OktoLabs · Product no. 01 v0.1.2 · 2026

Ship with AI. Stay in control.

From idea to production — with specs, validation, and evidence. Okto Pulse is the control plane for AI-assisted software development: structure the work, guide your agents, and prove what was actually delivered.

$ pip install okto-pulse
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  • 190+ MCP tools
  • 6 Controlled stages
  • 4 Validation gates
  • KG Project memory

AI coding is fast.
Losing control is faster.

AI assistants can generate code. They do not guarantee that requirements were implemented, decisions were preserved, tests covered what matters, or the system behaves as intended.

Context gets lost

Long-running work turns into disconnected prompts, partial memory, and repeated explanations.

Decisions disappear

Architecture, trade-offs, and constraints live in chat history instead of the project system.

Specs are ignored

Agents can move quickly while drifting away from the original requirement and acceptance criteria.

Validation becomes subjective

Done means “it seems to work” instead of evidence tied to requirements, tests, and delivery.

You ship faster. But you stop knowing what you shipped.

intent.status="unclear"
spec.coverage="unknown"
task.drift="rising"
delivery.evidence="missing"

Not another board.
Not another AI tool.

Okto Pulse sits between your idea and your code, bringing structure, traceability, and validation to every step. It turns AI from a coding assistant into an engineering participant.

This is not
  • another Kanban
  • another code generator
  • another loose workflow tool
This is

A reliability layer for AI-assisted development: specs, tasks, validation, analytics, and project memory in one controlled system.

Intent Spec Task Evidence Knowledge
Intent Ideas Requirements Architecture Mockups
Okto Pulse Control plane
Specs Tasks Validation Analytics Knowledge
Agents Claude Code Cursor Cline 190+ MCP tools
Evidence Tests Rules Contracts Cycle signals

From idea to production —
with control at every step.

Define before building. Structure before coding. Validate before shipping. Learn after delivery.

  1. Ideation

    Capture ideas and evaluate complexity, ambiguity, risk, and dependencies.

  2. Refinement

    Turn vague intent into technically grounded, actionable concepts.

  3. Spec

    Define requirements, rules, contracts, architecture, mockups, and acceptance criteria.

  4. Tasks

    Break work into structured, traceable execution units for humans and agents.

  5. Validation

    Ensure coverage, test evidence, completion integrity, and drift control.

  6. Knowledge

    Persist decisions, learnings, constraints, and context for future initiatives.

From prompt-driven coding
to spec-driven execution.

The goal is not to slow AI down. The goal is to let it move fast inside a system that preserves intent, evidence, and accountability.

Before

AI moves quickly, but the project loses its shape.

  • Requirements live in prompts
  • Architecture is separated from execution
  • Screen intent gets lost before implementation
  • Validation is reconstructed after the fact
After

Okto Pulse lets AI move fast without losing control.

  • Intent becomes structured work with clear ownership
  • Architecture and mockups travel with the spec
  • Tasks stay linked to requirements, rules, and contracts
  • Validation produces evidence before delivery is trusted

The proof is in the work surface.

The board is only one surface. Okto Pulse also models architecture, screen mockups, acceptance criteria, tests, analytics, and the knowledge graph that survives delivery.

Architecture design

Design before code.

Architecture diagrams are captured inside the ideation flow, so agents inherit system structure, integration points, and component boundaries before implementation begins.

Okto Pulse expanded ideation modal on the Architecture tab with a complex architecture diagram
Interface intent

Mock the product surface.

Mockups keep interaction behavior, visual structure, and user-facing intent attached to the same workflow that produces specs and tasks.

Okto Pulse expanded ideation modal on the Mockups tab with a lineage visualization mockup
Validation evidence

Validate what matters.

Spec detail connects acceptance criteria, tests, rules, contracts, drift, and cycle time so done work can be inspected instead of assumed.

Okto Pulse spec detail analytics with acceptance criteria, test scenario status, and task validation
Structured execution

The board is the operating surface.

Tasks are not loose cards. They carry ownership, status, priority, spec linkage, validation state, and the provenance needed for humans and agents to work on the same execution surface.

Okto Pulse kanban board with traceable task cards
Requirement coverage

Analytics turn delivery into evidence.

Coverage, drift, tests, rules, contracts, and agent contribution stay visible after implementation starts. The system makes the cost of drift explicit instead of invisible.

Okto Pulse analytics coverage by spec
Operational memory

The knowledge graph makes future work smarter.

Decisions, constraints, requirements, tests, bugs, and learnings remain connected. Each initiative leaves a better base of knowledge for the next one.

Okto Pulse knowledge graph showing linked decisions, requirements, tests, and learnings

Built for how AI actually works.

Okto Pulse is the layer that makes AI development reliable: not by replacing your tools, but by giving them a system to follow.

Spec-driven execution

Your system is defined before it is built. Tasks inherit requirements, rules, contracts, and acceptance criteria.

Agent-aware workflows

AI assistants operate inside structured roles and permissions, not free-form prompts with unlimited surface area.

Validation gates

No task is done without evidence. Validation becomes a workflow, not a subjective status.

Knowledge Graph

Decisions, constraints, requirements, tests, bugs, and learnings are never lost after delivery.

Architecture and mockups

Specs can carry system diagrams and screen mockups so implementation starts from shared visual context.

End-to-end traceability

From requirement to code to test to delivery, every artifact has a path back to intent.

Built for teams that want AI speed without operational chaos.

Developers

Build with AI without losing context.

Turn your assistant into a structured engineering partner with specs, tasks, and validation gates.

Engineering & Product Leaders

Know what was built, why, and with what evidence.

Ship faster while preserving traceability, coverage, and decision history across initiatives.

Vibe coders & indie builders

Move fast without creating chaos.

Start structured even when building solo, then scale the same system as the product grows.

Works with your existing
AI development tools.

Use Okto Pulse alongside Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, Cline, or any MCP-compatible agent. With 190+ MCP tools, your AI does not just generate code. It follows a system.

.mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "okto-pulse": {
      "url": "http://127.0.0.1:8101/mcp?api_key=dash_xxx"
    }
  }
}
Claude Code Cursor Windsurf Cline Custom agents MCP-compatible

Get started in seconds.

No account. No cloud dependency. Install locally, initialize the board, and connect your agent when you are ready.

  1. 01

    Install from PyPI

    $ pip install okto-pulse
  2. 02

    Initialise local data

    $ okto-pulse init
  3. 03

    Run the board and MCP server

    $ okto-pulse serve
  4. 04

    Open the local board

    Open the URL printed by the server and start structuring your workflow. Add the generated .mcp.json when your agent should join.

Free to use · Source-available under Elastic License 2.0

AI changed how code is written.
Okto Pulse changes how software is built.

This is a new layer in the development stack: a control plane for AI-assisted development.

Prevent context loss in long-running projects Ensure requirement-to-code traceability Enforce test coverage and validation gates Reduce drift between intent and implementation Turn AI-generated code into auditable delivery

Build fast. Stay in control.

Start structuring your AI-assisted development today.