What Next is a persistent memory engine for developers. It learns from every session you run, every commit you push, and every decision you make - then surfaces it instantly to Claude, Copilot, Cursor, or Codex. One memory. Every tool. Always current.
Spend the morning in Copilot, switch to Claude in the afternoon - it has no idea what you were doing. Start a new session tomorrow and the first 10 minutes are the same exploration you ran yesterday. Every tool starts cold, every time.
Copilot switched to usage-based billing in 2026. That exploration phase you keep repeating is the most expensive part of every session - and it gets billed every single time.
What Next runs in the background, learning from every session and every commit. It maintains a structured memory for every project and surfaces it to whichever AI tool you pick up next. The memory is shared. The cold start is gone.
What Next v2 goes beyond session notes. It builds a living knowledge base about every project - automatically maintained, readable by any AI tool, updated on every git commit.
What Next generates and maintains these for you - you never write them by hand. Every session dump, every git commit, every saved decision feeds into them automatically. They're the readable output of a memory engine, not files you maintain yourself.
auto-generated, never manually writtenA background daemon watches your project folders. Every git commit is captured automatically - message, changed files, timestamp. Your context stays current even when you forget to save a session.
auto-updates on every commitThe new get_orientation tool returns everything an AI needs to know about a project in under 2000 tokens. Stack, structure, last three sessions, open tasks. No exploration, no warm-up.
Context cards are plain markdown files on your machine. Copilot reads them directly from its instructions file. Claude reads them via MCP. Cursor reads them as rules. Works with every tool, no API needed.
works without MCPYour AI explores your project once, saves what it learned, and never has to explore again. Each session builds on the last. The more you use it, the sharper every session gets.
Context cards live on your machine as plain files. SQLite caches everything locally. Cloud sync to Railway is optional. Works completely offline. Your data never leaves unless you choose it to.
Your context cards are local files, never committed, never visible to your employer or colleagues. Work and personal projects are fully isolated. Copilot's built-in memory lives on GitHub servers - yours doesn't.
Built on MCP. Any MCP-compatible tool gets full memory automatically. And for tools without MCP, the markdown files work directly. No proprietary plugins, no locked-in extensions.
What Next works with every major AI coding tool. MCP-compatible surfaces get the full experience. Others read the markdown files directly. Either way, your AI starts informed.
One command to install, one to configure. The installer patches your AI tool's config file automatically - no JSON editing. Your first session after setup starts fully oriented with everything What Next already knows about your projects.
A lot of developers already keep a markdown file to give their AI context. It works. What Next is what that idea grows into - memory that learns from every session automatically, works across every tool you use, and never needs you to maintain it manually.
| Feature | What Next | Static instruction files |
|---|---|---|
| Learns from every session automatically | Yes - structured session history | No - you write and maintain it |
| Auto-updates from git commits | Every commit, background watcher | Manual only |
| Works with Claude, Copilot, Cursor, Codex | All of them, same memory | Whichever tool you point at it |
| Search across all projects and history | Full-text + semantic search | Not possible |
| Tracks decisions and why | Per-session, structured | Whatever you remember to write |
| Cross-device sync | Optional cloud - memory follows you | Local only |
| Private from employer | Local files, never committed | Local files, never committed |
| Works offline | Always - SQLite local cache | Always |
We're onboarding a small first wave of developers - not a waitlist of 50,000 that goes nowhere. A real group we can support, learn from, and build with.
Beta access gets you an API key, full cloud sync across all your devices, and direct access to us while the product is being shaped.
If you're burning Copilot credits on projects you've worked on for months, What Next is for you.
This is rough around the edges. The core works - context cards, git memory, MCP integration, all of it. But it's a beta. If you're comfortable with that tradeoff, we want you in.