> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://autter.dev/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Autter CLI

> Track AI-authored code locally and connect attribution to the Autter platform when your team needs shared analytics.

The Autter CLI is an open source Git extension for line-level AI authorship. It links generated lines to the coding agent, model, and prompt that produced them.

Autter does not guess whether code came from AI. Supported coding agents create explicit checkpoints as they work. Autter turns those checkpoints into attribution metadata when you commit.

<Columns cols={2}>
  <Card title="Install the CLI" icon="download" href="/cli/install">
    Install Autter on macOS, Linux, Windows, or WSL.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Connect the platform" icon="cloud-arrow-up" href="/cli/connect-platform">
    Sync attribution to dashboards, prompt search, and audit logs.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Inspect AI authorship" icon="code-branch" href="/cli/ai-blame">
    See the human or agent behind each line.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Control your data" icon="shield" href="/cli/data-and-privacy">
    Compare storage modes and opt out at any time.
  </Card>
</Columns>

## What the CLI adds

* **Line-level attribution** connects committed code to the agent session that created it.
* **AI-aware blame and diffs** add authorship context to familiar Git workflows.
* **Commit statistics** show AI acceptance, human edits, and tool or model breakdowns.
* **History preservation** carries attribution through common operations such as rebase, merge, stash, cherry-pick, and amend.
* **Optional platform sync** aggregates data by contributor, repository, pull request, team, agent, and model.

## Choose an operating mode

<Tabs>
  <Tab title="Local-only">
    Autter works offline without an account. Prompts stay in local SQLite storage. Attribution is written to Git notes.

    Choose this mode when you want personal attribution tools without hosted dashboards.
  </Tab>

  <Tab title="Connected">
    Autter links the machine to your account and routes prompt and usage data to the owning organization. Local authorship remains in Git notes. The platform can then build shared analytics, prompt search, and audit history.

    You can keep prompts local while remaining signed in. See [Data and privacy](/cli/data-and-privacy#stay-connected-but-keep-prompts-local).
  </Tab>
</Tabs>

<Note>
  Connecting is optional. The open source CLI remains useful in local-only mode.
</Note>

## Start here

<Steps>
  <Step title="Install Autter">
    Follow the platform-specific command in [Install the CLI](/cli/install).
  </Step>

  <Step title="Let Autter configure your agents">
    The installer detects supported coding agents and installs the required integration files.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Choose local-only or connected mode">
    Pick the storage and collaboration model that fits your work. You can change it later with `autter onboard --force`.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Prompt, commit, and inspect">
    Continue using your coding agent and normal Git workflow. Run `autter status`, `autter stats`, or `autter blame <file>` when you need attribution details.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Card title="Read how attribution works" icon="diagram-project" href="/cli/how-autter-works">
  Follow a checkpoint from an agent edit through commit, Git history, and the optional Autter platform.
</Card>

## Explore the CLI

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  <Card title="Context" icon="message-square-more" href="/cli/context">
    See which CLI artifacts help you understand AI-authored changes.
  </Card>

  <Card title="CLI reference" icon="book-open-text" href="/cli/reference">
    Jump into the main reference hub for the CLI.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Performance FAQs" icon="gauge" href="/cli/performance-faqs">
    Learn what affects CLI runtime on large repos.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Add your agent" icon="plug" href="/guides/add-your-agent">
    Follow the integration path for a new coding agent.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Supported agents" icon="bot" href="/guides/add-your-agent">
    Find the integration path for Cursor, Claude Code, Copilot, Codex, and Windsurf.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Data and privacy" icon="shield" href="/cli/data-and-privacy">
    Review what stays local and what can sync in connected mode.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>