# ByteAsk

> ByteAsk is a commercial AI coding agent for C and C++. It edits your repository from the terminal, then drives the real toolchain (the compiler, the sanitizers, gdb, and your test suite) before it shows you a diff.

ByteAsk reads and edits the repository in place, builds it with the project's own toolchain, runs the tests, reproduces failures under the sanitizers, and can join a live gdb session you already have open. It is a commercial product, not an open-source project. Every page below is also available as markdown: request the page with `Accept: text/markdown`, or append `.md` to its path.

## Install
- Linux and macOS: `curl -fsSL https://code.byteask.ai/install.sh | sh`
- Windows: `irm https://code.byteask.ai/install.ps1 | iex`
- Python: `pip install byteask` (or `uv tool install byteask`)
- Node: `npm i -g @byteask/cli`
- Update: `byteask --update`
- First run: `byteask login`, then `byteask "explain this repo"`
- Editors with a live connector: VS Code, Cursor, JetBrains, Neovim, Emacs.

## Product
- [Home](https://byteask.ai/index.md): What ByteAsk does and how to install it.
- [Product. ByteAsk AI coding agent for C and C++](https://byteask.ai/product.md): ByteAsk joins the gdb session you already have open, runs your sanitizers and tests, and can use your own models.
- [ByteAsk Context. Compiler-accurate context for C and C++ coding agents](https://byteask.ai/context.md): ByteAsk Context gives Claude Code and other MCP clients compiler-accurate context for C and C++ repositories, from the project's real build: where a change belongs, what each call resolves to, and what else it needs.
- [Set up ByteAsk Context in Claude Code](https://byteask.ai/context/setup.md): Set up ByteAsk Context in Claude Code with one prompt: two configuration changes, no software installed. Sign in, preview exactly which files would be uploaded, index, and remove it with one command.
- [Integrations](https://byteask.ai/integrations.md): Assign a Jira or Slack ticket. ByteAsk opens the pull request, then reviews the branch.
- [Enterprise. ByteAsk on-prem AI coding agent for C++](https://byteask.ai/enterprise.md): ByteAsk for enterprise teams: on-prem, air-gapped and bring-your-own-key deployments, SSO, SCIM, audit logs, and the paperwork procurement asks for.
- [Pricing. ByteAsk AI coding agent for C and C++](https://byteask.ai/pricing.md): ByteAsk pricing: Free, Pro $16 a month billed annually, Max $100, Ultra $200, Team $40 per seat, Enterprise on contract.
- [Install. ByteAsk AI coding agent for C and C++](https://byteask.ai/install.md): Install the ByteAsk coding agent on Linux, macOS or Windows. The one-line command for every platform, exactly what the installer writes to your machine, how to read the script before you run it, and how to remove it.
- [Changelog](https://byteask.ai/changelog): Every release of the CLI, newest first.

## Industries
- [Industries](https://byteask.ai/industries.md): ByteAsk for trading and HFT, embedded and firmware, automotive, silicon and FPGA, industrial and energy, and systems teams.
- [Automotive](https://byteask.ai/industries/automotive.md): ByteAsk for AUTOSAR and MISRA C++ code: it looks up rules by number, quotes the rule with its page, and runs your clang-tidy and cppcheck.
- [Embedded and firmware](https://byteask.ai/industries/embedded.md): ByteAsk for firmware and control loops: it drives gdb to the store that corrupts a joint and cites the STM32 reference manual by page.
- [Industrial, energy and test](https://byteask.ai/industries/industrial.md): ByteAsk for instrument and inverter firmware: it reproduces the bug on the simulated test bench before the fix, and cites IEEE 1547 and SunSpec Modbus by section.
- [Silicon and FPGA](https://byteask.ai/industries/silicon-fpga.md): ByteAsk for silicon and FPGA teams: it looks up the AXI4-Stream rule in the Arm spec and cites the section and page.
- [Systems and OS](https://byteask.ai/industries/systems.md): ByteAsk for kernels, runtimes and toolchains: it reads struct layout from the binary, measures before it claims a speedup, and cites the x86-64 SDM by section.
- [Trading and HFT](https://byteask.ai/industries/trading-hft.md): ByteAsk for matching engines and feed handlers: it joins the gdb session you already have open and cites ITCH and FIX by section.

## Company
- [Team](https://byteask.ai/team.md): Anirudha Kulkarni and Pratyush Saini, co-founders of ByteAsk. A coding agent for C and C++.
- [Careers](https://byteask.ai/careers.md): ByteAsk is hiring founding engineers in C++ systems, AI/ML, and full-stack, plus DevRel and go-to-market, to build the coding agent for C and C++. Open applications for any other role.
- [Contact](https://byteask.ai/contact.md): Get in touch with the ByteAsk team about product, billing, security, and privacy questions.

## Legal
- [Privacy Policy](https://byteask.ai/privacy.md): Privacy Policy.
- [Terms of Service](https://byteask.ai/terms.md): Terms of Service.
- [Cookie Policy](https://byteask.ai/cookies.md): Cookie Policy.
- [Challenge Contribution Terms](https://byteask.ai/challenge-terms.md): Challenge Contribution Terms.

## Documentation
- [ByteAsk documentation](https://byteask.ai/docs/): Documentation index.
- [CLI Reference](https://byteask.ai/docs/cli-reference): CLI documentation.
- [Features](https://byteask.ai/docs/features): CLI documentation.
- [Headless & CI](https://byteask.ai/docs/headless): CLI documentation.
- [Overview](https://byteask.ai/docs/overview): CLI documentation.
- [Your own models](https://byteask.ai/docs/self-hosted-models): CLI documentation.
- [Slash Commands](https://byteask.ai/docs/slash-commands): CLI documentation.
- [Embedded docs MCP server](https://docs.byteask.ai/embedded): public MCP endpoint https://mcp.byteask.ai/mcp (Streamable HTTP, no sign-in) for page-cited embedded and firmware reference lookups.

## Pricing
- Free: $0
- Pro: $16/month - Per month with annual subscription discount ($192 billed up front). $20 if billed monthly.
- Max: $100/month
- Ultra: $200/month
- Team: $40/seat/month - or $400/seat/year
- Enterprise: priced on contract

Full detail: https://byteask.ai/pricing.md

## Data handling
Zero data retention: Your prompts and code are processed to answer the request, then dropped. Nothing is kept.
Not used to train models: Your repositories are not used to train any model. Ours or anyone's.

Trust Center, hosted by Oneleet: https://trust.byteask.ai/

## Machine-readable
- [Sitemap](https://byteask.ai/sitemap.xml)
- [Full text of the site as markdown](https://byteask.ai/llms-full.txt)
- [API catalog (RFC 9727)](https://byteask.ai/.well-known/api-catalog)
- [OpenAPI description of the public status endpoints](https://byteask.ai/openapi.json)
- [MCP server card](https://byteask.ai/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json)
- [Agent skills index](https://byteask.ai/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json)

## Contact
- General, privacy and billing: contact@byteask.ai
- Product support: support@byteask.ai
- Security reports: security@byteask.ai
- Organization: https://github.com/byteask, https://www.linkedin.com/company/byteask/, https://x.com/ByteAsk