Conversation Exporter

Export AI conversation sessions into a Git repository using a readable, time-based structure.

What it does

• Scans source session files (Codex JSONL, Claude projects, Cursor workspaceStorage, Gemini CLI sessions).
• Normalizes each session into a common model.
• Writes two artifacts per session:
  • readable Markdown transcript: YYYY-MM-DD-HHMM-slug.md
  • hidden normalized JSON: .YYYY-MM-DD-HHMM-slug.json
• Organizes history by user and source system:
  • sync: .ai/history/<user>/<source-system>/ (flat — sessions directly inside)
  • backup: history/<user>/<source-system>/<system-name>/<path-relative-to-home>/...
• Runs idempotently (only reprocesses changed or new sessions).
• Cursor: supports both single-folder and multi-root (.code-workspace) windows — sessions are attributed to the matching repo folder.

TL;DR

No install needed — just run from any project folder:

uvx --from convx-ai convx sync

Install and run

uv add convx-ai
# or: pip install convx-ai
convx --help

From source:

uv sync
uv run convx --help

sync — project-scoped command

Run from inside any Git repo. Syncs conversations for the current folder by default and writes them into the repo itself:

cd /path/to/your/project
uv run convx sync

By default syncs Codex, Claude, Cursor, and Gemini. Use --source-system codex, --source-system claude, --source-system cursor, or --source-system gemini to sync a single source. No --output-path needed — the Git root is used as destination and the current working directory is used as scope filter. Recursive folder matching is enabled by default; use --no-recursive to restrict to the current folder only. Sessions are written flat under .ai/history/<user>/<source-system>/ with no machine name or path nesting.

backup — full backup command

Exports all conversations into a dedicated backup Git repo:

uv run convx backup \
  --output-path /path/to/your/backup-git-repo \
  --source-system codex

Common options

• --source-system: source(s) to sync: all (default), codex, claude, cursor, gemini, or comma-separated.
• --input-path: source sessions directory override (per source).
  • default for Codex: ~/.codex/sessions
  • default for Claude: ~/.claude/projects
  • default for Cursor: ~/Library/Application Support/Cursor/User/workspaceStorage (macOS) Supports both single-folder and multi-root (.code-workspace) Cursor windows.
  • default for Gemini: ~/.gemini/tmp
• --user: user namespace for history path (default: current OS user).
• --system-name: system namespace for history path (default: hostname).
• --dry-run: discover and plan without writing files.
• --history-subpath: folder inside output repo where history is stored (default: sync = .ai/history, backup = history).
• --recursive / --no-recursive (sync only): include or exclude subdirectories of the current folder (default: --recursive).
• --output-path (backup only): target Git repository (must already contain .git).

Configuration defaults

Set repo-level defaults in .convx/config.toml. CLI flags override config values.

[sync]
history_subpath = ".ai/history"
skip_if_contains = "CONVX_NO_SYNC"
redact = true

[backup]
history_subpath = "history"
redact = true

[sanitize]
keywords = ["work", "client-x"]

Example output

convx sync (inside a project repo):

history/
  pascal/
    codex/
      2026-02-15-1155-conversation-backup-plan.md
      .2026-02-15-1155-conversation-backup-plan.json
    claude/
      2026-01-15-1000-api-auth-migration-plan/
        index.md
        agent-abc1234.md
        .index.json

convx backup (dedicated backup repo):

history/
  pascal/
    codex/
      macbook-pro/
        Code/
          my-project/
            prototypes/
              matrix-heatmap-test/
                2026-02-15-1155-conversation-backup-plan.md
                .2026-02-15-1155-conversation-backup-plan.json

Idempotency behavior

• Export state is stored at .convx/index.json in the output repo.
• A session is skipped when both:
  • session_key already exists, and
  • source fingerprint (SHA-256 of source file) is unchanged.
• If source content changes, that session is re-rendered in place.

Other commands

stats — index totals and last update time:

uv run convx stats --output-path /path/to/your/backup-git-repo

explore — browse and search exported conversations in a TUI:

uv run convx explore --output-path /path/to/your/repo

hooks — install or remove a pre-commit hook that runs sync before each commit:

uv run convx hooks install
uv run convx hooks uninstall

Secrets

Exports are redacted by default (API keys, tokens, passwords → [REDACTED]). Be mindful of secrets in your history repo. See docs/secrets.md for details and pre-commit scanner options (Gitleaks, TruffleHog, detect-secrets, semgrep).