Question 1

Does chanio store my AI conversations in the cloud?

Accepted Answer

No. chanio runs no content servers -- your AI sessions are captured and compiled to plain markdown on your own disk. The only cloud calls are optional, for the single step where frontier judgment is needed, and you bring your own key and cap your spend.

Question 2

Do I need to install anything or get an API key to try chanio?

Accepted Answer

No. You can see a sample capture in seconds with no signup, and chanio works with the AI you already pay for, or free on iPhone with Apple Intelligence. An API key is only needed if you want chanio to run the model itself.

Question 3

What happens to my existing ChatGPT or Claude conversation history?

Accepted Answer

The export-rescue tool at chanio.com/export-rescue parses your export ZIP entirely in the browser -- no upload, no account, no API key -- into a knowledge-graph preview, and one click downloads the whole thing as an Obsidian vault of wikilinked markdown.

Ask it anything. Watch it decide.