Open Chronicle: Open-Source Local Screen Memory Tool for Claude Code and Codex CLI

Summary

Open Chronicle is a new open-source project shared via Hacker News (Show HN) that provides local screen memory capabilities for AI-powered coding tools, specifically targeting Claude Code (Anthropic's CLI-based coding agent) and OpenAI's Codex CLI. The tool appears to capture and index screen activity locally, giving agentic coding assistants persistent visual context about what a developer has been working on across their desktop environment. The project is notable for its positioning at the i