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Changelog

Notable changes to ByteAsk. Update your CLI any time with byteask --update.

0.1.10​

Cloud provider presets.

  • Add a cloud provider by name, not URL. byteask models add <alias> --provider openrouter --key sk-... connects OpenRouter, Groq, Together, DeepSeek, Mistral, xAI, Cerebras, or Fireworks with just your own key — no endpoint URL to look up. Run byteask models providers to see the list. The model routes as self/<alias>, direct from your machine under your key. Your key, your account: the provider bills you (ByteAsk never sees or meters the traffic). See Self-Hosted Models → Cloud providers.

0.1.9​

Self-hosted models + security hardening.

  • Self-hosted models (self/*). Point ByteAsk at your own OpenAI-compatible model server — vLLM, TGI, SGLang, Ollama, LM Studio, llama.cpp, a DGX box, or a LiteLLM proxy — and use it in /model like a cloud model. Register with byteask models add <alias> --url ..., and it appears as self/<alias>. Prompts go directly from your machine to your server: your compute, never metered, never routed through ByteAsk. ByteAsk auto-detects your server's wire protocol (pass-through when it speaks the Responses API, translate when it speaks Chat Completions) and byteask models test gives you a plain-English capability check. See Self-Hosted Models.
  • Account security hardening. Stronger anti-abuse across sign-in and rewards: disposable/throwaway email detection, .ac.in domain policy, and Sybil-resistance on the referral and credit system.

0.1.8​

Visible tool cells and a better referral program.

  • Every tool call is now a visible cell in the TUI. C/C++ tools (cpp_godbolt, debug, …) and reference tools (autosar_ref, …) each render their own cell showing the tool, its arguments, and its output — inline in the conversation. Nothing the agent runs is hidden.
  • Referrals now reward both sides. When someone installs with your code and signs up, you both get $10 of usage credit (previously only the referrer earned).
  • Refer 3 friends → your first month of Pro is free. /referral-code shows your live progress toward the reward.

0.1.7​

Grounded reference tools and debugger tool renames.

  • Reference tools (*_ref). Seven grounded, page-cited reference tools for hardware and safety-critical engineering: autosar_ref (AUTOSAR/MISRA/ISO C++), mcu_ref (STM32, Cortex-M, Modbus, CAN), fpga_ref (Xilinx/AMD, AXI), hft_ref (ITCH/OUCH/FIX, TCP/IP, PTP), grid_ref (IEEE 1547/2030.5, SunSpec), scpi_ref (instrument manuals), and x86_ref (the x86-64 SDM). Each returns verbatim excerpts with a citation, or says "no confident match" instead of guessing.
  • Debugger tools renamed. cpp_debug → debug, cpp_debug_session → debug_session, cpp_debug_attach → debug_attach, and cpp_record → debug_record. Dropping the cpp_ prefix reflects that they debug any native binary (including Rust), not just C/C++.

For the current feature set, see Features. For install and update instructions, see the Overview.