davis7dotsh/better-context

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

btca (better-context) is a codebase research tool that lets developers and AI coding agents ask questions about libraries and frameworks by searching actual source code instead of relying on outdated docs. It ships as a CLI, a web app, and an MCP server, and can also be installed as a skill for agents like Codex or pi.

Use cases

• get up-to-date context on libraries used in my projects
• ask my AI coding agent questions grounded in actual library source code
• search a GitHub repo and ask questions about how it works
• give Cursor or Claude Code access to accurate repo context via MCP
• avoid stale AI answers based on outdated documentation
• research how a framework API works before using it

When to choose

• you want AI answers grounded in real source code rather than model priors or stale docs
• you use AI coding agents and want a codebase lookup layer for them
• you prefer keeping code local via the CLI instead of cloud tools

When to avoid

• you need a fully offline tool with no cloud component - the web app and some features are cloud-based and metered
• you rely on the local TUI experience - it is being rewritten around a skill-based approach
• you want a mature, stable tool - the project is mid-rewrite with known issues

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

search-engine rag developer-tools cli mcp documentation developer-tools large-language-models documentation cli cross-platform windows codebase-research ai-coding-agents grounded-answers source-code-search bun skills mcp-server ai-agents command-line nodejs macos linux

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