Learn file.cheap
file.cheap is a local-first vault for the files that agent workflows create: screenshots, logs, transcripts, generated reports, code maps, and investigation evidence. These guides focus on the decisions behind the commands, so you can build a workflow that stays searchable without turning every artifact into a permanent folder on your machine.
Start here
- Give Claude Code a local file vault — install fcheap, register its MCP server, and let an agent save and retrieve artifacts without leaving the conversation.
- Local-first vs cloud agent artifacts — choose where files should live based on privacy, recovery, collaboration, and cost rather than habit.
- BM25, semantic, and hybrid file search — understand what each search mode can find and when a local embedder is worth running.
- From vidtrace evidence to owning code — turn a recorded bug into searchable evidence and ranked source-code candidates.
- Build a local-first agent stack — see how fcheap, MCP, Ollama, and optional vecgrep fit together without a hosted application.
- MCP tools cheat sheet — choose the smallest safe tool, resource, or prompt for an agent workflow.
Comparisons
If you already know the workflow you want, go directly to the getting-started guide, the CLI reference, or the MCP client setup guide.