An MCP server that enables dynamic, reflective problem-solving by structuring thought processes and automatically logging each session to Recall.
An MCP server that enables dynamic, reflective problem-solving by structuring thought processes and automatically logging each session to Recall. That is what the sequential thinking mcp server brings to an AI assistant: the same capability, reachable through the Model Context Protocol rather than a separate app or dashboard.
An MCP server implementation that provides a tool for dynamic and reflective problem-solving through a structured thinking process which automatically writes sequential thinking logs to Recall associated with each thought session.
The server publishes 5 tools. What each one is for:
sequentialthinking — Process step-by-step thinking and store in Recallrecallstatus — Get the status of the Recall integrationlistsessions — List all sequential thinking sessionsgetsession — Get a specific thinking sessionConfiguration — To use the Recall integration, you need to provide the following environment variables:Setup follows the usual MCP pattern — install or clone the server, register it in your client's configuration file, restart the client. The configuration blocks on this page cover the common clients.
Configuration is passed through the environment: RECALL_PRIVATE_KEY, RECALL_NETWORK, RECALL_BUCKET_ALIAS, RECALL_LOG_PREFIX. Treat anything key-shaped as a real credential — scope it to the minimum the server needs, and rotate it if it ever lands in a shared config.
Among the knowledge and memory options, the useful question is rarely "what can it do" but "what does it cost you to run" — permissions, credentials, and how much of your context its toolset consumes. Sequential Thinking's toolset — sequentialthinking, recallstatus, listsessions and 2 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by recallnet; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.
This entry was verified against Sequential Thinking's own documentation before publication; SyncDev keeps the directory reviewed rather than auto-generated.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| sequentialthinking | Process step-by-step thinking and store in Recall |
| recallstatus | Get the status of the Recall integration |
| listsessions | List all sequential thinking sessions |
| getsession | Get a specific thinking session |
| Configuration | To use the Recall integration, you need to provide the following environment variables: |
{
"mcpServers": {
"sequential-thinking-mcp": {
"command": "node",
"args": [
"/Users/yourusername/sequential-thinking-recall/dist/index.js"
],
"env": {
"RECALL_PRIVATE_KEY": "your-private-key-here",
"RECALL_NETWORK": "testnet",
"RECALL_BUCKET_ALIAS": "sequential-thinking-logs",
"RECALL_LOG_PREFIX": "sequential-"
}
}
}
}Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| RECALL_PRIVATE_KEY | Credential the server authenticates with. | Yes |
| RECALL_NETWORK | Configuration value read at startup. | Optional |
| RECALL_BUCKET_ALIAS | Configuration value read at startup. | Optional |
| RECALL_LOG_PREFIX | Configuration value read at startup. | Optional |
A knowledge graph your assistant keeps between sessions — entities, relations and observations that persist.
Kill hallucinated APIs — version-accurate, up-to-date library documentation injected straight into context.
Your workspace, on speaking terms with AI — search, read and write Notion pages and databases.
A structured scratchpad for hard problems — stepwise reasoning with revisions, branches and visible logic.
Symbol-level code navigation, refactoring and memory for coding agents — the IDE brain your assistant has been missing.
Chat with your second brain — search, read and write vault notes through the Local REST API.