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getspecstory
Saves AI coding agent sessions as local Markdown and searchable history
- Stars
- 1.4k
- License
- Apache-2.0
- Last commit
- Nov 2026
- Last release
- Nov 2026
- Language
- Go
1,167 on 21 Apr 20261,374 on 10 Nov 2026
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Overview
SpecStory wraps terminal coding agents such as Claude Code, Codex CLI, Cursor CLI and Copilot CLI, and writes each session to .specstory/history/ in the project. Closed-source Cursor and VS Code Copilot extensions do the same for IDEs. Optional SpecStory Cloud adds cross-machine search, team sharing and chat over past sessions. The repo also ships Lore, a skill that mines saved history into reusable agent skills.
Who it is for: Developers using AI coding agents who want a searchable session history
Strengths
- Local-first: sessions are plain Markdown in .specstory/history/, nothing syncs without login
- CLI supports about 15 agents, including Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, OpenCode and Qwen Code
- Installs via Homebrew; `specstory run <agent>` launches the agent with auto-save
- Lore skill installs with npx and turns saved sessions into agent skills
Weaknesses
- Cursor and VS Code Copilot extensions are closed source; only the CLI is open
- Cross-machine search, chat and team sharing require the hosted SpecStory Cloud
- Each agent provider has a minimum version; unsupported agents need a new provider
- Lore requires Node 22.5+ on top of the CLI
What it needs
- Needs A supported coding agent (e.g. Claude Code, Codex CLI), Homebrew for CLI install, Node 22.5+ for Lore, SpecStory Cloud account (optional)
- Models: Claude Code, Codex CLI, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI
What changed
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