📌Overview

Purpose: To provide a dynamic and reflective tool for structured problem-solving through sequential thinking.

Overview: The Sequential Thinking MCP Server facilitates a methodical approach to complex problem-solving by breaking down issues into manageable steps, allowing for revisions, and exploring alternative reasoning paths. This tool is essential for analyses requiring adaptability and clarity in thought process over multiple steps.

Key Features:

• Breakdown of Problems: Simplifies complex issues into smaller, manageable steps for easier analysis and resolution.

• Dynamic Revision Capabilities: Enables users to revise and refine thoughts as their understanding evolves, ensuring more accurate solutions.

• Branching Logic: Supports exploration of different reasoning paths, allowing for flexible thought processes tailored to specific needs.

• Adjustable Thought Management: Dynamically adjusts the number of thoughts involved in problem-solving, catering to varying complexity and scope.

• Hypothesis Generation and Verification: Assists in generating and validating solution hypotheses, fostering critical thinking and effective analysis.

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Sequential Thinking MCP Server

An MCP server implementation providing a tool for dynamic and reflective problem-solving through a structured thinking process.

Features

• Break down complex problems into manageable steps
• Revise and refine thoughts as understanding deepens
• Branch into alternative paths of reasoning
• Adjust the total number of thoughts dynamically
• Generate and verify solution hypotheses

Tool

sequential_thinking

Facilitates a detailed, step-by-step thinking process for problem-solving and analysis.

Inputs:

• thought (string): The current thinking step
• nextThoughtNeeded (boolean): Whether another thought step is needed
• thoughtNumber (integer): Current thought number
• totalThoughts (integer): Estimated total thoughts needed
• isRevision (boolean, optional): Whether this revises previous thinking
• revisesThought (integer, optional): Which thought is being reconsidered
• branchFromThought (integer, optional): Branching point thought number
• branchId (string, optional): Branch identifier
• needsMoreThoughts (boolean, optional): If more thoughts are needed

Usage

The Sequential Thinking tool is designed for:

• Breaking down complex problems into steps
• Planning and design with room for revision
• Analysis that might need course correction
• Problems where the full scope might not be clear initially
• Tasks that need to maintain context over multiple steps
• Situations where irrelevant information needs to be filtered out

Configuration

Usage with Claude Desktop

Add the following to your claude_desktop_config.json:

npx

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sequential-thinking": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@modelcontextprotocol/server-sequential-thinking"
      ]
    }
  }
}

docker

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sequentialthinking": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "--rm",
        "-i",
        "mcp/sequentialthinking"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Building

Docker:

docker build -t mcp/sequentialthinking -f src/sequentialthinking/Dockerfile .

License

This MCP server is licensed under the MIT License, allowing free use, modification, and distribution subject to its terms. See the LICENSE file in the project repository for details.