{"id":"nextstat-chatgpt2md","name":"chatgpt2md","homepage":null,"repo_url":"https://github.com/NextStat/chatgpt2md","category":"ai-ml","subcategories":[],"tags":["cli","markdown","search","tantivy","mcp","claude","chatgpt-export","local-first","rust"],"what_it_does":"CLI tool that converts ChatGPT export (ZIP or conversations.json) into organized Markdown files and builds a full-text search index (Tantivy). It also provides an MCP server (stdio transport) with tools for searching and retrieving conversations for Claude Desktop/Claude Code.","use_cases":["Convert personal ChatGPT history exports into Markdown vaults (e.g., Obsidian).","Search across a large ChatGPT export for specific topics/keywords.","Let Claude query and read local conversation history via MCP tools.","Create a year/month organized archive with message metadata in YAML frontmatter."],"not_for":["Serving shared/multi-tenant chat histories over a network to other users.","Use as a hosted SaaS or API (it appears to be local CLI).","Strict compliance use-cases that require documented security, audit logs, and data isolation guarantees from a server product."],"best_when":"You have a local ChatGPT data export and want local indexing + Claude integration via MCP without building/hosting your own search service.","avoid_when":"You need a centralized hosted service, or you require strong guarantees about dependency security/release stability beyond what is documented in the README.","alternatives":["Other ChatGPT export to Markdown tools (various community scripts).","Run a local search solution over exported text using Tantivy/other indexing libraries.","Use Obsidian + manual import/conversion pipelines without MCP integration.","Build a simple local web UI/API over the exported JSON and index (custom)."],"af_score":61.5,"security_score":60.0,"reliability_score":33.8,"package_type":"mcp_server","discovery_source":["github"],"priority":"high","status":"evaluated","version_evaluated":null,"last_evaluated":"2026-03-30T15:40:42.293124+00:00","interface":{"has_rest_api":false,"has_graphql":false,"has_grpc":false,"has_mcp_server":true,"mcp_server_url":null,"has_sdk":false,"sdk_languages":[],"openapi_spec_url":null,"webhooks":false},"auth":{"methods":["None (local CLI/MCP over stdio)"],"oauth":false,"scopes":false,"notes":"No user authentication described; MCP server is local (stdio) and relies on local filesystem paths supplied to the server."},"pricing":{"model":null,"free_tier_exists":false,"free_tier_limits":null,"paid_tiers":[],"requires_credit_card":false,"estimated_workload_costs":null,"notes":"No pricing information provided; appears to be a local open-source CLI (MIT license per README)."},"requirements":{"requires_signup":false,"requires_credit_card":false,"domain_verification":false,"data_residency":[],"compliance":[],"min_contract":null},"agent_readiness":{"af_score":61.5,"security_score":60.0,"reliability_score":33.8,"mcp_server_quality":78.0,"documentation_accuracy":74.0,"error_message_quality":0.0,"error_message_notes":null,"auth_complexity":100.0,"rate_limit_clarity":0.0,"tls_enforcement":100.0,"auth_strength":50.0,"scope_granularity":20.0,"dependency_hygiene":50.0,"secret_handling":80.0,"security_notes":"Local-first design implies no network exposure; TLS is not applicable to stdio MCP but HTTPS is not part of the threat model. No authentication/scoping described for MCP tools (relies on local process permissions). Secret handling is not discussed; since it processes user exports locally, minimize logging of conversation contents. Dependency/security posture is not verifiable from README alone.","uptime_documented":0.0,"version_stability":50.0,"breaking_changes_history":50.0,"error_recovery":35.0,"idempotency_support":"false","idempotency_notes":null,"pagination_style":"none","retry_guidance_documented":false,"known_agent_gotchas":["MCP server expects correct absolute paths (manual setup); relative paths may fail depending on Claude Desktop/Code working directory.","If the index is not built (or built for different chat files), MCP search may return incomplete results.","Large exports may take time to convert and index; agent should wait for completion before connecting."]}}