FAQs & Privacy
FAQs
Frequently asked questions about SpecStory and BearClaude.
What versions of Cursor, Copilot, and Claude Code do you support?
What versions of Cursor, Copilot, and Claude Code do you support?
SpecStory is tested to work with:
- Cursor: every version after
v0.43.5 - Copilot: every version after
v1.300.0 - Claude Code: every version after
v1.0.27
Does it cost money to use SpecStory? BearClaude?
Does it cost money to use SpecStory? BearClaude?
The SpecStory Extension is free as in beer 🍺. Enjoy!
BearClaude is available for free during the Alpha, but will have paid tiers when we launch.
How can I support you?
How can I support you?
Sharing is caring! We’d absolutely love if you could:
- Tell your friends about SpecStory.
- Introduce us to a colleague at work.
- Consider purchasing BearClaude when it launches.
- Leave a review on the VS Code Marketplace
- Talk about us on Cursor Reddit, Cursor Forums, GitHub Copilot Reddit, X.com, BlueSky and LinkedIn.
- Follow us on LinkedIn, X.com and BlueSky. Star us on GitHub.
Will you support other AI Code IDEs?
Will you support other AI Code IDEs?
We get this question a lot! Each AI Code IDE stores chats in differing formats and locations. All are subject to change at anytime. We’re currently focused on making the best possible extension for GitHub Copilot & Cursor with SpecStory.BearClaude takes a different approach as a standalone macOS app with integrated Claude Code, so it doesn’t depend on other editors.We would like to make SpecStory available for Windsurf. Tell them your interested in making your chats available on this issue!Curious about the hype around the different AI code editors? Us too. That’s why we created the AI Editor Tracker to follow the sentiment.
How does this extension work?
How does this extension work?
In a nutshell, SpecStory allows you to save and share your AI conversation history.For Cursor, it reads your local chat history directly from a
sqlite3 database. This is located in different paths depending on your operating system:-
Windows:
%APPDATA%\Cursor\User\globalStorage\state.vscdb -
MacOS:
~/Library/Application Support/Cursor/User/globalStorage/state.vscdb -
Linux:
~/.config/Cursor/User/globalStorage/state.vscdb
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Windows:
%APPDATA%\Code\User\workspaceStorage\{hash}\chatSessions -
MacOS:
~/Library/Application Support/Code/User/workspaceStorage/{hash}/chatSessions -
Linux:
~/.config/Code/User/workspaceStorage/{hash}/chatSessions
- Runs Claude Code while capturing your conversations
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Reads session files from
~/.claude/projects/(JSONL format) -
Converts them to markdown and saves to
.specstory/history/in your project - Works on macOS, Linux, and Windows
.specstory folder.For more detail about each feature check out our feature pages. For insight into what data we collect and access look at our data privacy page.If I need help how can I reach you?
If I need help how can I reach you?
Don’t be shy: we’d absolutely love to hear from you and promise to be extra responsive!
- Drop us a line at support@specstory.com.
- Join our Slack community and ping us directly
- File an issue on github.
Will you open source these tools?
Will you open source these tools?
Both tools are still in active development with rapid iterations. We’ve talked about this internally but have not made a decision.We do strive to be as open as possible in terms of how they work, what data is accessed and stored and what our policy is.
Can I import my SpecStory history back into my editor?
Can I import my SpecStory history back into my editor?
Not today. We do not conduct write operations on the
state.vscdb or the Shadow Workspace Cursor maintains. We do not modify the workspaceStorage directory Copilot maintains.You can @ reference (in Cursor) or # reference (Copilot) these files to provide context to your AI though!