Hi Luigi, CamelKit and Camel Kit Knowledge are highly innovative projects which, IMHO, greatly complement the AI capabilities we have in Camel.
In my opinion, it would be a valuable addition to the Camel and ASF at large. +1 from me. Kind regards On Wed, Sep 30, 2026 at 3:52 PM Luigi De Masi <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Camel developers, > > I would like to propose donating Camel Kit and Camel Kit Knowledge to > the Apache Software Foundation and continuing their development as a > Camel subproject. > > I've been working on Camel Kit to help developers use AI coding > assistants for Camel integration development. It provides skills and > workflows for requirements gathering, > design, implementation, testing, migration, and troubleshooting. It is > available as a standalone CLI and a Camel JBang plugin, and supports > several coding agents so users > can work with their preferred tools. > > Camel Kit Knowledge is the companion MCP server. It provides > searchable Camel documentation, component metadata, release notes, and > security advisories, along with > endpoint URI validation against the Camel catalog. The idea is to give > agents access to Camel-specific information and validation tools > throughout the development process. > > The proposed donation covers these two repositories, both currently > available under the Apache License 2.0: > > - Camel Kit: https://github.com/luigidemasi/camel-kit > - Camel Kit Knowledge: https://github.com/luigidemasi/camel-kit-knowledge > > I recently published a walkthrough on the Camel blog showing Camel Kit > working with Camel TUI. It takes an integration from requirements to > running routes, then uses the same agent > conversation to inspect and fix its behaviour: > https://camel.apache.org/blog/2026/09/camel-tui-byoa/ > > I think this would fit well within Camel's developer tooling. > Developing it with the community would let us share and improve the > guidance we give coding agents, and keep it aligned with > Camel as it evolves. > > I'd like to continue maintaining both projects and work with anyone > interested in contributing. If the community is interested, I'm happy > to work with the PMC on the software grant, > IP clearance, and repository transition. > > What do you think? > > Thanks, > > -- > Luigi De Masi > -- Otavio R. Piske http://orpiske.net
