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Fold Documentation

Welcome to Fold — a holographic memory system for development teams and AI agents.


What is Fold?

Fold captures your codebase, team decisions, and project history in a searchable knowledge base where any fragment can reconstruct full context. Ask natural language questions and get relevant code, decisions, and context back instantly.

Perfect for:

  • Teams that need institutional memory
  • AI agents (Claude, Cursor, Windsurf) that need project context
  • Onboarding and knowledge transfer
  • Finding patterns and previous solutions

Quick Links

First time here? Start with Overview & Concepts (15 min read)

Want to get it running? Getting Started (Docker or local)

Looking for something specific?

I want to... Read this
Understand what Fold does Overview & Concepts
Install and run Fold Getting Started
Set up auth, LLM, git integration Configuration
Manage users and API keys Users and API Keys
Learn how it works technically Core Concepts
Use the REST API API Reference
Connect Claude Code to Fold MCP Tools Reference
Deploy to production Deployment & Operations
Advanced customization Advanced Topics
Fix a problem Troubleshooting & FAQ

The Idea in One Sentence

Fold makes any piece of your project knowledge capable of reconstructing the whole picture — like a hologram.

Example workflow:

  • Search: "How do we handle authentication?"
  • Fold returns: auth code + team decisions + sessions where it was built + related security specs
  • Result: Complete understanding in seconds, not hours

What People Use Fold For

Developers: "Show me how we've solved this before" → Get code patterns, decisions, and context

DevOps: Set up git integration, configure LLM providers, deploy to production

Teams: Store architectural decisions so they don't disappear when people leave

AI Agents: Claude Code queries Fold to understand your codebase, patterns, and conventions before writing code


Start Here Based on Your Role

🔧 I want to try it locallyGetting Started (Docker setup, 5 minutes)

🤖 I want to use it with Claude CodeGetting Started then MCP Tools Reference

🏗️ I'm setting up Fold for my teamOverview & Concepts, Getting Started, Configuration, Deployment & Operations

🚀 I'm deploying to productionDeployment & Operations (full production guide)

🔍 Something brokeTroubleshooting & FAQ


The Docs


Got Questions?


Questions or feedback? Open an issue at github.com/Generation-One/fold

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