Problem
Retain currently supports Gemini CLI as a local CLI source, but Antigravity CLI is a separate and increasingly important source for local AI conversations.
For users who moved most of their coding-agent work from Gemini CLI to Antigravity CLI, Retain now misses a large part of the actual conversation history. Gemini CLI support is useful, but it no longer covers the newer Antigravity CLI storage layout.
I checked the current Retain repo and Gemini CLI appears to be discovered from ~/.gemini/tmp/ via GeminiCLIParser. Antigravity CLI data is not covered by that path.
Proposed solution
Please add Antigravity CLI as a first-class local provider/source, ideally with automatic file watching like the other CLI providers.
Observed Antigravity locations on macOS include:
~/.gemini/antigravity-cli/
~/.gemini/antigravity-cli/conversations/*.db
~/.gemini/antigravity-cli/brain/<conversation-id>/.system_generated/logs/transcript.jsonl
~/.gemini/antigravity-cli/brain/<conversation-id>/.system_generated/logs/transcript_full.jsonl
~/.gemini/antigravity-cli/cache/last_conversations.json
There are also legacy / migration-related locations that may be worth detecting:
~/.gemini/antigravity/
~/.gemini/antigravity/conversations/*.pb and *.db
~/.gemini/antigravity-ide/
~/.gemini/antigravity-ide/conversations/*.pb
~/Library/Application Support/Antigravity/
~/Library/Application Support/Antigravity IDE/
The most pragmatic first implementation may be to parse the JSONL transcripts under:
~/.gemini/antigravity-cli/brain/<conversation-id>/.system_generated/logs/transcript_full.jsonl
In my local sample, transcript JSONL rows contain fields like:
step_index, source, type, status, created_at, content
That looks much easier to support than starting from the protobuf files or SQLite blobs. The .db files under conversations/ appear to contain trajectory tables with blob payloads, for example steps, trajectory_meta, gen_metadata, etc., so they may be useful later but are probably a more expensive first target.
Suggested behavior:
- Add a new provider, e.g.
antigravityCLI, separate from geminiCLI.
- Discover conversations from
~/.gemini/antigravity-cli/brain/*/.system_generated/logs/transcript_full.jsonl first.
- Use the conversation id from the
brain/<conversation-id> directory as the stable external id.
- Use
cache/last_conversations.json when available to enrich titles / workspace paths, but do not require it.
- Watch the Antigravity CLI directory for
.jsonl changes.
- Optionally detect legacy
~/.gemini/antigravity* paths and either import what is parseable or show a clear unsupported-format message.
Alternatives
A weaker workaround is to manually export individual conversations or write a local conversion script from Antigravity transcripts into another provider format. That defeats Retain's main value: automatic, searchable aggregation across AI tools.
Another possible approach is to extend the existing Gemini CLI provider to also scan Antigravity paths. I think a separate provider is cleaner because Antigravity uses different paths, different formats, and migration/legacy folders that should be handled explicitly.
Additional context
Retain already lists Gemini CLI as a supported local source, but Antigravity CLI is now where a lot of Gemini CLI-style agent work has moved for me.
Relevant references:
Problem
Retain currently supports Gemini CLI as a local CLI source, but Antigravity CLI is a separate and increasingly important source for local AI conversations.
For users who moved most of their coding-agent work from Gemini CLI to Antigravity CLI, Retain now misses a large part of the actual conversation history. Gemini CLI support is useful, but it no longer covers the newer Antigravity CLI storage layout.
I checked the current Retain repo and Gemini CLI appears to be discovered from
~/.gemini/tmp/viaGeminiCLIParser. Antigravity CLI data is not covered by that path.Proposed solution
Please add Antigravity CLI as a first-class local provider/source, ideally with automatic file watching like the other CLI providers.
Observed Antigravity locations on macOS include:
~/.gemini/antigravity-cli/~/.gemini/antigravity-cli/conversations/*.db~/.gemini/antigravity-cli/brain/<conversation-id>/.system_generated/logs/transcript.jsonl~/.gemini/antigravity-cli/brain/<conversation-id>/.system_generated/logs/transcript_full.jsonl~/.gemini/antigravity-cli/cache/last_conversations.jsonThere are also legacy / migration-related locations that may be worth detecting:
~/.gemini/antigravity/~/.gemini/antigravity/conversations/*.pband*.db~/.gemini/antigravity-ide/~/.gemini/antigravity-ide/conversations/*.pb~/Library/Application Support/Antigravity/~/Library/Application Support/Antigravity IDE/The most pragmatic first implementation may be to parse the JSONL transcripts under:
In my local sample, transcript JSONL rows contain fields like:
That looks much easier to support than starting from the protobuf files or SQLite blobs. The
.dbfiles underconversations/appear to contain trajectory tables with blob payloads, for examplesteps,trajectory_meta,gen_metadata, etc., so they may be useful later but are probably a more expensive first target.Suggested behavior:
antigravityCLI, separate fromgeminiCLI.~/.gemini/antigravity-cli/brain/*/.system_generated/logs/transcript_full.jsonlfirst.brain/<conversation-id>directory as the stable external id.cache/last_conversations.jsonwhen available to enrich titles / workspace paths, but do not require it..jsonlchanges.~/.gemini/antigravity*paths and either import what is parseable or show a clear unsupported-format message.Alternatives
A weaker workaround is to manually export individual conversations or write a local conversion script from Antigravity transcripts into another provider format. That defeats Retain's main value: automatic, searchable aggregation across AI tools.
Another possible approach is to extend the existing Gemini CLI provider to also scan Antigravity paths. I think a separate provider is cleaner because Antigravity uses different paths, different formats, and migration/legacy folders that should be handled explicitly.
Additional context
Retain already lists Gemini CLI as a supported local source, but Antigravity CLI is now where a lot of Gemini CLI-style agent work has moved for me.
Relevant references:
/chatcommands and checkpoint locations: https://google-gemini.github.io/gemini-cli/docs/cli/commands.html