Sequential Thinking 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
Sequential Thinking Setup & Configuration
Installation Instructions
# NPX Installation
npx -y @modelcontextprotocol/server-sequential-thinking
# Docker Installation
docker run --rm -i mcp/sequentialthinking
# Build from Source
docker build -t mcp/sequentialthinking -f src/sequentialthinking/Dockerfile .Configuration
{
"mcpServers": {
"sequential-thinking": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-sequential-thinking"]
}
}
}Sequential Thinking Required Inputs
thought
- Type
- string
- Description
- The current thinking step
- Required
- Yes
nextThoughtNeeded
- Type
- boolean
- Description
- Whether another thought step is needed
- Required
- Yes
thoughtNumber
- Type
- integer
- Description
- Current thought number
- Required
- Yes
totalThoughts
- Type
- integer
- Description
- Estimated total thoughts needed
- Required
- Yes
isRevision
- Type
- boolean
- Description
- Whether this revises previous thinking
- Required
- No
revisesThought
- Type
- integer
- Description
- Which thought is being reconsidered
- Required
- No
branchFromThought
- Type
- integer
- Description
- Branching point thought number
- Required
- No
branchId
- Type
- string
- Description
- Branch identifier
- Required
- No
needsMoreThoughts
- Type
- boolean
- Description
- If more thoughts are needed
- Required
- No
Sequential Thinking Use Cases
- •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
Frequently Asked Questions
An MCP server implementation that provides a tool for dynamic and reflective problem-solving through a structured thinking process. Break down complex problems into manageable steps, revise and refine thoughts as understanding deepens, and branch into alternative paths of reasoning.
No special requirements needed.
Follow the installation instructions in the setup section above.View installation guide
This MCP doesn't specify any tools in its configuration.
