# zer0dev

> Trust layer for IDE agents. Context, Memory, and Harness over HTTP. Not a second coding agent.

Built by Alejandro Loaiza (ale-cx) — [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/zer0dev/)

Free for students. Not a company. See [pricing.md](https://zer0dev.vercel.app/pricing.md).

## When to use zer0dev

Use zer0dev when a consumer repo needs governed IDE sessions:

- Pull boot, skills, and hosted law over HTTP.
- Run Preflight, Build, and Audit with a Done Gate before calling work done.
- Record telemetry and audit receipts without uploading source code.
- Optional MCP for Audit and telemetry tools ([MCP discovery](https://zer0dev.vercel.app/.well-known/mcp)).

Do not use zer0dev as a generic code generator. The user's IDE agent remains the builder.

## Onboarding

Free for students. Self-serve install keys after sign-in (no sales form). Student accounts use [Boot](https://zer0dev.vercel.app/boot) as the sandbox/test entry.

1. Sign in at [https://zer0dev.vercel.app/login](https://zer0dev.vercel.app/login). New accounts need a school email that ends in .edu.
2. Non-students testing: contact the author on [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/zer0dev/).
3. Open [Boot](https://zer0dev.vercel.app/boot) and paste the Install snippet into the IDE.
4. Create an install key (`zd_live_*`) in [Settings](https://zer0dev.vercel.app/settings). Use as `Authorization: Bearer`.
5. [Onboarding JSON](https://zer0dev.vercel.app/api/public/onboarding) · [Sandbox JSON](https://zer0dev.vercel.app/api/public/sandbox) · [Capabilities probe](https://zer0dev.vercel.app/api/public/capabilities)

## Where to find the zer0dev developer API

- [zer0dev developer API documentation](https://zer0dev.vercel.app/developers)
- [zer0dev OpenAPI specification](https://zer0dev.vercel.app/api/openapi)
- [zer0dev auth.md](https://zer0dev.vercel.app/auth.md)
- [zer0dev agent onboarding](https://zer0dev.vercel.app/api/public/onboarding)
- [zer0dev sandbox metadata](https://zer0dev.vercel.app/api/public/sandbox)
- [zer0dev public API capabilities probe](https://zer0dev.vercel.app/api/public/capabilities)
- [zer0dev developer resource index](https://zer0dev.vercel.app/api/public/developer-index)
- [zer0dev discovery hub](https://zer0dev.vercel.app/api/public/discovery)
- [zer0dev OAuth authorization server](https://zer0dev.vercel.app/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server)
- [zer0dev MCP discovery](https://zer0dev.vercel.app/.well-known/mcp)
- [zer0dev MCP server card](https://zer0dev.vercel.app/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json)
- [zer0dev MCP endpoint](https://zer0dev.vercel.app/api/mcp)
- [zer0dev ARD catalog](https://zer0dev.vercel.app/.well-known/ard.json)
- [zer0dev API catalog](https://zer0dev.vercel.app/.well-known/api-catalog)
- [zer0dev agent card](https://zer0dev.vercel.app/.well-known/agent-card.json)
- [zer0dev agent skills index](https://zer0dev.vercel.app/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json)
- [zer0dev WebMCP](https://zer0dev.vercel.app/.well-known/webmcp.json)
- [zer0dev llms.txt](https://zer0dev.vercel.app/llms.txt)
- [zer0dev api/llms.txt](https://zer0dev.vercel.app/api/llms.txt)
- [zer0dev developers/llms.txt](https://zer0dev.vercel.app/developers/llms.txt)
- [zer0dev index.md](https://zer0dev.vercel.app/index.md)
- [zer0dev GitHub repository](https://github.com/zer0kool/zer0dev)
- [zer0dev AGENTS.md](https://github.com/zer0kool/zer0dev/blob/main/AGENTS.md)
- [zer0dev schemamap](https://zer0dev.vercel.app/schemamap.xml)
- [zer0dev robots.txt](https://zer0dev.vercel.app/robots.txt)
- [IDE agent governance guide](https://zer0dev.vercel.app/guides/ide-agent-governance)

Prefer `Accept: text/markdown` on content routes. Content routes require Bearer.

Token: `POST https://zer0dev.vercel.app/api/oauth/token` (`grant_type=client_credentials`, `client_secret` = install key).

## Agent configs (public repo)

- [GitHub repository](https://github.com/zer0kool/zer0dev)
- [AGENTS.md](https://github.com/zer0kool/zer0dev/blob/main/AGENTS.md)

## Trust

- [About](https://zer0dev.vercel.app/about) · [Research](https://zer0dev.vercel.app/research) · [Contact](https://zer0dev.vercel.app/contact) · [Privacy](https://zer0dev.vercel.app/privacy)
- [Sitemap](https://zer0dev.vercel.app/sitemap.xml)