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Git why – log your agent reasoning trace along your code

Git why – log your agent reasoning trace along your code

by pierre·Apr 11, 2026·11 points·1 comment
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Git tracks what changed; this preserves why it changed with auto-captured AI reasoning traces.

Strengths
  • •Plain Markdown traces readable without tools—future-proof and GitHub-browsable out of the box
  • •Pre-commit hooks auto-capture sessions from any AI assistant with zero workflow changes
  • •Plugin architecture means Claude, Cursor, and Copilot users share the same trace format
Weaknesses
  • •Requires team adoption and workflow integration—chicken-and-egg problem for solo developers
  • •Marked work in progress; unclear how mature the provider plugins actually are
Target Audience

Teams using AI coding assistants (Cursor, Claude Code, Copilot)

Similar To

Cursor chat history · Sourcegraph Cody · GitLens commit annotations

Post Description

I was frustrated with not being able to know why the code written by my colleague agents was in the codebase, so I build a tool to version agent trace along code in git.

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