Codebuff

Get started with Codebuff

1. Install Codebuff

Enter the following in your terminal, which could be inside your favorite IDE (VSCode, Cursor, etc.).

npm install -g codebuff

2. Navigate to your project directory

cd /path/to/your-repo

3. Run Codebuff

codebuff

Check out the modes for using Codebuff, such as Free, Max, or Plan.

4. Initialize Your Project (Optional)

Run the /init command inside Codebuff to set up project-specific files. Useful for:

  • New projects — if you don't already have an AGENTS.md or CLAUDE.md (Codebuff will also read these files).
  • Building custom agents — running /init is the first step to creating your own agents!

Troubleshooting

  • Make sure you have node installed (which includes npm).

  • Try deleting the downloaded binary at ~/.config/manicode/codebuff and restarting codebuff.

See here for more help or ask in our Discord.

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