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fable Recall MCP server

Lets your AI search and quote your real past Claude Code conversations, kept in a local file on your machine.

Notes For it and development Knowledge & Memory

fable is a small helper that saves and searches everything you have ever talked about with Claude Code. Normally Claude forgets older parts of a chat, and after about 30 days the files get deleted. fable keeps a copy on your own computer so your AI can look things up again. It is handy if you work on long projects and want to remember why you made a decision weeks ago.

What is an MCP server? The 30-second version

On its own, your AI can only chat about what is in front of it right now. An MCP server is a small helper program that gives your AI one extra skill. This helper connects your AI to your saved Claude Code history, which is stored in a file on your computer. So when you ask a question, the AI can quietly search those old conversations and bring back the real words you used.

What this MCP server does

You ask your AI something like what did we decide about login last month. Your AI uses this helper to search your saved conversations on your machine. The helper finds the matching threads and hands the real text back, not a summary. Your AI then answers you using those actual words from before. It can also save a fact you want it to keep, like a standing rule for future sessions.

Flow diagram: you ask your AI “What did we decide about login last month?”, on your own computer the fable Recall MCP server works with your saved chats, and you get back real quotes from your past chats.

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What you can do with it

Search your past Claude Code conversations by topic
Pull up the exact words from an old thread, not a summary
Remember a standing rule across future sessions
Look up the edit history of a file across sessions
Find which conversation made a particular change
Keep your history safe before Claude deletes it

Try asking your AI

“What did we decide about authentication last month?”
“When did this function break and what did we change?”
“Show me the conversation where we picked this database.”
“Remember that we only deploy on Fridays.”

What it gives back to you

You get answers in the chat that quote your real past conversations, with the actual wording you used. It can also give you lists of matching threads, a file's edit history, or a short summary of what changed. When you ask it to remember something, it just confirms it saved the fact.

Before you start

What you need

The Claude Code app already installed and used on your computer
Python and pipx to install the fable tool (the README shows the one-line command)
Permission to run commands in your terminal

Good to know

It reads your private Claude Code conversations from your computer, so anyone using the same machine could search them too.

Install it with your AI

Add fable Recall MCP server to your AI, no technical skills needed

You don't install anything by hand. You copy one prompt, paste it into an AI that can work on your computer, and it checks, installs and connects the server for you, asking you when it needs something.

Sign in to get the install prompt

Members get a ready-made prompt that lets the Claude desktop app check fable Recall MCP server, install it and connect it for them, step by step. You don't need any technical skills: you copy, paste and answer a few questions. Your connected AI can also find and install any of the 4,066 MCP servers here for you.