Question 1

What is BaseThread?

Accepted Answer

BaseThread is a shared context graph that every AI tool reads automatically. Your team's context across five layers (company, products, teams, projects, and you) plus three living streams (activity, decisions, and tasks) is the glue that keeps every teammate's AI current and as smart as it can be. Tools like Claude Code and Cursor read it over MCP and write back to it, so the whole team's AI stays on the same page and gets sharper every day.

Question 2

How does BaseThread work with Claude Code, Cursor, and other AI tools?

Accepted Answer

Through MCP, the Model Context Protocol. BaseThread runs a local agent that exposes your context over MCP. Any MCP-capable tool (Claude Code, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Windsurf, GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT) connects to it and reads the right context automatically, with no copy-paste.

Question 3

What are activity, decisions, and tasks in BaseThread?

Accepted Answer

They're BaseThread's three living streams. Each teammate's local AI writes them as work happens: activity is what shipped, decisions are what was settled and why, and tasks are what's next and who owns it. The cloud harmonizes all three and pushes the latest to every member's AI, so your team's tools brief each other without a standup, and any tool can read, create, and update them. No scraping, no manual logging.

Question 4

Can my team assign and track tasks across AI tools?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Tasks are a first-class stream alongside activity and decisions. Your AI can create a task, assign it to a teammate, and track it, and every member's tools read the same task list over MCP. So the shared layer doesn't just remember what happened, it coordinates what's next, delegate, accept, and track without leaving the tool you're in.

Question 5

Is my context private and secure?

Accepted Answer

Yes. BaseThread is local-first, so context syncs to your own machine. It's encrypted at rest with AES-256-GCM, protected by row-level security, and your context is never used as training data. Self-host and on-prem options are on the roadmap.

Question 6

Does BaseThread work for individuals, not just teams?

Accepted Answer

Yes. The same system works in personal mode, organized around you and your life areas instead of a company and teams. Solo builders use it to give every AI tool consistent context across all of their projects.

Question 7

Which tools and platforms does BaseThread support?

Accepted Answer

BaseThread works with any MCP-capable AI tool, including Claude Code, Cursor, Gemini CLI, Windsurf, GitHub Copilot, and ChatGPT. The companion agent is a native macOS app, and the web app runs in any modern browser.

Question 8

How much does BaseThread cost?

Accepted Answer

BaseThread is freemium. Free covers teams of up to 5 with every feature. Team is $5 per user per month for unlimited seats and history. Enterprise is custom, with SSO, audit logs, and the controls a security review needs. There's no Personal Pro tier, and the core loop (activity, decisions, and tasks) is included on every plan.

Question 9

How is BaseThread different from rules files or single-tool memory?

Accepted Answer

Rules files like .cursorrules sync to one tool, with no shared server, no hierarchy, and no write-back. BaseThread is a shared system across every tool and every member, with a layered hierarchy and AI-written activity, decisions, and tasks, so the whole team's agents stay aligned and coordinate the work, not just remember it.

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