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AI Badger

Local command-line tool that prepares focused repository context and review requests you paste into the AI chat you already use, with no API keys or automatic uploads.

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What it does

AI Badger runs on your machine and works out which parts of a repository an AI chat needs to see. You copy its prompts into the chat of your choice and paste the replies back, so you decide what is shared and nothing is uploaded automatically. It needs no API keys and sends no telemetry. In the design flow you describe a goal, copy the first prompt into your chat, paste back the list of files the AI asks for, then copy a second prompt that includes them. You can review the AI's answer in Badger and confirm any writes to your files. A separate review command prepares a request for an independent review of your Git changes. Other pieces include an offline HTML map of the codebase, Agent Skills for handing off a session or requesting a review, non-interactive commands for editors and scripts, and a companion VS Code extension. It is written in Go and installs with Homebrew or a curl script, with Windows instructions in its docs.

Capabilities

  • Builds focused context locally from your repository
  • Works with any AI chat or local model by copy and paste
  • Review mode for your Git changes
  • Offline HTML map of the codebase
  • Agent Skills for session handoff and independent review
  • Optional VS Code companion extension

When to use it

  • You use a chat assistant such as ChatGPT or Claude and want to share only the relevant files
  • You want a second opinion on a set of Git changes
  • You do not want to give a tool API keys or upload access to your code