Configuration Overview

Learn how to configure Nella for your project.

Nella is configured through its MCP tools and CLI commands. This page provides an overview of the configuration options.

Configuration Approach

Nella is configured through its MCP tools and CLI commands. No configuration files are required to get started.

No setup files — Start using Nella immediately with nella index
Context-aware — Nella indexes your codebase and tracks context automatically

The local MCP server currently exposes 7 tools:

Tool	Description
`nella_index`	Index codebase for search and context
`nella_search`	Search indexed codebase
`nella_get_context`	Get session context
`nella_add_assumption`	Record an assumption about the codebase
`nella_check_assumptions`	Check assumption status and conflicts
`nella_check_dependencies`	Check for dependency drift
`nella_heartbeat`	Verify trust-chain continuity between tool calls

Command	Description
`nella index`	Index codebase for search and context
`nella mcp`	Start MCP server (stdio transport)
`nella connect`	Configure MCP clients to use Nella
`nella auth`	Manage authentication (login/logout/status)
`nella setup`	Shortcut for `nella connect --client claude-code --mode local`
`nella help`	Show the global or per-command help output