Developer Quickstart

pip install bettercontext

npm install @bettercontext/sdk

brew install bettercontext/tap/bettercontext

export BETTERCONTEXT_API_KEY="bc_live_your_api_key_here"

# Initialize BetterContext in the current directory
bettercontext init

# Ingest and parse repository files into your memory graph
bettercontext ingest . --branch main

from bettercontext import BetterContextClient

client = BetterContextClient()

# Ask questions grounded in your repository's real architecture
response = client.context.query(
    prompt="Where is user authentication handled, and how are tokens refreshed?",
    max_tokens=1024
)

print(response.context_string)
for citation in response.citations:
    print(f"- {citation.path} (Relevance: {citation.score})")

import { BetterContext } from '@bettercontext/sdk';

const bc = new BetterContext();

async function main() {
  const result = await bc.context.query({
    prompt: "Where is user authentication handled, and how are tokens refreshed?",
    maxTokens: 1024,
  });

  console.log(result.contextString);
}

main();

# Install MCP connector into Claude Desktop or Cursor in one command:
bettercontext mcp install --target claude
bettercontext mcp install --target cursor