# Developing Locally As Bitcart consists of many components, each component has it's individual installation instructions. Please follow our main [contributing guidelines](https://github.com/bitcart/bitcart/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md), and the guidelines specific to the repository you are contributing to. Our central repository contains the list of most of the repositories where you can contribute: {% embed url="" %} ## Which IDE to use? We recommend using Visual Studio Code, as our project has many programming languages involved, and VS Code fits the best, but you are free to use whatever editor you like. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.bitcart.ai/development/developing-locally.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.