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Changelog

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v0.1.11

ByteAsk CLI v0.1.11

Highlights:

  • Operator alerts rendered at the top of the session
  • /login rebuilt as a native bottom-pane settings surface
  • byteask exec now renders extension tool calls (cpp_*/ref_*) - previously invisible
  • cpp-tools: real sanitizer output, project builds, bounded execution, trust gate
  • Hardware-aware performance verification

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v0.1.10

What's new

  • Status/result messages (e.g. key-add errors) no longer leak onto unrelated screens after navigating away.
  • install.sh / install.ps1 now say plainly when a best-effort ripgrep install didn't work, instead of failing silently.

All 4 platform binaries included below.

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v0.1.9

ByteAsk CLI v0.1.9

  • Security & abuse-resistance hardening.

Engine unchanged from 0.1.8 - the binaries below are identical; 0.1.9 ships client + gateway improvements.

Install: curl -fsSL https://code.byteask.ai/install.sh | sh · pip install byteask · npm i -g @byteask/cli

Binaries are gzip-compressed; SHA256SUMS lists the checksums.

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v0.1.8

ByteAsk CLI v0.1.8

  • See your tools working - every ByteAsk tool call (autosar_ref, mcu_ref, cpp_godbolt, debug, …) now shows a live cell in the TUI with the tool name, arguments, and result - the same visibility web search always had. Interrupted calls show cleanly; retryable tool replies no longer render as failures.
  • Referral upgrades - you AND your friend now each get $10 of usage per referral, and 3 successful referrals earn your first month of Pro free. /referral-code shows your live progress.
  • Reliability: turn-abort no longer leaves stuck in-progress items in thread history.

Install: curl -fsSL https://code.byteask.ai/install.sh | sh · pip install byteask · npm i -g @byteask/cli

Binaries are gzip-compressed; SHA256SUMS lists the checksums.

v0.1.7

ByteAsk CLI v0.1.7

  • Grounded reference tools - autosar_ref, mcu_ref, fpga_ref, hft_ref, grid_ref, scpi_ref, x86_ref: page-cited lookups over the ByteAsk corpus for embedded / firmware / hardware / safety-critical C++ (MISRA, AUTOSAR, Intel SDM, IEEE 1547, SCPI, Xilinx, ITCH, and more).
  • Renamed the native-debugger tools - cpp_debug/cpp_debug_session/cpp_debug_attach/cpp_record → debug/debug_session/debug_attach/debug_record (they debug any native binary, including Rust).
  • Removed the /app slash command.
  • Gateway maintenance: auto model routing, Gemini/Anthropic reliability fixes.

Install: curl -fsSL https://code.byteask.ai/install.sh | sh · pip install byteask · npm i -g @byteask/cli

Binaries below are gzip-compressed; SHA256SUMS lists the checksums.

v0.1.6

ByteAsk CLI v0.1.6 - fixes API-key paste hanging on macOS Terminal (wrapper terminal-reset). Engine binaries unchanged from v0.1.5.

v0.1.4

ByteAsk CLI v0.1.4 - Gemini/Anthropic fixes (CRLF SSE, tool-schema, thought-signature), gateway model allowlist, Linux bubblewrap auto-install + sandbox fallback, referral across curl/pip/npm, catalog trim (Sonnet 4.5 removed).

v0.1.3

ByteAsk CLI v0.1.3 - the AI coding agent for your terminal.

Engine binaries for all supported platforms are attached below; installers fetch the latest automatically.

Install

  • macOS / Linux: curl -fsSL https://code.byteask.ai/install.sh | sh
  • Windows (PowerShell): irm https://code.byteask.ai/install.ps1 | iex
  • pip install byteask · npx @byteask/cli

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