mcp-sequentialthinking-tools for Cursor: Setup & Config

What you can do with mcp-sequentialthinking-tools in Cursor

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

• Validate proposed tool names against an explicitly supplied list
• Inspect or clear history during a long agent workflow

Before you start: mcp-sequentialthinking-tools in Cursor

• 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 Cursor configuration

1. Choose Cursor configuration scope

   For mcp-sequentialthinking-tools, open Project: .cursor/mcp.json User: ~/.cursor/mcp.json. Merge into mcpServers at project or user scope.

2. Add mcp-sequentialthinking-tools to Cursor

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

3. Check mcp-sequentialthinking-tools in Cursor

   mcp-sequentialthinking-tools: Enable in Cursor’s MCP settings; inspect tools.

{
  "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 Cursor

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

sequentialthinking_tools

Find sequentialthinking_tools under mcp-sequentialthinking-tools in Cursor's MCP settings; inspect its arguments when the agent requests a call.

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

get_thinking_history

Find get_thinking_history under mcp-sequentialthinking-tools in Cursor's MCP settings; inspect its arguments when the agent requests a call.

clear_thinking_history

Find clear_thinking_history under mcp-sequentialthinking-tools in Cursor's MCP settings; inspect its arguments when the agent requests a call.

Delete one session history or clear all session histories.

mcp-sequentialthinking-tools: full stored tool descriptions

Troubleshooting mcp-sequentialthinking-tools in Cursor

• Cursor must find npx mcp-sequentialthinking-tools (Node.js/npm) for mcp-sequentialthinking-tools. Enable the project/user entry in MCP settings and inspect its tools.
• Review MAX_HISTORY_SIZE for mcp-sequentialthinking-tools before sharing project .cursor/mcp.json; project scope travels with the repository.
• mcp-sequentialthinking-tools uses stdio here: Cursor 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 Cursor troubleshooting lives in the /clients/cursor guide.

Frequently asked questions