Better Context (btca)

https://btca.dev

btca is a CLI for asking questions about libraries/frameworks by cloning their repos locally and searching the source directly.

Dev docs are in the apps/cli directory.

Install

bun add -g btca
btca --help

Quick commands

Ask a question:

btca ask -t svelte -q "How do stores work in Svelte 5?"

Open the TUI:

btca chat -t svelte

Run as a server:

btca serve -p 8080

Then POST /question with:

{ "tech": "svelte", "question": "how does the query remote function work in sveltekit?" }

Keep an OpenCode instance running:

btca open

Config

On first run, btca creates a default config at ~/.config/btca/btca.json. That’s where the repo list + model/provider live.

stuff I want to add

• get the git repo for a package using bun:

 bun pm view react repository.url

• tui for working with btca (config, starting chat, server, etc.)
• mcp server
• multiple repos for a single btca instance
• fetch all the branches to pick from when you add a repo in the tui
• cleaner streamed output in the ask command