Archaeologist FAQs

Question 1

How does Archaeologist support modern AI-driven development?

Accepted Answer

Archaeologist is uniquely designed to read AI-agent breadcrumbs (.planning/, CLAUDE.md) as first-class sources, making it the first tool to track and report on the narrative trails left by AI development tools like Claude Code or Cursor.

Question 2

What is Archaeologist and what does it do?

Accepted Answer

Archaeologist is an MCP server that indexes the narrative layer of your software projects—commits, PRs, markdown, and AI-agent breadcrumbs—to generate structured, citation-backed timelines and reports automatically.

Question 3

What kind of reports can Archaeologist generate?

Accepted Answer

Archaeologist can generate various factual, citation-grounded reports, including weekly digests, milestone retrospectives, investor updates, and detailed project narratives for specific arcs.

Question 4

What types of project data can Archaeologist analyze?

Accepted Answer

It indexes commits, pull requests, in-tree markdown, and uniquely, AI-agent breadcrumbs (e.g., from Claude Code or Cursor), providing a comprehensive and verifiable project history.

Question 5

Does Archaeologist require authentication or API keys?

Accepted Answer

It operates locally with zero-authentication for local git repositories. An optional GitHub token can be provided to unlock enriched data indexing from PRs and issues.

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