git-memory-status

Check git-memory Status

When to Use

• User asks if git-memory is configured
• Before using search tools to confirm the index has data
• Troubleshooting empty search results
• After indexing to confirm it completed correctly

Workflow

1. Run status command to check ChromaDB commit count
2. Check if MCP server is configured in .claude.json
3. Check embed provider availability
4. Report findings and any gaps

Checklist

- [ ] ChromaDB has > 0 commits indexed
- [ ] git-memory MCP server is in .claude.json
- [ ] user-id matches between index and MCP server config
- [ ] Embed provider is available (Ollama running / OPENAI_API_KEY set)

Commands

Check index size

git-memory status --repo-path /path/to/repo

Check MCP config

cat .claude.json | python3 -m json.tool | grep -A8 "git-memory"

Check Ollama is running (required for default mode)

curl -s http://localhost:11434/api/tags

Healthy Status Example

── git-memory status ──────────────────────────
  Repo          : myproject
  Chroma docs   : 39 (this repo) / 39 (all repos)
  Total commits : 42
  Coverage      : 93%
  Embed provider: ollama

Common Issues

Symptom	Fix
0 commits indexed	Run git-memory index --repo-path .
MCP tools return errors	Check Ollama is running: ollama serve
Wrong user-id	Must match GIT_MEMORY_USER_ID in MCP config
Chroma path conflict	Ensure GIT_MEMORY_CHROMA_DIR points to chroma_commits/
No LLM context (Layer 2)	Normal without Ollama — Layer 1 (ChromaDB) still works