Model Context Protocol Server

🚀 Step-by-Step Thinking MCP Server

An implemented MCP server that provides dynamic and reflective problem-solving tools through a structured thinking process.

✨ Features

• Break down complex problems into manageable steps.
• Revise and refine ideas as understanding deepens.
• Branch into alternative reasoning paths.
• Dynamically adjust the total number of thinking steps.
• Generate and validate solution hypotheses.

🛠️ Tools

sequential_thinking

Facilitate a detailed, step-by-step problem-solving and analytical thinking process.

Inputs:

• thought (string): The current thinking step.
• nextThoughtNeeded (boolean): Whether another thinking step is needed.
• thoughtNumber (integer): The current thinking number.
• totalThoughts (integer): The estimated total number of thinking steps required.
• isRevision (boolean, optional): Whether this is a revision of a previous thought.
• revisesThought (integer, optional): The number of the thought being reconsidered.
• branchFromThought (integer, optional): The number of the thought at the branching point.
• branchId (string, optional): The branch identifier.
• needsMoreThoughts (boolean, optional): Whether more thinking steps are needed.

💻 Usage Examples

Basic Usage

The step-by-step thinking tool is designed for:

• Breaking down complex problems into steps.
• Planning and designing with room for revision.
• Analyzing problems that may require a change of direction.
• Initial problems with unclear scopes.
• Tasks that require maintaining context over multiple steps.
• Situations where irrelevant information needs to be filtered out.

📦 Installation

Configuration with Claude Desktop

Add it 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"
      ]
    }
  }
}

🔨 Build

Docker:

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

📄 License

This MCP server is distributed under the MIT License. This means you are free to use, modify, and distribute the software, but you must comply with the terms and conditions of the MIT License. For more details, please refer to the LICENSE file in the project repository.