Bases and saved views

Bases in the web UI are powered by saved views: JSON definitions stored under .kiwi/views/<name>.json. Each view stores a DQL query plus presentation metadata (columns, filters, sort, group_by, layout).

View definition

Field	Purpose
`name`	Stable identifier (matches the filename without `.json`).
`query`	DQL string executed by the Dataview engine (same language as DQL).
`layout`	One of `table`, `list`, `calendar`, `kanban`.
`columns`	Optional column specs with `property`, `label`, optional `formula`, optional `summary`.
`filters`	Structured filters (`field`, `operator`, `value`).
`sort`	Sort keys (`field`, `order`: `asc` or `desc`).
`group_by`	Optional grouping field for board-style layouts.

Computed views in markdown (frontmatter kiwi-view: true) are separate from saved views; use POST /api/kiwi/view/refresh or the kiwi_view_refresh MCP tool for those.

Views REST API
MCP — kiwi_views_list, kiwi_views_get, kiwi_views_save, kiwi_views_delete, kiwi_views_execute

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