Core
The midden command lists, reads, searches and collects records from your sessions. It never calls a model or the network, and leaves your session files as they are unless you run its prune or archive commands.
For people who work with AI agents
From recorded AI work to work worth sharing.
Claude Code, GitHub Copilot CLI and OpenCode already record your sessions on your computer. Midden reads them and helps you turn what happened into findings, articles, tutorials, presentations and longer pieces, each pointing back to the records it came from.
Free and open source under the MIT License, for Windows, macOS and Linux on x64 and Arm64.
What it is
Three parts. Use one, or all three.
The skills
Four skills for the agent you already use: Claude Code, GitHub Copilot CLI, or an agent that reads ~/.agents/skills. You ask for an outcome; they run midden and write files.
The App
A web page on your computer with its own assistant, if you don't work in a terminal agent. Browse your sessions, collect evidence, and ask the assistant, with a free, local or paid model.
The AppOutcomes
Ask for the result. The skills do the reading.
01
Investigation
What happened, what is worth writing up, and which records support it.
02
Article
An article, tutorial or case study in Markdown, with citations.
03
Presentation
Slides as Markdown and self-contained HTML, or PDF or PowerPoint when you ask.
04
Long-form
A handbook or guide written a part at a time, as HTML or EPUB.
Install
One command, for your user account only.
The installer checks every download against the release's checksums and needs no administrator rights, Python, Go or Node.
The App, with Core and the skills
Windows, in PowerShell
irm https://kayiik.github.io/midden/install.ps1 | iexmacOS and Linux
curl -fsSL https://kayiik.github.io/midden/install.sh | shMidden starts and opens in your browser; choose Quit Midden in the page to stop it. Later, start it from the Start menu, your Applications folder or your application menu.
The skills for your agent, with Core
Windows, in PowerShell
& ([scriptblock]::Create((irm https://kayiik.github.io/midden/install.ps1))) -Mode bundle -Harness claudemacOS and Linux
curl -fsSL https://kayiik.github.io/midden/install.sh | sh -s -- --mode bundle --harness claudeUse claude, copilot or agents as the harness, or core as the mode for Core alone.
On macOS and Linux the commands are linked into ~/.local/bin, which must be on your PATH. Midden's programs are not code-signed: checksums show that files are intact, not who published them. Options, updates and removal
Privacy
Your sessions stay where they are.
Midden works on your computer. It sends nothing anywhere unless you connect a model to the App's assistant.
- Core opens session stores read-only, never calls a model and has no network code. Only its prune and archive commands, run with --apply, change session files.
- With the skills, your agent reads session records like any other file and sends what it reads to its own model, as usual.
- The App listens only on 127.0.0.1 and answers only pages opened with the key it prints at each start.
- What you send to the App's assistant goes to the model provider you connect, and its web tools can reach the internet.
- Midden sends no telemetry.
- Core hides recognisable credentials in what it shows. That is not a privacy review: check what you share.