehand.

These cards are conceptual illustrations, not product screenshots, and they describe behavior that exists today. For the technical Mermaid diagrams of the knowledge loop, see Technical diagrams.

Conceptual illustration of the Kaddo controlled deprecation workflow.
Manage development Controlled Deprecation Retiring legacy is a managed process, not a delete.
Conceptual illustration of a Kaddo Drift Report (illustrative figures, not measured results).
Integrate, protect & measure Drift Report Track how code, knowledge, Work Items and architecture drift over time.
Conceptual illustration of Guard reviewing a change in a pipeline.
Integrate, protect & measure Guard Check whether changed code has related knowledge that was not updated.
Conceptual illustration of the Kaddo Admin interface.
Integrate, protect & measure Kaddo Admin A local UI to see and follow your project knowledge.
Conceptual illustration of the four Kaddo knowledge layers.
Start with Kaddo Kaddo knowledge layers The four macro layers Kaddo uses to frame a project under knowledge/.
Conceptual illustration of the Kaddo Lifecycle V2 from intent to learning.
Manage development Kaddo Lifecycle V2 From intent to continuous impact — a knowledge-driven, human-checked cycle.
Conceptual comparison illustration: Kaddo vs BMad.
Compare Kaddo Kaddo vs BMad Different focus: Kaddo connects knowledge and delivery; they can complement each other.
Conceptual comparison illustration: Kaddo vs Gentle-AI.
Compare Kaddo Kaddo vs Gentle-AI Different focus: Kaddo connects knowledge and delivery; they can be complementary.
Conceptual comparison illustration: Kaddo vs Graphify.
Compare Kaddo Kaddo vs Graphify Different focus: Kaddo connects knowledge and delivery; they can be complementary.
Conceptual illustration of Kaddo Knowledge Capsules as portable context.
Understand your system Knowledge Capsules Portable, minimal context exported from a system without exposing all of it.
Conceptual illustration of knowledge drift between code, docs and Work Items.
Understand your system Knowledge Drift When code, knowledge and Work Items stop agreeing.
Conceptual illustration of a Kaddo Knowledge Graph.
Understand your system Knowledge Graph A file-based graph of how your project knowledge and system connect.
Conceptual illustration of Kaddo knowledge levels from Local to Business.
Start with Kaddo Knowledge levels Different tasks need different depths of context — from a file to the business.
Conceptual illustration of reducing uncertainty in a legacy project with Kaddo.
Start with Kaddo Legacy project Reduce uncertainty and modernize an old system with care.
Conceptual illustration of the Kaddo MCP server connecting agents to knowledge.
Integrate, protect & measure MCP server Expose Kaddo knowledge to AI agents through the Model Context Protocol.
Conceptual illustration of how a new project starts and evolves in Kaddo.
Start with Kaddo New project Start a project right and evolve it with a living knowledge layer.
Conceptual illustration of Kaddo POC Mode steps and outcomes.
Manage development POC Mode Validate a hypothesis before building too much.
Conceptual illustration of understanding a pre-AI project with Kaddo.
Start with Kaddo Pre-AI project Understand and prepare an existing system before evolving it with AI.
Conceptual illustration of Kaddo Project Resources connecting systems and knowledge.
Understand your system Project Resources Connect a system’s real dependencies to the rest of the project knowledge.
Conceptual illustration of a Kaddo Savings Report (illustrative figures, not measured results).
Integrate, protect & measure Savings Report Estimate savings from reused context and less repeated work.
Conceptual illustration of a system topology with services and data stores.
Understand your system System Topology A semantic map of your system: entities and how they relate.
Conceptual illustration of Work Item types: feature, bug, tech task, research, deprecation.
Manage development Types of Work Item Feature, bugfix, tech task, research and more — each change has a type.
Conceptual illustration of a Kaddo Work Item and its connections.
Manage development Work Items The unit of change in Kaddo, from captured intent to verified completion.

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Created by Julian Dario Luna Patiño · v3.138.0