Every agent turn,on the record.

AI agents write the code. Turnal keeps the receipts.

npm install -g @aadijo/turnal

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aadijo@MacBook-Pro Project % turnal log --all-worktrees --no-pager

checkpoint graph: 5 sessions, 13 turns, 5 lanes, 2 rollbacks

sessions: [claude 14:20] [claude 14:46] [claude 14:16] [codex 14:28] [codex 14:12]

*         59a91d6d715f - 14:58 [claude 14:20] turn 4      Read +2 complete 2 files +18 -6  24 events; claude-code; tools: Read, Edit, Bash
|         Prompt: "Return success for an event another worker already completed."
|         
| *       583cb027b9f3 - 14:56 [claude 14:46] turn 2      Read +2 complete 3 files +31 -14  22 events; claude-code; tools: Read, Edit, Bash
| |       Prompt: "Attach order and event ids to every checkout error."
| |       
| |   *   e853a4e34acc - 14:54 [codex 14:28] turn 2      Read +2 complete 2 files +24 -3  19 events; codex; tools: Read, Edit, Bash
| |   |   Prompt: "Validate provider timeout values during startup."
| |   |   
! ! ! ! ! ------------ reverted to [codex 14:12] turn 2 68459d51926d
| | | | | 
* |   |   5027e8e66e1f - 14:49 [claude 14:20] turn 3      Read +2 complete 2 files +42 -19  28 events; claude-code; tools: Read, Edit, Bash
| |   |   Prompt: "Move the idempotency claim into the fulfillment transaction."
| |   |   
| *   |   7d073c54cb16 - 14:46 [claude 14:46] turn 1      Read +3 complete 3 files +57 -8  26 events; claude-code; tools: Read, Write, Edit, Bash
| |   |   Prompt: "Add payment lifecycle correlation ids."
| |   |   
|     | * 3251ca08a1b4 - 14:43 [codex 14:12] turn 3      Read +2 complete 2 files +29 -12  21 events; codex; tools: Read, Edit, Bash
|     | | Prompt: "Separate duplicate delivery metrics from provider retries."
|     | | 
|   * | | 7f68c3762e1a - 14:40 [claude 14:16] turn 2      Read +2 complete 2 files +16 -10  18 events; claude-code; tools: Read, Edit, Bash
|   | | | Prompt: "Scope raw-body parsing to the Stripe route."
|   | | | 
! ! ! ! ! ------------ reverted to [claude 14:20] turn 1 pre 614611d0aa9f
| | | | | 
*   | | | eadff0409763 - 14:32 [claude 14:20] turn 2      Read +2 complete 2 files +23 -9  20 events; claude-code; tools: Read, Edit, Bash
|   | | | Prompt: "Release the claim only for retryable failures."
|   | | | 
|   | * | 993f79127546 - 14:28 [codex 14:28] turn 1      Read +3 complete 3 files +46 -2  23 events; codex; tools: Read, Write, Edit, Bash
|   | | | Prompt: "Define provider timeout configuration."
|   | | | 
|   |   * 68459d51926d - 14:24 [codex 14:12] turn 2      Read +2 complete 1 file +63 -7  25 events; codex; tools: Read, Edit, Bash
|   |   | Prompt: "Synchronize eight delivery workers in the integration test."
|   |   | 
*   |   | ad8a917cf3bd - 14:20 [claude 14:20] turn 1      Read +2 complete no file changes  17 events; claude-code; tools: Read, VectorSearch, Bash
|   |   | Prompt: "Map the existing fulfillment boundary."
|   |   | 
    *   | deef09f4d71a - 14:16 [claude 14:16] turn 1      Read +2 complete no file changes  15 events; claude-code; tools: Read, VectorSearch, Bash
    |   | Prompt: "Trace the parsed request-body path."
    |   | 
        * b31b0e743646 - 14:12 [codex 14:12] turn 1      Read +2 complete 1 file +71 -0  20 events; codex; tools: Read, Write, Bash
        | Prompt: "Add the first concurrent delivery test."

It watches the work. It doesn’t direct it.

An append-only event trail explains what happened. Hidden Git checkpoints preserve what the captured workspace looked like. Turnal keeps the two together.

Local by construction.

Events and checkpoints live in .turnal, outside your Git history.

One history across agents.

Completed turns from every agent land in one traceable timeline.

The story behind the diff.

Prompts, responses, tools, and file changes stay together for every turn.

Recovery you can rehearse.

Preview the rollback. Turnal saves a safety checkpoint first.

Every agent session, one history.

Claude Code and Codex can work in sequence or in parallel. Turnal keeps each completed turn, including its prompt, tools, and checkpoints, in one interleaved timeline.

Claude Code v2.1.11 welcome screen using Fable 5

Fable 5 with high effort · Claude API

? for shortcuts

>_ OpenAI Codex (v0.144.0)

model: gpt-5.6-sol high fast

directory: ~/Dev/relay-api

checkpoint graph: 2 sessions, 0 turns, 0 lanes

A commit shows the code. An agent turn shows the story.

A Git commit preserves what the code looked like. An agent turn adds what happened, the problem the agent said it was solving, the human request, what changed, and how to get back safely.

Turn detail

Git commit What the code looked like

Agent turn What happened, and how to get back

Captured files & bytes Byte-exact contents and executable bits for the captured workspace surface.

Full tree Included in a Git commit

Captured tree Included in an agent turn

Branch & commit context Which branch and commit the work was sitting on.

