Documentation

Everything from installation to advanced usage.

Getting started

2 articles

Installation

Download and first-run Bi. Nothing to install — just download and run.

Quick start

Walk through one full Bi task loop in five minutes.

Configuration

3 articles

Configuration overview

How the config files are laid out and what each switch does.

Model providers

Configure an OpenAI-compatible endpoint or a local model.

Permissions

Tune the authorization boundary for reads, writes and commands.

Using Bi

8 articles

Core tools

The tools an agent can call, and their boundaries.

Workspace

Bound what the agent can reach with a workspace root.

Artifacts panel

Preview everything the agent generated, in one place.

Skills

Package recurring workflows into reusable skills.

Subagents

Split complex work across parallel agents.

Plugins

Extend the agent's capabilities with a three-file plugin bundle.

Terminal

The boundary between the built-in shell panel and the agent's exec tool.

Sessions

How sessions are stored, bound to a workspace, and exported.

Advanced

3 articles

Checkpoints

When it gets the change wrong, step back instead of starting over.

Context management

How long sessions carry turns forward, and how the request prefix stays stable.

Intercept rules

A hard gate in front of specific command patterns. A match rejects the call outright.

Reference

1 articles

HTTP API

An overview of the local server's programmable surface and its auth model.

Troubleshooting

1 articles

Troubleshooting

Common issues, where the logs live, and the startup switches.