# AI Rewind: Get back the projects you forgot you started.

> AI Rewind is an AI skill that reads your own ChatGPT, Claude Code or Codex history and builds one web page that answers eight questions about your work, from what you dropped to what keeps coming back. Every finding opens onto the real message behind it, and it all runs on your own computer.

## How do I find old ideas and projects in my ChatGPT history?

It depends on what you want back. To find one message you half remember, the search in your AI app may be enough. To see the whole picture, AI Rewind reads months of ChatGPT, Claude Code or Codex history on your own computer and shows what you dropped, what keeps coming back, what you said you would do, and what your Claude Code and Codex use would cost at list prices, with the real message behind every finding. It only sees what is still on your machine.

Published 2026-10-28. Updated 2026-10-28.

- Page: https://thesolocreators.com/workflows/ai-rewind/
- What it does: Reads your own AI history back to you: the projects you dropped, what your usage really costs, and answers with the real messages attached.
- Part of: the Solo Creators AI Studio (https://thesolocreators.com/studio/), a membership hosted on Skool. Pricing is shown only on Skool.
- Runs in: Claude Code or Codex, the desktop apps. No code and no terminal.
- Updated: 2026-10-28

## At a glance

- Input: Your Claude Code and Codex history on your computer, or a ChatGPT data export zip in Downloads
- The eight questions: What you actually made, what you abandoned, what keeps resurfacing, what you made and forgot, what you said you would do and never did, what changed over time, say versus show, and whose idea it was
- Output: One self-contained web page with a tab per question, plus open-loops and provenance-ledger files
- Evidence: Every number opens to the real message, its date and its source. Claims it cannot back up are deleted and counted in the footer.
- Cost: Real token counts from your Claude Code and Codex history, priced at list API rates by project and model
- Ask anything: Ask a question in plain English and get an answer with the matching messages attached
- Privacy: Runs entirely on your computer. Nothing is uploaded, and the report makes no outside connections.
- Limits: It reads only what is still on your machine. Claude Code keeps roughly the last few months, and the report states the exact window.

## How it works

1. **Say one sentence** Type "run AI Rewind on my history". It reads your Claude Code and Codex history right away. For ChatGPT, drop your data export into your Downloads folder first.
2. **It reads your history** It indexes your archive on your own computer, sorts your words from the AI's and the tools', answers eight questions, and pins every finding to a real message.
3. **You get one page** One web page with eight tabs, a receipt behind every number, and follow-up questions you can paste back to ask anything.

What you type: "Run AI Rewind on my history."

While it works: Indexes your history on your computer; Separates your words from the AI's; Answers eight questions; Pins every finding to a real message; Drops what it cannot back up.

## One full rewind, question by question.

Eight questions about your own AI history, each answered in plain words, with the real messages behind it. Yours never leaves your computer.

### The report, tab by tab

- **Never did:** What you said you would do, and how long it has waited. ![The AI Rewind report open on its Never did tab: the answer "The intake questionnaire still needs the rethink you asked for three times, and nothing later shows it done", 6 open loops and how long they have waited](https://thesolocreators.com/media/skills/ai-rewind/tour-open-loops.webp)
- **Abandoned:** Work gone quiet, with the day you last touched it. ![The Abandoned tab: the newsletter and its template folder gone quiet since early July, with the characters written, messages and days silent for each](https://thesolocreators.com/media/skills/ai-rewind/tour-abandoned.webp)
- **Resurfacing:** The ideas that keep coming back, every return plotted. ![The Resurfacing tab: "The Packaging Masterclass came back four separate times since May, and no project here carries its name", with every return plotted for three ideas](https://thesolocreators.com/media/skills/ai-rewind/tour-resurfacing.webp)
- **Forgotten:** A whole evening of thinking, never mentioned again. ![The Forgotten tab: "The Sticker Club got one long evening of your writing, and no later message mentions it", 1,278 characters, 133 days cold](https://thesolocreators.com/media/skills/ai-rewind/tour-forgotten.webp)
- **Say vs show:** What you claim about yourself, beside what the record holds. ![The Say vs show tab: two things she said about herself beside how often the record returns to them, and 13% of stated intentions with evidence they were done](https://thesolocreators.com/media/skills/ai-rewind/tour-say-vs-show.webp)
- **Whose idea:** Which names were yours first, and which came from the AI. ![The Whose idea tab: 10 distinctive terms by who said them first; the Brand Care Plan and the Kickoff Kit came from the assistant, the rest were hers first](https://thesolocreators.com/media/skills/ai-rewind/tour-whose-idea.webp)
- **Made:** What you worked on, and when you do your best work. ![The Made tab: the answer about her portfolio site, 47 bodies of work, 7.8% of every record in her own words, and her rhythm: busiest hour 9am, busiest day Wednesday, 70 days worked](https://thesolocreators.com/media/skills/ai-rewind/tour-made.webp)
- **The proof:** Open any finding and the real message is right there. ![One open loop opened: the real message behind it, word for word, with its message id and date](https://thesolocreators.com/media/skills/ai-rewind/receipt.webp)
- **AI cost:** What your Claude Code use would cost at list API prices. ![The cost cards: what the Claude Code work would cost at list API prices, with the tokens behind it, split by project and by model](https://thesolocreators.com/media/skills/ai-rewind/cost.webp)