Ref + SHA Included in a Git commit

Repo + worktree identity Included in an agent turn

Prompt & assistant response The instruction and response when the agent integration exposes them.

Not captured Not available in a Git commit

Captured or marked redacted Included in an agent turn

Tool activity Ordered tool activity exposed by the agent integration.

Not captured Not available in a Git commit

Append-only event trail Included in an agent turn

Before / after diff What actually changed, scoped to a single agent turn.

Between commits Partial in a Git commit

Per-turn checkpoints Included in an agent turn

Attribution to the responsible turn Which action changed a line, plus the agent’s stated intent and human request.

Author + hash only Partial in a Git commit

Intent-aware blame Included in an agent turn

Safety-first rollback Previewing a restore and preserving the current captured state first.

Manual reset or revert Partial in a Git commit

Safety checkpoint first Included in an agent turn

Capture. Inspect. Verify. Recover.

Search, diff, blame, verification, and rollback all derive from events and checkpoints already on disk.

aadijo@MacBook-Pro Project %

Turnal captures each turn in the background. Use the CLI when you need to inspect, trace, test, or restore what happened.

Go beyond the timeline.

Trace a line, test an earlier state, name a rollback point, inspect rerun readiness, or preserve a turn as an immutable case.

aadijo@MacBook-Pro Project % turnal blame src/webhooks/stripe.ts:24 --verbose
14:48 [claude 14:42] turn 4     24 |   if (!claimed) return res.sendStatus(200)
  problem: duplicate webhook claims could escape the fulfillment transaction
  expected scope: src/webhooks/stripe.ts
  confidence: high (stated before edit)
  human request: Make the webhook idempotency claim transactional and release it only on retryable failures.
  session: claude-a13f
  adapter: claude-code
  tools: Read, Edit, Bash
  action tool: Edit
  checkpoint: refs/agent-vcs/checkpoints/claude-a13f/turn/000004/post
  id: 9df3a1e9c54b

aadijo@MacBook-Pro Project % turnal verify claude-a13f:4:post
target: claude-a13f:4:post
state:  59a91d6d715f3b86d32824e589a9fe30d73b2f1a
checks: 3 passed, 0 failed, 0 timed out, 0 could not start, 0 infrastructure errors

PASS    unit-tests                  2.84s
PASS    typecheck                   1.19s
PASS    lint                        684ms

limitations:
  - Checks ran in the current toolchain against an isolated checkpoint worktree.

aadijo@MacBook-Pro Project % turnal save "tests passing before webhook refactor"
Saved checkpoint e8924b927c11
  hash: e8924b927c11e987d304372ff3bb8e57b93a5d42
  message: "tests passing before webhook refactor"
  rollback: turnal rollback --to e8924b927c11e987d304372ff3bb8e57b93a5d42

aadijo@MacBook-Pro Project % turnal fork claude-a13f:4 --dry-run
fork readiness: needs_context
target:         claude-a13f:turn:4:pre
fidelity:       L1
source turn:    claude-a13f:4 (complete)
model:          claude-opus-4-8
base:           refs/agent-vcs/checkpoints/claude-a13f/turn/000004/pre
captured files: 184
instruction:    available
  Return success for an event another worker already completed.
conditions:
  workspace files  exact                    184 captured files
  conversation     not_recorded             prior context must be supplied
  toolchain        not_recorded             use the current environment
  secrets          reauthorization_required secret values are never replayed
  network          live                     external services may differ
  evaluators       configured               3 repository checks

aadijo@MacBook-Pro Project % turnal case create claude-a13f:4
created task task_0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef
created case case_fedcba9876543210fedcba9876543210
task:           task_0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef revision 1
source turn:    claude-a13f:4
base commit:    e4b611c27fa0
instruction:    available
readiness:      needs_context
fidelity:       L1
verifiers:      unit-tests, typecheck, lint
attempts:       none linked

aadijo@MacBook-Pro Project % turnal replay checkout claude-a13f:3:post
replay worktree: /Users/aadijo/Dev/relay-api/.turnal/tmp/replay/worktrees/claude-a13f-turn-000003-post-6f83bc21
state: claude-a13f turn 3 post
commands:
  turnal replay next
  turnal replay prev
  turnal replay goto claude-a13f:turn:3:post
  turnal replay diff
  turnal replay show
  turnal replay keep
  turnal replay stop

Every project. One local view.

Run turnal ui to see sessions from every configured agent in one place. Open a project to review its prompts, models, turns, branches, and file changes.

Turnal Prism session list for the example atlas-web project, with claude-fable-5 and gpt-5.6-sol sessions

Keep the starting point. See what a fork needs.

When a result deserves another pass, preserve its starting point as a case. Fork preflight shows what you need to retry the task with a different agent, instruction, or approach.

Source turn

claude-a13f:4

prompt

Make webhook delivery safe to retry.

checkpoint: 8e7bc19
workspace: 3 files changed
tests: 13 passed

Case

retry-webhook / rev 3

immutable

starting checkpoint: 8e7bc19
task revision: retry-webhook / 3
contract: 13 tests must pass
limitations: staging API unavailable

Fork preflight

readiness only

aadijo@MacBook-Pro Project % turnal fork claude-a13f:4 --dry-run

Captured

Base checkpoint8e7bc19
Instructionexact
Evaluators13 tests

Still needed

Conversationpartial
Secretsnot captured
Networklive service

Keep the story next to the code.

Install Turnal, initialize the workspace, then let your configured coding agents work normally.