mcp-sequentialthinking-tools for Claude Desktop: Setup

What you can do with mcp-sequentialthinking-tools in Claude Desktop

Pick it for inspectable session-based planning with honest, limited tool-name validation.

• Record explicit planning steps for a complex agent task
• Keep separate session histories with branches and revisions

Before you start: mcp-sequentialthinking-tools in Claude Desktop

• npx
• An MCP-compatible client

The history limit is per session and defaults to 1000. Its stdio transport accepts Content-Length framing and newline-delimited JSON used by older tmcp tooling.

mcp-sequentialthinking-tools Claude Desktop configuration

1. Choose Claude Desktop configuration scope

   For mcp-sequentialthinking-tools, open macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json. Merge under mcpServers via Settings → Developer → Edit Config when available.

2. Add mcp-sequentialthinking-tools to Claude Desktop

   Use the mcp-sequentialthinking-tools entry below in mcpServers. Keep mcp-sequentialthinking-tools's documented stdio connection fields and your other Claude Desktop entries.

3. Check mcp-sequentialthinking-tools in Claude Desktop

   mcp-sequentialthinking-tools: Fully quit and reopen Claude Desktop; check developer diagnostics.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-sequentialthinking-tools": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-sequentialthinking-tools"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MAX_HISTORY_SIZE": "<maximum recorded steps per session; default 1000>"
      }
    }
  }
}

mcp-sequentialthinking-tools tools available to Claude Desktop

mcp-sequentialthinking-tools's stored tool list documents 3 tools; compare it with Claude Desktop's connected tool list, because the stored list is not a live check.

sequentialthinking_tools

When Claude Desktop requests sequentialthinking_tools from mcp-sequentialthinking-tools, review the action before approving it.

Record one reasoning step and optionally validate model-proposed tools against a supplied list.

get_thinking_history

When Claude Desktop requests get_thinking_history from mcp-sequentialthinking-tools, review the action before approving it.

Retrieve recorded session steps, optionally restricted by branch and record limit.

clear_thinking_history

When Claude Desktop requests clear_thinking_history from mcp-sequentialthinking-tools, review the action before approving it.

mcp-sequentialthinking-tools: full stored tool descriptions

Troubleshooting mcp-sequentialthinking-tools in Claude Desktop

• Fully quit and reopen Claude Desktop for mcp-sequentialthinking-tools. If npx mcp-sequentialthinking-tools (Node.js/npm) is missing, check the desktop process's PATH, which may differ from your terminal.
• In Claude Desktop's mcp-sequentialthinking-tools entry, check MAX_HISTORY_SIZE. Keep secrets out of shared screenshots and repositories.
• mcp-sequentialthinking-tools uses stdio here: Claude Desktop must keep the configured process running; protocol output belongs on stdout and diagnostics on stderr.
• Known limitation: Does not discover available tools or select tools for the model
• Known limitation: Adds unnecessary overhead for trivial requests
• Known limitation: Text filtering is not a guarantee against adversarial input
• General Claude Desktop troubleshooting lives in the /clients/claude-desktop guide.

Frequently asked questions