Library

Documentation

Reference material for SpiceGrinder — the model file format, component library, service API, CLI, and companion apps. Synced from the source repository, so it tracks the shipped product.

• Component Library Reference

  Auto-generated from @ComponentInfo/@Parameter annotations via ComponentRegistry.

• ComponentLibraryApp

  ComponentLibraryApp — list registered generators/filters and their parameters, live from the running artifact's registry

• Customization — Writing Your Own Components

  This document explains how to extend and customize SpiceGrinder without modifying its core source code.

• Grind

  Grind — load a SpiceGrinder model and emit observations

• MacOS Gatekeeper Notice

  SpiceGrinder's Mac build is ad-hoc signed, not notarized by Apple. Because of that, the first time you open the app

• McpServerApp

  McpServerApp — MCP (Model Context Protocol) server exposing component discovery, model validation, and model analysis as tool calls

• Model File Format Reference

  See Component-Library-Reference.md(Component-Library-Reference.md) for the full component/parameter list.

• ModelAnalyzerApp

  ModelAnalyzerApp — standalone Model Analyzer: static complexity plus optional throughput and per-component benchmarking

• ModelNormalizerApp

  ModelNormalizerApp — flatten <Import> references into one self-contained model (Pro)

• ModelValidatorApp

  ModelValidatorApp — check whether one or more SpiceGrinder model files are valid

• Organization Config

  1. SPICEGRINDERORGHOME environment variable 2. -Dspicegrinder.org.home=/path

• Service API Reference

  ModelServiceApp — Pro-tier HTTP service exposing SpiceGrinder models over a REST-ish API (unauthenticated)

• Verifying Release Signatures

  Every SpiceGrinder release jar (spicegrinder-<version>-free.jar / spicegrinder-<version>-pro.jar

• Windows SmartScreen Notice

  SpiceGrinder's Windows build isn't code-signed yet. A real code-signing certificate is in progress but still some weeks out; rather than delay the beta for it