Bit Lantern

Install Bit Lantern

Read https://bit-lantern.dev/bitlantern.md and follow it to set up Bit Lantern. That single line, pasted into Claude Code, Codex, or Cursor, is the entire install.

How to install Bit Lantern with your coding agent

Read https://bit-lantern.dev/bitlantern.md and follow it to set up Bit Lantern.
  1. Paste that line into your coding agent.
  2. It installs Bit Lantern, indexes your project, and wires itself into your MCP host.
  3. Start a new session and ask it to find a symbol and its direct callers.

The skill file is plain Markdown you can read yourself before handing it over: bit-lantern.dev/bitlantern.md.

That prompt authorizes setup for the host you are using. In Claude Code, it includes the plugin that adds navigation guidance at session and subagent startup, plus structural context for selected symbol greps. You start on Free with no account, email verification, or trial clock.

Manual install on Linux and macOS

curl -fsSL https://bit-lantern.dev/install.sh -o install.sh
sh install.sh

The installer detects your OS and architecture, downloads the matching release, verifies its SHA-256 checksum - plus the OpenPGP signature over SHA256SUMS when gpg is available - and installs under ~/.local/share/atlas-scout without touching your shell profile. On Windows, download and verify the release archive by hand: the docs cover it step by step.

Index and verify

atlas-scout index /absolute/path/to/project
atlas-scout doctor --workspace /absolute/path/to/project

Pre-warming is optional - MCP initialization never waits for a repository walk. doctor reports coverage, the daemon endpoint, and ready-to-paste host setup. The full tool reference lives in the documentation.

Common questions

Is it safe to let my agent install this?
The skill file at bit-lantern.dev/bitlantern.md is public and human-readable, and the installer it references verifies every artifact by SHA-256 checksum - plus an OpenPGP signature when gpg is available - before installing. Bit Lantern itself is local, read-only, and non-executing: it never edits your source, runs builds, or sends your code anywhere.
What does the install actually do?
Your setup request authorizes downloading and verifying the runtime, installing it under ~/.local/share/atlas-scout with stable links in ~/.local/bin, indexing your project, and configuring the plugin or MCP connection for your current host. Claude Code gets the plugin with session, subagent, and selected symbol-grep guidance. Setup starts on Free and never starts a trial or edits your shell profile.
What does it cost?
The Free edition is not a demo: six navigation tools on the complete index, every supported language, unlimited repositories - no account, no card, no expiry. Pro adds eight connected-analysis tools and a 14-day trial that needs no payment card.