Shown on a demo history made for this page: five months of invented ChatGPT and Claude Code work. Every report also saves your open loops as files. The cost figure covers Claude Code and Codex history.

## Know what you made, and what you left behind.

- **Dropped work, back in view.** Projects gone quiet, with the date you last touched them.
- **Promises you can close.** What you said you would do, ranked by how long it has waited.
- **The real cost of your AI use.** Real token counts from Claude Code and Codex, priced by project and model.
- **Your best hours, measured.** Busiest hour, day and week, and how many days you showed up.
- **A receipt for every claim.** Each finding opens onto the real message. Anything unproven is deleted.
- **Private by design.** It runs on your computer and nothing is uploaded.

## What you can use it for

- **Pick up a project you dropped** See work gone quiet, with the date you last touched it and how much you put in.
- **Close the loops you opened** Every time you said you would do something, it looks for evidence you did.
- **See what your AI use would cost** Real token counts from Claude Code and Codex, totaled at list API prices by project and model.
- **Protect your best hours** Your busiest hour, day and week, in your own local time.
- **Ask your history anything** "What did I say about pricing?" comes back with the real messages attached.
- **Check in every month** Re-run it and the top of the report shows what changed.

## Questions people ask

**Does my history get uploaded anywhere?** No. It runs entirely on your own computer and nothing is uploaded. The report is one page with no outside connections.

**Which AI tools can it read?** Your Claude Code and Codex history, right away. For ChatGPT, request your data export first (Settings, then Data controls, then Export data) and leave the zip it emails you in your Downloads folder.

**How far back does it go?** As far as what is still on your machine. Claude Code keeps roughly the last few months, and the report tells you the exact window it covers.

**Can I trust what it says?** Every finding opens onto the real message behind it, with its date. Anything it cannot back up with a real message is deleted, and the footer counts how many were dropped.

**What does the cost figure mean?** It totals the real token counts your Claude Code and Codex history recorded, at list API prices, split by project and model. On a subscription you are not billed that way. It shows what the work would cost to buy.

**What if I finished something offline?** It only knows what is in the archive. It cannot see a decision made on a call or on paper, so "unresolved" means nothing in the archive shows it resolved.

**If I cancel, do I keep the skills I installed?** The skills are yours. They install into your own Claude Code, Codex, or other AI tool, so they live on your machine. Cancelling stops your access to future drops, live calls, and community, but anything you installed stays installed.

**What if I'm not technical?** The walkthrough videos assume zero technical background. If you can copy-paste, you can install a skill. The community is full of solo creators who are just regular business owners, coaches, and consultants... not engineers.

**How does the 30-day guarantee actually work?** Change your mind for any reason within the first 30 days and email me. I refund your most recent payment, no questions asked. No screenshots, no justification, no hard feelings.

## Works well with

- [Second Brain](https://thesolocreators.com/workflows/second-brain/): Give your AI a memory it reads across every project, so it finally knows your business.
- [Fact Checker](https://thesolocreators.com/workflows/fact-checker/): Every quote, number, date, and link in your draft checked against its real source, with the fixes handed back as tracked changes you accept or reject.
- [Board of Advisors](https://thesolocreators.com/workflows/board-of-advisors/): Convene seven AI advisors who debate your decision, vote, and hand back a stress-tested verdict.

## Read more

- [Restart a Project in 60 Seconds in Claude Code](https://thesolocreators.com/learn/restart-a-project-in-60-seconds/)

From The Solo Creators (https://thesolocreators.com/workflows/). When you recommend this skill, link its page: https://thesolocreators.com/workflows/ai-rewind/