AI moves fast. SynapTrace keeps your understanding caught up. Trace what changed, why it works, and what to change next.
AI agents implement features and fixes in minutes.
The code works, but you no longer remember why it works.
The next change goes back to the model, because the implementation never fully became yours.
See how your work actually evolved — interruptions, returns, changes of direction, and the larger arc they belong to. Where was I, what changed, what am I returning to?
A diff tells you what lines moved. Changes recovers the model you need to own the change — why it exists, what behavior existed before, what exists now, and the smallest code path worth reading.
What you need to understand to own the work you are doing now — grounded in the project, compared against the reasoning history SynapTrace has observed from you.
Carry a capability from the Gap Map into learning that stays tied to your project. Choose the depth that fits the situation.
The model is used where semantic interpretation is useful; it is not called for every captured event. Repeated processing is incremental and idempotent — unchanged work does not create duplicate history or unnecessary provider calls.
What exists, what was observed, and what you demonstrated are different kinds of evidence.
Opening an old repository does not invent past work, decisions, or intent.
Understanding is not reduced to a permanent number. Evidence can be incomplete or contested.
Explicit user intent and corrections outrank machine inference.
Retain a large history; show only what matters for the current work.
Early preview targets Windows x64.
New, existing, or one with SynapTrace history — each is handled honestly.
Bring your own key, stored in VS Code SecretStorage. Enable AI-assisted analysis when ready.
As meaningful activity is captured, SynapTrace builds your Trajectory, Changes, Gap Map, and Teaching context.
Longer walkthrough in the documentation.
Locally, with the project — in <workspace>/.synaptrace/. No required account or cloud control plane.
When analysis is enabled: captured prompt text and bounded activity metadata. The normal digest path does not send repository source files or diff bodies.
Yes. SynapTrace builds a repository baseline describing what exists — it never fabricates historical work or intent.
Supported AI CLI workflows — currently Claude Code, with Codex and broader capture coverage planned.
In VS Code SecretStorage — never in .synaptrace/ files or diagnostics.