# claude-archive-mcp

> Local stdio MCP server exposing unified Claude chat history (claude.ai export + Claude Code sessions) as ranked, scoped, structured search.

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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/claude-archive-mcp/claim

## Declared
- homepage: https://github.com/manderse-dispatch/claude-archive-mcp
- repository: https://github.com/manderse-dispatch/claude-archive-mcp/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md
- version: 1.14.0
- protocols: mcp
- tags: archive, chat-history, claude, fts5, mcp, search, sqlite
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:claude-archive-mcp

### Description (declared)

# claude-archive-mcp

> Local stdio MCP server that exposes your unified Claude chat history
> (claude.ai export + Claude Code sessions) to Claude Code as ranked, scoped,
> structured search.

**Status:** v1.14.0 · **Author:** Mike Andersen · **License:** PolyForm Noncommercial 1.0.0

When you reference past work — *"did we settle this in nortam_dev last month?"*,
*"find the TAP routing analysis"*, *"what did Claude Code commit on April 14?"* —
Claude Code reaches for this server instead of asking you to summarize.

## Two sources, one index

| Source | `source` | Origin |
|---|---|---|
| claude.ai export | `claude_ai` | `~/.claude/Exported_Chats/conversations.json` + `projects/` |
| Claude Code sessions | `claude_code` | `~/.claude/projects/**/*.jsonl` |

Both feed one `conversations` table; the same tools search across both.

## Tools

`search_chats` · `get_chat` · `list_projects` · `list_recent_chats` ·
`search_within_chat` · `archive_stats` · `timeline` · `find_related_chats` ·
`get_digest` · `recall` · `get_session_lineage` — eleven read-only, source-aware tools.
See [`docs/TOOLS.md`](docs/TOOLS.md). The server also exposes a per-project **resource**
(`claude-archive://project/{source}/{identifier}`) — a dynamic markdown project overview.

**Digest:** `get_digest` (tool) or `python scripts/digest.py --weekly` (also `/digest`) — a
markdown activity recap over a rolling daily/weekly window; both share one aggregator.

**Semantic search (optional):** `find_related_chats` ranks conversations by embedding
cosine. It needs the optional extra — `pip install -e .[embeddings]`, then
`python scripts/embed.py --backfill` (also `/embed`). The server itself stays inference-free.

**Comprehension sidecars (v1.4.0):** `search_chats` and `find_related_chats` each carry an additive
semantic **sidecar tier** — matches against per-conversation, LLM-authored comprehension sidecars
(an abstract plu…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- data.database (1, declared)
- communication.chat (0.967, derived)
- data.vector-search (0.894, derived)
- dev.docs-lookup (0.791, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/claude-archive-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-09T11:30:47.945Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/claude-archive-mcp/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/claude-archive-mcp · ARD identifier urn:air::server:claude-archive-mcp