# Sequential Thinking MCP
> A local MCP server that exposes a structured thinking tool for iterative problem solving, revisions, and branches in a reasoning process.
Canonical: https://www.mcpfolio.com/servers/sequential-thinking
Last updated: 2026-10-28
## Catalog record

- Publisher: Model Context Protocol maintainers
- Categories: Uncategorized

## Website

https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers/tree/main/src/sequentialthinking

## Repository

https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers

## Transports

stdio

## Authentication

None documented; runs as a local stdio server.

## Tools

- **sequentialthinking**: Accepts a reasoning step and controls whether to continue, revise an earlier step, branch, or add more steps.

## Sources

- [official_tool_reference](https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers/blob/main/src/sequentialthinking/index.ts)
- [official_documentation](https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers/blob/main/src/sequentialthinking/README.md)

## Setup

Use the interactive setup panel on [the detail page](https://www.mcpfolio.com/servers/sequential-thinking) to view instructions for each supported client.