Does Sequentialthinking (reference) work with Claude Desktop?

Q: Does Sequentialthinking (reference) work with Claude Desktop?

Yes. In our test on 2026-10-14 (Claude Desktop Claude Desktop 2.37337.1 (Linux beta), plan: Not recorded for this run), Sequentialthinking (reference) passed install, connect, tools and an agent task.

Yes. Sequentialthinking (reference) passed every step of our test in Claude Desktop on Oct 14, 2026: it installed, connected, its tools were visible, and an agent used it to finish a real task.

Result

ResultPassed

Date testedOct 14, 2026

Plan tested onNot recorded for this run

App versionClaude Desktop 2.37337.1 (Linux beta)

Steps

install OK
connected OK
tools visible OK
agent task: stepwise reasoning OKfor reasoning scratchpads that have no storage

Test note: server wrapped in harness/scripts/mcp_tee.py to record JSON-RPC; prompts typed via xdotool; tool Allow pop-ups approved by the operator for test servers only; model = app default

From our own harness run, not the maker’s claims. How we test.

What happened in this run

Install config we used

{
 "command": "npx",
 "args": [
  "-y",
  "@modelcontextprotocol/server-sequential-thinking"
 ]
}

Connection check

initialize seen in tee log after app restart

Tools check

tools/list answered (tee log)

Agent task: stepwise reasoning

3 calls reached the server
Agent’s answer (excerpt): The train arrives at 17:25.

Raw details from our harness log for this run. Secrets redacted.

Set it up in Claude Desktop

Copy-paste config for every app is on the Sequentialthinking (reference) page. Not connecting? Claude Desktop MCP troubleshooting.

Other apps we tested it in: Claude Code (passed) · Cursor (passed) · ChatGPT (Codex) (passed).

All MCP servers tested in Claude Desktop