Local History FAQs

Question 1

What is Local History and how does it benefit AI assistants?

Accepted Answer

Local History provides AI assistants with direct access to editor file snapshots, enabling powerful AI-powered data recovery for lost code and significantly enhancing their context awareness for more accurate assistance.

Question 2

What core features does the Local History MCP server offer?

Accepted Answer

It allows AI assistants to list all files with history, view the complete history for specific files, get content of individual history entries, restore files to previous states (with backup), and search across all history entries for specific content.

Question 3

How does Local History differ from standard undo/redo functionality?

Accepted Answer

Unlike traditional undo/redo, Local History captures immutable file snapshots at every save point. This preserves a comprehensive timeline of your work, allowing you to recover versions of files that would otherwise be permanently lost after multiple changes.

Question 4

Is Local History difficult to install and set up?

Accepted Answer

No, Local History is designed for easy installation. You can install it via common package managers (npm, pnpm, yarn, bun) or use convenient one-click installation buttons provided for Cursor and Claude Code/Desktop, or manual configuration for VS Code.

Question 5

Which AI assistants and editors are compatible with Local History?

Accepted Answer

Local History is an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server designed for integration with AI assistants and editors like Cursor AI, Claude Code, Claude Desktop, and GitHub Copilot in Visual Studio Code, providing them access to your editor's history.

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