Bootstrap from Codebase

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Prerequisites

• ByteRover CLI installed
• Project initialized (run brv to start the REPL and initialize your project)
• A codebase with existing patterns, conventions, or documentation worth capturing

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Step 1: Curate from Your Codebase

> curate all important context from this codebase using brv curate; focus on:

1. Code Style and Quality
2. Styling and Design
3. Naming Conventions
4. Project Structure and Dependencies

ByteRover should intelligently organize into appropriate domains and topics

brv curate "Project architecture and conventions" -f README.md -f ARCHITECTURE.md -f CONTRIBUTING.md

brv curate "API patterns and authentication flow" -f src/api/routes.ts -f src/auth/middleware.ts

brv curate "Database models and schema" -f prisma/schema.prisma -f src/models/user.ts
brv curate "Testing patterns" -f tests/setup.ts -f tests/helpers.ts
brv curate "Frontend component conventions" -f src/components/Button.tsx -f src/styles/theme.ts

brv curate -d src/

# In the REPL:
/curate "Project architecture and conventions" @README.md @ARCHITECTURE.md @CONTRIBUTING.md

# In the REPL:
/curate "API patterns and authentication flow" @src/api/routes.ts @src/auth/middleware.ts

/curate "Database models and schema" @prisma/schema.prisma @src/models/user.ts
/curate "Testing patterns" @tests/setup.ts @tests/helpers.ts
/curate "Frontend component conventions" @src/components/Button.tsx @src/styles/theme.ts

/curate @src/

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Step 2: Review Changes

brv vc status

# In the REPL:
/vc status

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Step 3: Query to Verify

> use brv query to retrieve context related to (your intention)

brv query "how is authentication implemented"

# In the REPL:
/query how is authentication implemented

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What Happened Behind the Scenes

1. Autonomous Analysis: ByteRover analyzed your codebase content and detected relevant domains (code_style, testing, structure, api, etc.) using semantic understanding.
2. Intelligent Organization: Content was organized hierarchically into the context tree at .brv/context-tree/, with appropriate domain and topic structure.
3. Relation Mapping: ByteRover identified connections between related topics and created explicit @domain/topic relations to build a navigable knowledge graph.
4. Duplicate Prevention: Before creating new topics, ByteRover searched for existing related knowledge to prevent duplication and update existing topics when appropriate.
5. Facts Extraction: ByteRover extracted structured facts from your content — categorized as personal, project, preference, convention, team, environment, or other — and stored them in the ## Facts section of each knowledge file. See How Curation Works for details.

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Customizing Your Bootstrap

> curate context about testing patterns and conventions from this codebase using brv curate

> curate context from this codebase, break it into small focused pieces

> curate context from this codebase, summarize it before adding

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Cloud Sync (Optional)

brv vc add .
brv vc commit -m "bootstrap project context"
brv vc push

/vc add .
/vc commit -m "bootstrap project context"
/vc push

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Next Steps

• Onboard Existing Context - For individual files (1-3 docs)
• Query the Context Tree - Effective query patterns and tips
• Curate Context with Intelligence - Interactive vs autonomous modes, advanced options