Betterborg CLI

Python

Betterborg is an AI engineering team for substantial software projects, not a chat window that makes an isolated edit. You give it a task or a PRD; agents investigate your real code, write a reviewed technical plan, decompose it into a dependency graph of tasks, and implement them, each in its own isolated Git worktree. You approve the plan before anything is decomposed, and the estimate before anything runs. It works locally, on your own Claude Code or Codex subscription.

[!NOTE] Pre-alpha. Interfaces may change between releases.

Get started

Install the CLI:
```
pip install betterborg
```
Or install the standalone release binary for Darwin or Linux, which needs no Python toolchain. It selects ARM64 or x86_64 from the release manifest, verifies the SHA-256 digest and exact version before replacing ~/.local/bin/betterborg, and then runs step 2 for you:
```
curl -fsSL https://install.betterborg.ai | sh
```
Activate the agent-host integrations:
```
betterborg plugins install --all
```
Then run /reload-plugins in any open Claude Code session, and start a new Codex session when prompted.

From inside a Git repository, run the loop:

betterborg trust                     # trust this worktree (machine-local)
betterborg init                      # register and analyze the repository
betterborg create my-feature         # or: betterborg create my-feature --prd spec.md
betterborg plan start my-feature     # agents plan, review, and iterate
betterborg plan approve my-feature   # your gate: nothing is decomposed before this
betterborg task estimate my-feature  # P50/P80 work and cost
betterborg execute my-feature        # approve the estimate, then run

betterborg execute hands off reviewed local branches. Add --push or --pr to publish them. betterborg --help is the full command index.

To try it without installing:

npx --yes @betterborg/cli version

Plugin activation needs a persistent install, so it is skipped under npx.

Requirements

Python 3.11+, on macOS or Linux. On Windows, use a WSL2 shell.
One agent transport: a claude or codex CLI on PATH and already logged in, or ANTHROPIC_API_KEY / OPENAI_API_KEY exported in your shell.

Keep provider keys in your shell or a secret manager, never in .betterborg/config.toml or any tracked file.

Documentation

Installation guide: version pinning, WSL2, providers, recovery
Command guide: bootstrap, initialization, and per-stage agent configuration
Release runbook: for maintainers

Reporting bugs

File a GitHub issue.

Contributing

See AGENTS.md for repository rules and the standard make targets.

License

Development Status
- 2 - Pre-Alpha
Environment
- Console
Programming Language

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