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Privacy & Data Handling

UnfoldAI is designed with privacy in mind. Here's exactly what happens with your data.

What Stays Local​

All monitoring data is collected and stored locally in your VS Code workspace by default:

  • Terminal commands and output
  • File change events
  • Episode detection and grouping
  • Session timeline
  • Restore points
  • Drift detection signals

This data never leaves your machine unless you explicitly use an AI-powered feature that requires backend processing (like generating a commit message or chatting with the AI assistant).

What Is Sent to UnfoldAI Servers​

When you use AI-powered features, relevant context is sent to UnfoldAI's backend for processing:

  • AI Chat: Your question and relevant session context
  • AI Commit Messages: File change summaries and diff statistics
  • Debug Reports: Episode context and error details
  • Playbook Operations: Playbook content for cloud storage and retrieval

The data sent is scoped to what's needed for the specific feature — UnfoldAI does not stream all monitoring data to servers.

Local-Only Mode​

If you want to completely prevent any data from being sent to UnfoldAI servers:

// settings.json
{
  "unfoldai.privacy.localOnly": true
}

In local-only mode:

  • ✅ Dashboard, monitoring, episodes, restore points, drift detection — all continue working
  • ✅ MCP server returns locally available data
  • ❌ AI chat, AI commit messages, debug reports, cloud playbooks — disabled

Account & Authentication​

  • Account is optional for basic monitoring features
  • Account is required for AI-powered features (chat, commit messages, reports)
  • Authentication uses browser-based OAuth via GitHub or Google
  • To log out: Command Palette → UnfoldAI: Logout
  • To clear stored credentials: Command Palette → UnfoldAI: Clear API Key

Data Deletion​

To remove UnfoldAI data:

  1. Local data: Uninstall the extension — local state is removed with the extension
  2. Account data: Log out using the UnfoldAI: Logout command
  3. For full account deletion: Contact us at the email listed on the UnfoldAI website

Telemetry​

The terminal reliability telemetry setting (unfoldai.terminal.reliabilityTelemetry.enabled) shares anonymous terminal performance data to improve capture reliability. This can be disabled:

{
  "unfoldai.terminal.reliabilityTelemetry.enabled": false
}
Security

The MCP server runs locally, communicates via stdio only, and has no network exposure. All MCP tools are read-only.