# RecallBase — local-first AI conversation archive

> RecallBase — local-first AI conversation archive — helps people save, search, and export selected AI conversations from supported browser and CLI workflows while keeping raw chat content on the user's device unless they intentionally choose a file, note, or app export destination.

RecallBase — local-first AI conversation archive is a local-first tool for saving, searching, and exporting AI conversations from supported browser apps and a local CLI. Raw chat content stays on the user's device unless they choose an export destination.

Developer access is free and self-serve: install the open-source CLI from npm without an account or API key, and use the public Docs MCP without authentication, OAuth, or sales contact. The CLI runs locally, and contributors use repository fixtures plus local SQLite as an isolated sandbox/test environment that cannot modify RecallBase production data. The Docs MCP serves public documentation only. There is no cloud conversation API. OAuth/OIDC discovery, auth.md, and agent registration for chat access are intentionally unpublished — human account login is browser-only.

**When to use RecallBase**

- A user wants to save, search, or export AI chats from ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, or other supported browser apps without making cloud sync the default.
- An agent needs product docs, export limits, or local-first privacy boundaries for RecallBase.
- A coding agent needs local session recall via the open-source RecallBase CLI MCP on the user's machine.

**When not to use RecallBase**

- Cloud backup, team shared chat history, or server-side prompt/response storage.
- Treating the website as a conversation database — raw chats stay local by design.
- Expecting OAuth, OpenID discovery, auth.md, or a cloud API to access user AI conversations — those agent auth surfaces do not exist and are intentionally unpublished.
- Treating website account, billing, or extension-pairing APIs as agent product APIs — they are human browser flows only.

Supported browser surfaces include ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, Gemini, DeepSeek, Perplexity, NotebookLM, AI Studio, Copilot, and related AI chat workflows.

Exports: Markdown, PDF, Word, images, JSON, text, Notion, Google Docs, and Obsidian.

Open-source CLI: RecallBase CLI on npm imports and searches supported local coding-agent history in local SQLite and exposes a local MCP server. No cloud sync, cloud backup, cloud search, or account requirement.

## Documentation for agents

- [Docs home](https://recallbase.net/docs/)
- [What is RecallBase](https://recallbase.net/docs/what-is-recallbase/)
- [Get started](https://recallbase.net/docs/get-started/)
- [Privacy local-first](https://recallbase.net/docs/privacy-local-first/)
- [Supported AI apps](https://recallbase.net/docs/supported-ai-apps/)
- [Save AI conversations](https://recallbase.net/docs/save-ai-conversations/)
- [Export Markdown](https://recallbase.net/docs/export/markdown/)
- [Export PDF](https://recallbase.net/docs/export/pdf/)
- [Install CLI](https://recallbase.net/docs/install-cli/)
- [RecallBase Docs MCP](https://recallbase.net/docs/docs-mcp/): public Streamable HTTP MCP at https://recallbase.net/mcp (no auth)
- [MCP server card](https://recallbase.net/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json)
- [Agent skills index](https://recallbase.net/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json)
- [llms-full.txt](https://recallbase.net/llms-full.txt)

## Product pages

- [Home](https://recallbase.net/)
- [Browser extension](https://recallbase.net/browser-extension/)
- [Desktop CLI](https://recallbase.net/desktop-cli/)
- [Developer and contribution resources](https://recallbase.net/developers/)
- [Pricing](https://recallbase.net/pricing/)
- [Download](https://recallbase.net/download/)

## Optional

- [AI chatbot conversations archive](https://recallbase.net/ai-chatbot-conversations-archive/)
- [How to save a ChatGPT conversation](https://recallbase.net/how-to-save-chatgpt-conversation/)
- [ChatGPT to PDF extension](https://recallbase.net/chatgpt-to-pdf-extension/)
- [Claude exporter](https://recallbase.net/claude-exporter/)