git-reflog-archaeologist-mcp

Git Reflog Archaeologist is a local MCP for the moment after an accidental reset, deleted branch, or abandoned experiment. It looks at Git metadata that can help answer whether recovery may still be possible.

Tools

• reflog_signals: aggregate reflog count, age buckets, and loose or packed object counts

• recovery_signals: aggregate unreachable object counts by type

• stash_signals: aggregate stash count and age buckets

The outputs include coarse recovery hints such as recent-history-may-be-recoverable or unreachable-commits-found. They do not return commit hashes, subjects, ref names, file paths, remote names, author data, or file contents.

Related MCP server: Repo Therapist

Safety

• Local Git commands only. No network access is used.

• The selected repository must stay inside GIT_ARCHAEOLOGY_ROOT.

• Git output is line and count bounded.

• The server never runs mutating commands such as reset, reflog expire, prune, or garbage collection.

• This is a recovery signal tool, not a guarantee that an object can be restored.

Run

npm install
npm run build
node dist/index.js

The server uses stdio and works with Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, MCP Inspector, and compatible CLI harnesses.