Use Laika Orbit recall with Claude Code

claude mcp add laikaorbit -- npx -y laikaorbit mcp

That’s all: Claude Code starts the server in your project folder when a session begins. Requires Node 22 or newer.

Tools

Tool	What it does
recall	Answers a plain-English question with the matching section(s), their paths and line ranges, and a confidence margin. Says so when nothing matches.
get	Reads one file by its path relative to the root.
status	Index size: documents, tokens, routers, pointers.

Another folder

claude mcp add brain-notes -- npx -y laikaorbit mcp --root ~/notes

The index is built on the first call and refreshed at most every refreshSecs (see Index configuration), re-reading only files that changed.

Nudging Claude to use it

The recall tool describes itself as the thing to prefer over grep and whole-file reads for questions about the workspace. For stronger steering, add a line to your project’s CLAUDE.md:

For questions about this project, call the laikaorbit `recall` tool before searching files.