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Nelly Elephant Mcp

Nelly Elephant Mcp

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About Nelly Elephant Mcp

Nelly Elephant Mcp is an MCP server for searching and resuming past Claude Code conversations across projects. It reads local JSONL transcripts and offers keyword search, context around matches, and a recent-session list.

Key features

  1. 01Cross-project keyword search
  2. 02View context around matches
  3. 03List recent sessions
  4. 04Filter results by project
  5. 05Long and short response modes

Use cases

  1. 01Recover an earlier Claude Code conversation
  2. 02Inspect context around a keyword match
  3. 03Browse recently modified sessions
  4. 04Find transcripts for a project

MCP support

The MCP server exposes session search, context lookup, recent-session listing, and diagnostics to clients. It reads local JSONL files over stdio and makes no network calls.

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Configuration

Local server config is the same for every client. Copy it into your client’s MCP config file.

mcp.json · Universal config
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nelly-elephant": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "nelly-elephant-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}
Run commandnpx -y nelly-elephant-mcp

Local servers need a runtime on your machine (e.g. Node.js 18+). Config file locations differ by client; see your client’s docs.

Packages
npmnelly-elephant-mcp1.0.3

Tools

4

Saved tool list · updated 3w ago

This tool takes no parameters.

Details

From the project README

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What is Nelly?

Nelly is an MCP server that searches your past Claude Code session transcripts (JSONL files stored in ~/.claude/projects/) and helps you find and resume old conversations. It searches across ALL projects at once, regardless of which project you're currently working in.

Install

npm install -g nelly-elephant-mcp

Add to ~/.claude/mcp_settings.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nelly": {
      "command": "nelly-elephant-mcp",
      "args": []
    }
  }
}

Tools

  • nelly_instructions: Returns usage guide, platform info, sessions directory status, and diagnostics
  • nelly_search: Keyword search across all past sessions. Supports max_results (1-100), days_back (1-3650), and project filter
  • nelly_context: Expanded context from a specific session — surrounding lines around matches
  • nelly_recent: Lists most recent sessions by modification time. Supports count (1-100) and project filter

Trunk Modes

  • Long Trunk: Conversational, character-driven — Nelly guides you with personality
  • Short Trunk: Just results. Date, project, snippet, resume command.

Say "Nelly long trunk" or "Nelly short trunk" to switch.

Privacy

Zero network calls. Zero telemetry. Zero data collection. Reads only local JSONL files via stdio transport. One runtime dependency: @modelcontextprotocol/sdk. MIT licensed.

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