Continuity by Hackerware
A public record of development, release, and production use
About this page. This page documents publicly verifiable facts about the development, release, and use of Continuity, a VS Code extension and persistent-memory system for AI coding assistants. It is provided as a public reference. Nothing on this page alleges infringement, wrongdoing, or legal violation by any party. Legal matters, if any, will be handled through appropriate channels.
Summary
Continuity is a VS Code extension that provides persistent, local memory for AI coding assistants. The project's first commit was on October 3, 2025, and the extension was published to the VS Code Marketplace on October 31, 2025. As of May 2026, Continuity has reached version 3.0.0 with hundreds of installs across the marketplace and direct downloads, and over 2,150 decisions logged in production use.
This page serves as a public record of Continuity's development timeline, architecture, and production-use evidence. All dates are verifiable via git commit hashes, VS Code Marketplace records, and public product pages.
Product Overview
Continuity provides local, user-controlled persistent memory for AI coding workflows. Core capabilities include automatic decision logging, session handoff, bounded retrieval via RAG, context injection across AI tools, and a governance layer for enforcement of architectural consistency. Continuity integrates with Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, and other MCP-compatible clients.
Development Timeline
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| Oct 3, 2025 | First commit (4713a7b). Session memory file, technical architecture, and core system established. |
| Oct 9, 2025 | Automatic context injection (809fad0). |
| Oct 15, 2025 | Automatic decision logging (240fb8d). |
| Oct 19, 2025 | Background insight extraction and file change detection (c168fca). |
| Oct 21, 2025 | Bounded retrieval with RAG architecture (280ffb6). |
| Oct 31, 2025 | Continuity published to VS Code Marketplace. Product page live at app.hackerware.com. |
| Oct–Dec 2025 | Active development. 370+ commits in October 2025 alone. 236 installs by end of December 2025. |
| Jan 26, 2026 | Governance layer added (058b473). |
| Apr 27, 2026 | Continuity v3.0.0 on Marketplace. Hundreds of installs across the marketplace and direct downloads. 2,150+ decisions logged in production. 59 memory tools across 8 modules, knowledge graph, semantic search, 6 domain profiles, team tier, governance & drift detection. |
All commit hashes are available for inspection upon request.
Evidence Inventory
1. Git Commit Record
The Continuity repository contains cryptographically verifiable commits dated from October 3, 2025 forward. Key early commits establishing the architecture:
4713a7b(Oct 3, 2025) — Session memory file and technical architecture809fad0(Oct 9, 2025) — Automatic context injection240fb8d(Oct 15, 2025) — Automatic decision loggingc168fca(Oct 19, 2025) — Background insight extraction, file change detection280ffb6(Oct 21, 2025) — Bounded retrieval with RAG architecture
Repository access available upon written request for good-faith verification purposes.
2. VS Code Marketplace Record
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Extension name | Continuity |
| Publisher | Hackerware LLC |
| Current version | v3.0.0 |
| Public since | October 31, 2025 |
| Marketplace installs | Hundreds of installs across the marketplace and direct downloads (live count on the marketplace listing) |
| Decisions logged in production | 2,150+ |
| Memory tools | 59 tools across 8 modules |
Marketplace records are maintained by Microsoft and are independently verifiable.
3. Product Website
The product website at https://app.hackerware.com has been publicly available since October 2025 and documents the following features:
- Local
.continuity/folder storage (user-controlled) - Markdown + JSON file format
- Session handoff via SESSION_HANDOFF.md in compatible clients
- RAG-based semantic search
- Automatic capture from git commits, file saves, and AI conversations
- Cross-tool support (Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, Cline)
Historical versions of the site are preserved in the Internet Archive (web.archive.org).
4. Public Gist
A public gist documenting early architecture is available at:
https://gist.github.com/Alienfader/9140a7311164d37a90f16600a1e4b6f1Architecture Summary
Continuity's architecture is built on four elements:
Storage
Local markdown + JSON files in a project-local .continuity/ folder. User-controlled, plain text, git-committable.
Capture
Triple-detection automatic capture from (a) git commits, (b) file saves, and (c) AI conversation content, with background extraction requiring no manual commands.
Retrieval
Bounded retrieval using RAG with semantic search. Token-bounded by design: q_max ≤ 5 queries per turn, r_max ≤ 15 results per query, d_max = 512 tokens per item, yielding O(1) token complexity with respect to total stored decisions.
Governance
A runtime interception layer (added Jan 26, 2026) that evaluates policy and source-of-context before permitting tool actions, operating under a Compromised Context threat model.
Further technical detail is available at app.hackerware.com/how-it-works and app.hackerware.com/technical-specs.
Production Metrics
Production metrics as of May 5, 2026 (v3.0 Project Chronos & Cross-Corpus Replication):
Benchmark methodology and test scripts are published at: https://github.com/Alienfader/continuity-benchmarks
Contact
Good-faith inquiries regarding this record, verification of evidence, licensing, or related matters are welcome via the product website contact form.