Chron MCP Tool Aims to Bring AI Coding Audit Trails to Enterprise Compliance

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Chron is an open-source MCP server designed to log every interaction between developers and AI coding tools such as Claude, Cursor, and GitHub Copilot, storing records locally in a tamper-evident SQLite database. The tool captures prompts, AI responses, tool calls, code diffs, and performs real-time secret detection to prevent credential leaks. Each session is cryptographically signed using Ed25519 keys and timestamped via NTP attestation, creating a verifiable chain of custody for AI activity. Chron can generate compliance evidence packages mapped to frameworks including SOC 2, ISO 27001, and the EU AI Act, with integrations for SIEM platforms like Splunk and Azure Sentinel. Having reached over 8,000 downloads organically, the project is now expanding toward a centralised organisational dashboard, shared audit log storage, and policy enforcement capabilities aimed at CISOs and compliance teams.

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