Fork a coding session from the moment it went wrong

Record prompts, tool calls, and edits, then branch that moment into a fresh worktree.

Category
Developer tools
Who it is for
Developers using coding agents on repositories they can branch.
Possible model
Open source
Difficulty
Medium
Inspired by
Time Machine · Claude Code Templates
Original launch
Watch the launch · Oct 5, 2026

Difficulty is an editorial estimate of technical and operational complexity, not a score.

Short startup notes by Startup Ideas. A longer read is added only after it is written for this launch. Last reviewed Oct 6, 2026. How we read a launch.

The problem

When an agent takes a bad turn, the useful state is earlier, and git alone does not show the conversation.

Who would pay for this?

Developers using coding agents on repositories they can branch.

How could it make money?

A possible model is open source. That is an editorial guess from the shape of the launch, not a published price, and not evidence that Claude Code Templates uses it.

What would the MVP look like?

A timeline of one session and a command that forks the repo at a chosen step.

Original product launch

This launch is inspiration and evidence that someone shipped, not a partnership. The idea above is our reading of the broader opportunity. Claude Code Templates did not write it.

Product
Time Machine
Company
Claude Code Templates
Film
Time Machine for Claude Code
Posted
Oct 5, 2026 · 0:16
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Product that inspired this idea

Records a Claude Code session as a timeline of prompts, tool calls, and edits, then forks that moment into a new git worktree.

Posted by @dani_avila7. Launch page. No separate product site is listed unless the post itself is the source.

  • claude
  • git

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