Browse, search, and replay your Cursor AI chat history — directly in the editor sidebar.
Never lose track of a past conversation again. ChatBook gives you instant access to all your Cursor agent sessions with full-text search, context-aware results, and a clean reading view.
✨ Features
🔍 Full-Text Search
Search across all your conversations instantly. Results highlight the matched keywords and show the surrounding context — so you always know why a session matched.
📋 Conversation List
All your Cursor agent sessions in one place, sorted by most recent. Collapse or expand each session to preview the last messages at a glance.
📖 Full Conversation View
Click View all to open any session in a dedicated tab — formatted just like Cursor's own chat interface, with:
- User messages in a clean right-aligned bubble
- AI responses in full-width readable layout
- Syntax-highlighted code blocks
- One-click copy button on every message
📅 Date Filter
Filter sessions by date range using the built-in calendar picker — find conversations from last week in seconds.
🔎 Search History
Your recent searches are saved per-workspace, so you can quickly re-run frequent queries.
🚀 Getting Started
- Install ChatBook from the marketplace
- Open any Cursor workspace
- Click the 💬 Chat History icon in the Activity Bar (left sidebar)
- Your conversation history loads automatically
No configuration needed. ChatBook reads Cursor's local transcript files directly.
⚠️ Requirements
- Cursor IDE (not VS Code) — ChatBook reads Cursor's local agent transcript files, which are only created by Cursor
- macOS / Linux / Windows with Cursor installed
🔎 How It Works
Cursor stores all agent conversation transcripts as local JSONL files at:
~/.cursor/projects/<workspace>/agent-transcripts/
ChatBook reads these files, parses the messages, builds a search index, and presents everything in a clean sidebar UI — with zero network requests and zero data leaving your machine.
📦 Privacy
- 100% local — no data is sent anywhere
- Read-only — ChatBook never modifies your transcript files
- Works completely offline
💡 Tips
- Press Enter after typing to search immediately (no need to wait for debounce)
- Press Escape to clear the search and return to the full list
- Click a search history chip to re-run a previous search instantly
- Use the date filter to narrow down sessions from a specific time period
🐛 Feedback & Issues
Found a bug or have a feature request? Feel free to reach out:
Made for Cursor users who want their chat history back.