Reference
Add a tool or report a fix
PromptDust is open source (Apache-2.0): you can read every line, audit exactly what it does on your machine, and fork it. It is developed in-house by the PromptDust team, and to keep the project and the paid layers built on top of it under one copyright, outside code changes to the engine or interface are not accepted.
There is one thing you can contribute, and it is the most valuable one: coverage. Telling the team about an AI tool PromptDust does not map yet, or a detail it gets wrong. That is data, not code, and it is very welcome. Bug reports are welcome too.
The golden rule
Never include real conversation data, real secrets, or real personal data in an issue. When pasting tool output, redact paths and values. All fixtures are synthetic.
Report a tool PromptDust should map
PromptDust knows where an AI tool stores data from small declarative records. You do not write one. You describe the tool in an issue and the team adds it. Open a New definition issue with:
| Field | Notes |
|---|---|
| Tool name and vendor | Display name |
| Operating systems | macOS, Linux, Windows |
| Storage paths | The location (globs, ~, $ENV allowed), never the contents |
| Category | transcript, cache, embedding index, config with secrets, log, attachment |
| Format | jsonl, sqlite, leveldb, plaintext, plist, json, binary, dir |
| Why it matters | One sentence |
| How you confirmed it | Real install (with app version and date), documented, or reported |
How to safely find where a tool stores data
- Do it read-only. Use
ls,find,du, or a SQLite viewer opened read-only. Never edit or delete. - Look under the OS app-data directories: macOS
~/Library/Application Support/<app>/, Linux~/.config/<app>/or~/.<app>/, Windows%APPDATA%\<app>\. - Note the structure, never the contents.
Confidence tiers
Coverage entries are labelled by how well the location is confirmed, and the tool shows the tier in its output:
- verified. Confirmed on a real install (note the app version and date).
- likely. Documented or strongly implied, but not personally confirmed.
- unverified. Reported.
Report a fix
Spot a wrong path, a mislabelled format, or an entry that no longer matches the tool? Report a fix. Every catalog change is versioned.
Found a bug?
Open a Bug report issue with what happened, what you expected, and steps to reproduce. Running promptdust diagnostics gives a redacted, path-free bundle that is safe to attach.
Security issues
Report vulnerabilities privately, through the repository’s security policy, not as a public issue.
Spotted a mistake in these docs? Open an issue.