For OpenAI Assistants

When the OpenAI thread dies, the memory is yours

The runtime can die. The archive does not. Encrypted portable memory for OpenAI Assistants — instructions, tools, files, vector stores, and the threads you actually run.

The next OpenAI thread is blank

The assistant was deleted. The key rotated. The thread is gone. The Assistants API still runs — it does not remember last Tuesday unless the memory lives outside the runtime.

A dashboard screenshot is not a restore. The runtime is not the memory.

What we snapshot in OpenAI Assistants

First-class adapter. Full extract and full restore via Assistants API v2. Set OPENAI_API_KEY. Optionally pin one assistant with SAVESTATE_OPENAI_ASSISTANT_ID.

• Identity Assistant instructions, name, description, model, temperature, top_p, response_format.
• Tools Code interpreter, file search, custom functions with schemas.
• Files Binaries from code_interpreter and file_search tool_resources.
• Vector stores Store configs, file lists, metadata, expiration settings.
• Threads Messages from cached IDs in .savestate/openai-threads.json.
• Capture savestate snapshot --adapter openai-assistants

Restore creates a new assistant via the API, uploads files, recreates vector stores, and optionally rebuilds threads. OpenAI has no list-all-threads endpoint — keep thread IDs in .savestate/openai-threads.json. 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 OpenAI Assistants into the archive

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

savestate snapshot --adapter openai-assistants

Also search the same archive from any MCP client:

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

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