SpecStory

A local-first coding history tool that saves and searches agent conversations, with optional cloud sync and reusable agent skills.

SpecStory saves AI coding conversations so developers can recover decisions, find past solutions, and carry context into another task. Its CLI and editor extensions keep session history locally across projects and coding tools.

Conversation capture: Save prompts, responses, tool calls, and reasoning traces as Markdown for later review or sharing.
Search and reuse: Search conversations across local projects and resume sessions between different agents.
Agent skills: Lore draws on saved sessions to turn workflows and successful fixes into reusable skills that you approve for your agents.
Cloud history: Optional SpecStory Cloud sync adds search across computers, questions and answers over saved sessions, and sharing with teammates.

SpecStory works with Cursor and VS Code, plus terminal agents including Claude Code, Codex, Cursor CLI, OpenCode, and Qwen Code. It can also capture Cursor Cloud Agent sessions through the Cursor API, which requires your API key.

The CLI and Lore are free and open source under Apache 2.0. The Cursor and VS Code extensions are closed source. Conversations stay on your machine unless you choose cloud sync. SpecStory Cloud requires an account and login; its cross-computer search, history chat, and team sharing use sessions uploaded to the hosted service.