Install

Use the workspace commands while Warden is under active development. The published CLI target is already shaped, but npm publication is separate from this site scaffold.

From this workspace

1. Install dependencies

   Use the pinned pnpm workspace so every package resolves against the same lockfile.

2. Build packages

   Compile the package outputs used by local CLI runs and static site fixtures.

3. Initialize the index

   Create the local embedding-backed context index. Re-running is safe and cache-aware.

4. Run a review

   Start with check for deterministic-only output, or review for the full cited review spine.

Workspace setuplocal clone

pnpm install
pnpm build
pnpm warden init
pnpm warden review

As a CLI

Published targetfuture npm path

npx warden review

The npm publication step is separate from this site scaffold.

Required credentials

ANTHROPIC_API_KEYRequired for warden review. Warden validates it at startup so failures are explicit.

VOYAGE_API_KEYRequired for warden init and semantic context indexing. Without it, review falls back to cheap signals.

GOOGLE_GENERATIVE_AI_API_KEYOptional fallback when Anthropic has a transient provider failure.

.envlocal only

ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=sk-ant-...
VOYAGE_API_KEY=pa-...

First run

Cache behavior

warden init writes the local index to .warden/cache.sqlite. The file is gitignored, can be deleted, and can be rebuilt from source.