AI Coding

Let AI refactor fearlessly
Ginkgo's got your back

Your AI agent rewrites 30 files at once. No problem.
checkpoint confirms restore points, staging push protects changes instantly.

Ginkgo Backup for AI Coding provides verified restore points via the checkpoint CLI command before AI refactors, instant file protection with staging push, and snapshot diffing — supporting Cursor, Claude Code, Windsurf, and 5 other AI tools.

Ever been here?

AI changed 20 files at once — nothing compiles

Refactored a whole module — logic is completely wrong

Ctrl+Z is laughably useless, and you forgot to commit

Ginkgo's CLI lets your AI agent create verified restore points before every refactor. Break something? Roll back per-file. Zero friction.

Preset prompts. One-click protection.

No manual rules. Ginkgo generates them for you.

Copy the preset prompt from Ginkgo's AI Coding page and send it to your AI agent — it analyzes your project and installs the rule files automatically. Your AI agent reads them and follows the backup strategy. Zero config.

Cursor

.cursorrules

Claude Code

CLAUDE.md

Windsurf

.windsurfrules

Cline

.cline/rules

Trae

.trae/skills/

Codex

.codex/skills/

Generic

AGENTS.md

Agent

.agent/workflows/

Copy the prompt

Open Ginkgo's AI Coding page, select your AI tool and backup source, then click "Copy Prompt" — Ginkgo generates the complete rule file content for you

What you get

Purpose-built for the AI coding workflow

checkpoint — verified restore points

ginkgo checkpoint triggers a backup and waits for completion before returning. If a backup is already running, it waits for that. The "safety gate" designed for AI agents.

staging push — instant protection

ginkgo staging push sends changed files to the COW staging area in seconds — no waiting for scheduled backups. Supports path lists and JSON input, up to 500 files.

diff — snapshot comparison

ginkgo diff compares the last two snapshots, showing new/changed/deleted file counts and new data volume. See the impact of an AI refactor at a glance.

history — per-file version history

ginkgo history <file> shows the full version history of a single file — snapshot time, size, content hash for each version. Pinpoint exact changes.

18 CLI commands

status, backup, checkpoint, staging push, snapshots, restore, diff, history, verify, mount, export, retention, and more — covering the entire backup lifecycle.

AI-generated backup notes

ginkgo generate-note automatically creates a backup summary from the latest snapshot data, documenting what changed for easy retrospection.

Works with every AI coding tool