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Sequential Thinking Working Notes

Sequential Thinking Working Notes is an MCP server that adds productivity tools to AI assistants such as Claude Desktop, Claude Code and Cursor. Local working notes, decisions, evidence and resumable sessions with SQLite persistence. It has 959 GitHub stars, is released under the MIT license and runs locally with uvx mcp-sequential-thinking.

github.com/arben-adm/mcp-sequential-thinking (opens in a new tab)

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Install Sequential Thinking Working Notes

Generated from the server's MCP registry entry. Replace your-value with your own values.

Claude Desktop

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sequential-thinking-working-notes": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-sequential-thinking"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MCP_STORAGE_DIR": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Settings > Developer > Edit Config. macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Restart Claude Desktop afterwards.

Claude Code

claude mcp add --env MCP_STORAGE_DIR=your-value --transport stdio sequential-thinking-working-notes -- uvx mcp-sequential-thinking

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "sequential-thinking-working-notes": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-sequential-thinking"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MCP_STORAGE_DIR": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Project file; use ~/.cursor/mcp.json to enable it in every project.

VS Code

.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "servers": {
    "sequential-thinking-working-notes": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-sequential-thinking"
      ],
      "env": {
        "MCP_STORAGE_DIR": "your-value"
      }
    }
  }
}

Config formats checked against the official docs on Oct 7, 2026: modelcontextprotocol.io (opens in a new tab), code.claude.com (opens in a new tab), cursor.com (opens in a new tab), code.visualstudio.com (opens in a new tab).

Environment variables

Variables the server reads at startup.

NameRequiredDescription
MCP_STORAGE_DIRNoLocal plaintext storage directory; defaults to ~/.mcpsequentialthinking

Tools (6)

Parsed from the Tools section of the README; check the repository for the current list.

  • create_session

    Start a session from a title.

  • add_step

    Add a note; kind is note (default), observation, evidence, assumption, option, risk, decision or nextaction.

  • list_sessions

    Find sessions by title or status.

  • read_session

    view="resume" (default): active notes, decisions first. view="steps": full history with filters.

  • finalize_session

    Store the caller's outcome and evidence IDs; no further steps afterwards.

  • delete_session

    Delete a session's database records (exports and backups remain).

About Sequential Thinking Working Notes

A local MCP server for working notes you can resume: evidence, decisions, risks and next actions for a difficult task, stored durably in SQLite and readable after any restart. It records what the caller writes; it does not generate, judge or improve reasoning, and it never asks for hidden chain-of-thought.

  • mcp
  • model-context-protocol
  • python
  • sqlite
  • working-notes

FAQ

Sequential Thinking Working Notes FAQ

Still curious? Email info@appsgit.com.

How do I install the Sequential Thinking Working Notes MCP server?

Add the command uvx mcp-sequential-thinking to your MCP client: put it in claude_desktop_config.json for Claude Desktop, run claude mcp add for Claude Code, or add it to .cursor/mcp.json (Cursor) or .vscode/mcp.json (VS Code). The snippets on this page are ready to paste.

Is Sequential Thinking Working Notes free?

The server is open source under the MIT license, so running it is free. It does not declare any required API key.

Is Sequential Thinking Working Notes actively maintained?

The most recent commit was on Oct 23, 2026. The latest release is v0.7.0, published Oct 21, 2026. appsgit only lists MCP servers with a commit in the last six months.