Think MCP

Think MCP

Enhances any agent's reasoning capabilities by integrating the think-tools, as described in Anthropic's article.

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Overview

Think MCP is an MCP server implementation that provides a dedicated think tool to enable structured reasoning within agent workflows. It mirrors the concept from Anthropic's think tool, allowing an AI agent to pause and record an explicit thought during complex reasoning or multi-step tool use. Importantly, the tool does not modify the environment or database; it simply appends the thought to a log, aiding processing, backtracking, and adherence to policies. This makes it useful for tool output analysis, policy-heavy environments, and sequential decision making where each step builds on the previous one. The project is described as a minimal, standards-based MCP server built on mcp[cli], designed for easy integration with Claude or other agentic LLMs. An advanced mode adds extra tools (criticize, plan, and search) to extend reasoning capabilities. Configuration examples demonstrate registering the server under mcpServers with command, arguments, and enabled flags, and show an optional environment block (e.g., TAVILY_API_KEY) for advanced usage. The work is inspired by Anthropics’ engineering blog on Claude’s think tool and is released under MIT.

Details

Owner
Rai220
Language
Python
License
MIT License
Updated
2025-12-07

Features

Think tool implementation

Implements the 'think' tool as described by Anthropic, enabling an AI to pause and record a thought during complex reasoning or multi-step tool use.

Minimal, standards-based MCP server

A lightweight MCP server built on mcp[cli], ensuring compatibility with MCP standards.

Environment-neutral logging

Does not modify the environment or database; appends thoughts to a log for traceability and analysis.

LLM-ready integration

Designed for easy integration with Claude or other agentic LLMs.

Advanced mode with extra tools

In advanced mode, adds criticize, plan, and search to enhance reasoning workflows.

Configurable server settings

Configurable via MCP server settings with command, args, enabled and optional env blocks for customization.

Thought input and behavioral logging

Tool input is a thought string; behavior is to append the thought to the log.

Anthropic-based reference

Based on the Anthropic think tool concept and related engineering blog.

Audience

AI developersIntegrate think tool into agent workflows to enable structured reasoning.
LLM developersIntegrate think tool with Claude or other LLMs to enable think logging.
Policy engineersUse to verify policy compliance during reasoning in sensitive environments.

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thinkMCPagentstructured reasoningAnthropicClaudetoolloggingAIMCP server