The work itself
Files, tickets, documents, and sessions show what happened.
Recon Local · free Mac app
Your work should remember why.
Recon keeps the decisions, rejected paths, and reasons behind your work on this Mac, then brings them back in Ask, Claude Code, and Codex.
Apple SiliconmacOS 12.0+No signupApple notarized
The product
Ask what happened. Follow the answer back to the work.
This example follows the real Recon Local navigation. Work is opened from connected context; it is not a separate top-level tab.
Recon LocalInteractive example · sanitized real decision
What do you want to understand?
Ask about a decision or something you worked on. Recon answers from memory stored on this Mac.
More than saved context
What happened is useful. Why it happened is what lets you continue.
Recon joins the artifacts, the reasoning, and the way you work, then keeps the history of how that understanding changed.
The reasoning behind it
Decisions, constraints, rejected paths, and the condition that would change them.
The way you work
Processes, preferences, and repeatable skills that should carry into the next session.
ConsideredUse an agent SDK
DecidedKeep the installed Claude and Codex login
Revisit whenAn SDK preserves subscription authentication
How you use it
Connect your sources. Then work normally.
Recon maintains source knowledge and work memory together. You do not need to stop and write a second version of every decision.
1
Choose what Recon can read
Add the projects, folders, and documents that should stay in memory.
2
Keep using Claude and Codex
Work sessions add decisions, rejected approaches, corrections, and reasons beside the source material.
3
Ask from the tool you are already in
Use Recon Ask, Claude Code, or Codex to bring the relevant history into the next piece of work.
Local by design
Your memory stays here. The boundaries stay visible.
On this Mac
Sources and formed memory
You choose
Every folder and document
You can see
Calls, tokens, models, and timing
You control
Separate daily AI limits
Start with yourself
The same memory can grow with the work.
Recon Local
FreePrivate memory for the work on this Mac.
Recon Cloud
AvailableYour memory across devices and connected AI tools.
Recon Teams
AvailableOne shared reasoning layer across the company.
Recon Local 0.2.8
78.1 MB · Apple Silicon · macOS 12.0+
Developer ID signed · Apple notarized · stapled
Is Recon Local free?
Yes. The current Recon Local release is free to download and does not require a Recon account. Model-backed work uses the Claude Code, Codex, or provider account you choose.
Does it install the Recon command line tool?
The app includes its own local runtime. Settings can install the bundled recon command for new Terminal windows without installing an npm package.
What does Recon read?
Only the projects, folders, and supported documents you select. Recon skips common build output and secret files, and shows source access in Settings.
Which AI tools work with it?
Recon Local detects installed Claude Code and Codex tools. You can also configure a supported provider in Settings and see which AI connection is active.
Can I see and limit AI usage?
Yes. Settings shows calls, tokens, models, and timing without storing prompts or source content. Separate daily limits can pause source reading and memory formation safely.
How do I uninstall Recon Local?
Quit Recon, then move Recon from Applications to the Trash. Your local memory stays in ~/.recon so a later reinstall can continue where you left off. To remove that memory too, open Finder, choose Go → Go to Folder, enter ~/.recon, and move that folder to the Trash. If you installed Terminal access, you can also remove ~/.local/bin/recon.
Give the next session the reason, not just the files.
Start with private memory on this Mac. No signup required.