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Recommended for keeping AI agent session transcripts linked to commits, to see why code was written. Critics say git already does this and the context could be costly.

Recommended for keeping AI agent session transcripts linked to commits, to see why code was written. Critics say git already does this and the context could be costly.

17 people gave an opinion

recommend it
6
criticize it
11
approval share
35%
Each figure is one person. RecommendsCriticizes

Recommended in 2 of 13 months

  1. November 2025: not recommended
  2. December 2025: not recommended
  3. January 2026: not recommended
  4. February 2026: recommended
  5. March 2026: recommended
  6. April 2026: not recommended
  7. May 2026: not recommended
  8. June 2026: not recommended
  9. July 2026: not recommended
  10. August 2026: not recommended
  11. September 2026: not recommended
  12. October 2026: not recommended
  13. November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)

Why it doesn’t carry the badge

  • 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
  • 0.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
  • Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.

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What people say about it

The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.

Why people recommend it

Each mark is one comment

  • Traces why agent code was written

    “Checkpoints capture the full session alongside the commit: the transcript, prompts, files touched, token usage, tool calls and more.”

    Comment from 10 Feb 2026 in “Ex-GitHub CEO Launches a New Developer Platform for AI Agents”

    “it'd be great for my agentic workflows where I need to figure out why something was done a specific way”

    Comment from 11 Feb 2026 in “Ex-GitHub CEO Launches a New Developer Platform for AI Agents”
  • Found useful in practice

    “I copied it for my own tooling to make it work a bit better for my workflows.”

    Comment from 2 Mar 2026 in “If AI writes code, should the session be part of the commit?”

    “I've found immense value in this”

    Comment from 11 Feb 2026 in “Ex-GitHub CEO Launches a New Developer Platform for AI Agents”

    “I find such things to be useful.”

    Comment from 11 Feb 2026 in “Ex-GitHub CEO Launches a New Developer Platform for AI Agents”

What people warn about

Each mark is one comment

  • Git already does this

    “Yes we don't see value in taking a git primitive like "commit" and renaming it to "checkpoint"”

    Comment from 11 Feb 2026 in “Ex-GitHub CEO Launches a New Developer Platform for AI Agents”

    “You don't need a dedicated tool to store agent session transcripts and link them to commits.”

    Comment from 11 Feb 2026 in “Ex-GitHub CEO Launches a New Developer Platform for AI Agents”

    “Git already “checkpoints” your code and they can’t time travel your LLM conversation.”

    Comment from 11 Feb 2026 in “Ex-GitHub CEO Launches a New Developer Platform for AI Agents”
  • Context could burn many tokens

    “after a thousand turns, won't it make just doing a "git checkout" start to be really heavy?”

    Comment from 11 Feb 2026 in “Ex-GitHub CEO Launches a New Developer Platform for AI Agents”

    “wouldn't trying to pull N checkpoints into context of the N+1 task be MUCH more expensive?”

    Comment from 11 Feb 2026 in “Ex-GitHub CEO Launches a New Developer Platform for AI Agents”

    “Sounds way more noisy than anything, and a great way to burn through tokens.”

    Comment from 11 Feb 2026 in “Ex-GitHub CEO Launches a New Developer Platform for AI Agents”
  • Seen as trivial or overhyped

    “a fucking text file that contains the conversation you've had with the bot so-far”

    Comment from 11 Feb 2026 in “Ex-GitHub CEO Launches a New Developer Platform for AI Agents”

    “It's just very fancy marketing speak for the exact same thing.”

    Comment from 11 Feb 2026 in “Ex-GitHub CEO Launches a New Developer Platform for AI Agents”

    “i mean all that is trivial. not worth a $60MM investment.”

    Comment from 11 Feb 2026 in “Ex-GitHub CEO Launches a New Developer Platform for AI Agents”

Other session sharing tools people recommend

The four most recommended other session sharing tools, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.

Entire Checkpoints compared with 4 alternatives
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What people said

All 17 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.

“I copied it for my own tooling to make it work a bit better for my workflows.”

MixedComment from 2 Mar 2026 in “If AI writes code, should the session be part of the commit?”

“I find such things to be useful.”

RecommendsComment from 11 Feb 2026 in “Ex-GitHub CEO Launches a New Developer Platform for AI Agents”

“You don't need a dedicated tool to store agent session transcripts and link them to commits.”

CriticizesComment from 11 Feb 2026 in “Ex-GitHub CEO Launches a New Developer Platform for AI Agents”

“Yes we don't see value in taking a git primitive like "commit" and renaming it to "checkpoint"”

CriticizesComment from 11 Feb 2026 in “Ex-GitHub CEO Launches a New Developer Platform for AI Agents”

“I've found immense value in this”

RecommendsComment from 11 Feb 2026 in “Ex-GitHub CEO Launches a New Developer Platform for AI Agents”

“a fucking text file that contains the conversation you've had with the bot so-far”

CriticizesComment from 11 Feb 2026 in “Ex-GitHub CEO Launches a New Developer Platform for AI Agents”

“it'd be great for my agentic workflows where I need to figure out why something was done a specific way”

RecommendsComment from 11 Feb 2026 in “Ex-GitHub CEO Launches a New Developer Platform for AI Agents”

“Dump a bunch of JSON from llm proxy and commit it ?”

CriticizesComment from 11 Feb 2026 in “Ex-GitHub CEO Launches a New Developer Platform for AI Agents”

“they will need to iterate fast for this not to be made obsolete before they can even release something”

CriticizesComment from 11 Feb 2026 in “Ex-GitHub CEO Launches a New Developer Platform for AI Agents”

“i mean all that is trivial. not worth a $60MM investment.”

CriticizesComment from 11 Feb 2026 in “Ex-GitHub CEO Launches a New Developer Platform for AI Agents”

“Git already “checkpoints” your code and they can’t time travel your LLM conversation.”

CriticizesComment from 11 Feb 2026 in “Ex-GitHub CEO Launches a New Developer Platform for AI Agents”

“I find the framing of the problem to be very accurate, which is very encouraging.”

RecommendsComment from 11 Feb 2026 in “Ex-GitHub CEO Launches a New Developer Platform for AI Agents”

“wouldn't trying to pull N checkpoints into context of the N+1 task be MUCH more expensive?”

CriticizesComment from 11 Feb 2026 in “Ex-GitHub CEO Launches a New Developer Platform for AI Agents”

“Sounds way more noisy than anything, and a great way to burn through tokens.”

CriticizesComment from 11 Feb 2026 in “Ex-GitHub CEO Launches a New Developer Platform for AI Agents”

“It's just very fancy marketing speak for the exact same thing.”

CriticizesComment from 11 Feb 2026 in “Ex-GitHub CEO Launches a New Developer Platform for AI Agents”

“after a thousand turns, won't it make just doing a "git checkout" start to be really heavy?”

CriticizesComment from 11 Feb 2026 in “Ex-GitHub CEO Launches a New Developer Platform for AI Agents”

“Checkpoints capture the full session alongside the commit: the transcript, prompts, files touched, token usage, tool calls and more.”

RecommendsComment from 10 Feb 2026 in “Ex-GitHub CEO Launches a New Developer Platform for AI Agents”

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