MCP Think Tool server for Claude Desktop
Claude MCP Think Tool MCP server exists for a simple reason — assistants are far more useful when they can act on Claude MCP Think Tool directly instead of describing what you should do. MCP Think Tool server for Claude Desktop.
A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server implementing the "think" tool for improving Claude's complex reasoning capabilities.
This MCP server implements Anthropic's "think" tool, which provides Claude with a dedicated space for structured thinking during complex problem-solving tasks. As described in Anthropic's blog post, the think tool has been shown to significantly improve performance in complex tasks requiring policy adherence and reasoning in long chains of tool calls.
Once Claude MCP Think Tool is connected, these are the calls the assistant has available:
think — Record structured reasoning during problem-solvingget_thoughts — Retrieve all recorded thoughtsclear_thoughts — Reset the thinking processget_thought_stats — Analyze thinking patterns@smithery/cli on npm is all you need. Most clients run it directly, so configuration is a few lines and a restart.
Plenty of developer tooling servers cover similar ground. The differences that matter in practice are scope of access and how much setup stands between you and a working tool call. Claude MCP Think Tool's toolset — think, get_thoughts, clear_thoughts and 1 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by cgize; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
We check each listing at SyncDev against the project's documentation before it goes live — if something here drifts out of date, it is a bug worth reporting.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| think | Record structured reasoning during problem-solving |
| get_thoughts | Retrieve all recorded thoughts |
| clear_thoughts | Reset the thinking process |
| get_thought_stats | Analyze thinking patterns |
{
"mcpServers": {
"think-tool": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@cgize/mcp-think-tool"
],
"type": "stdio",
"pollingInterval": 30000,
"startupTimeout": 30000,
"restartOnFailure": true
}
}
}Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.
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