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Bring your AI coding history Back to the Future
Contextify watches Claude Code and Codex sessions and indexes your conversations into a local database. You can then let your AI assistants pull that history back into the present when they need context.
Seeing is believing. Start local on one machine. Then if it makes sense, add syncing across multiple machines.
First steps
Core workflows
Cloud sync quickstart
Connect your Mac to hosted Contextify Cloud with sign-in handoff.
Ingestion and syncing
Understand local transcript processing, first-run indexing, and Cloud catch-up sync.
Total Recall
Let Claude Code or Codex search previous coding sessions when they need context.
Switch cloud targets
Understand what carries over between hosted and self-hosted cloud.
CLI quickstart
Install, verify, search local history, and run Cloud commands from the terminal.
Linux
Install the CLI, index your transcripts, and search from the terminal or your assistant.
Troubleshooting
Missing projects or conversations
Work through the checks that explain why the app has nothing to show yet.
Cloud connection trouble
Start with the Cloud tab in Settings, then check the configured server, DNS, VPN, and TLS name.
Tailscale or TLS issues
Separate hostname resolution, VPN routing, port reachability, and certificate identity.
Expanded guides
| Area | Guide | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Ingestion and sync | What happens locally before Cloud sync, why first runs can take time, and what status labels mean. | Guide available |
| CLI | Install, verify, run first search, and connect Cloud from the terminal. | Quickstart available |
| Linux | Install the CLI, index Claude Code and Codex history, and search it from the terminal, your assistant, or MCP. | Guide available |
| Self-hosted Cloud | Connect to self-hosted Cloud and troubleshoot TLS, VPN, and Tailscale. | Starter docs available |
| Privacy and data | What stays local, what syncs, and how assistant search receives results. | Starter page available |