For ChatGPT

When the ChatGPT thread dies, the memory is yours

The chat can die. The archive does not. Encrypted portable memory for ChatGPT — conversations, memories, and the custom instructions you actually use.

The next ChatGPT thread is blank

The session ended. You switched machines. The memory is gone. ChatGPT still talks — it does not remember last Tuesday unless the memory lives outside the chat.

An export zip is not a restore. The chat is not the memory.

What we snapshot in ChatGPT

First-class adapter. Data export for conversations, memories, and custom instructions. Restore is partial — we generate the guide, you paste the memories back.

• Conversations Full tree-structured history from Settings → Data Controls → Export Data. Point SAVESTATE_CHATGPT_EXPORT at the folder.
• Memories ChatGPT memories from memories.json.
• Custom instructions "About user" and response preferences from custom_instructions.json.
• User profile Account metadata from user.json.
• Capture savestate snapshot --adapter chatgpt

Restore writes chatgpt-restore-guide.md, chatgpt-memories.md, and chatgpt-custom-instructions.md for manual re-entry. ChatGPT has no import API. Adapter detail lives in the platform adapters guide.

Each snapshot is a SaveState Archive, encrypted with AES-256-GCM before it leaves the machine. You hold the passphrase.

Pro is the path a stranger can take

The CLI is open source. The product you can buy today is SaveState Pro — $9/month:

• Scheduled auto-backups
• Cloud storage (10GB)
• All platform adapters
• Search across snapshots
• Web dashboard
• Email alerts on backup failures

Need shared snapshots and an audit log? Team is $29/month.

Capture ChatGPT into the archive

One command. Full adapter setup lives in the platform adapters guide.

savestate snapshot --adapter chatgpt

Also search the same archive from any MCP client:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "savestate": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@savestate/cli", "mcp"]
    }
  }
}

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