Elephia runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 50 installs a week from pypi.
Git for your AI's context: local-first, deterministic memory over MCP. An elephant never forgets.
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This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.
claude mcp add elephia -- uvx elephia{
"mcpServers": {
"elephia": {
"args": [
"elephia"
],
"command": "uvx"
}
}
}[mcp_servers.elephia]
command = "uvx"
args = ["elephia"]{
"mcpServers": {
"elephia": {
"args": [
"elephia"
],
"command": "uvx"
}
}
}{
"mcpServers": {
"elephia": {
"args": [
"elephia"
],
"command": "uvx"
}
}
}This one needs environment variables set before it will start:
ELEPHIA_DIR (Path to the context store directory (default: nearest .elephia/, else ~/.elephia/store; a legacy CONTEXTGIT_DIR or .contextgit/ store is still honored)).
The author declared them in the registry entry; get the values from the project itself.
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