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          "reason": "Scored as a local stdio package. Official npm package and the mcp/sequentialthinking Docker image on Node 22, but no engines field or supported runtimes stated (15 of 20). The monorepo's TypeScript workflow runs the server's 17 tests on every push and pull request. We couldn't see whether the default branch passes, so 20 of 25. We couldn't read the issue list. The history shows `nextThoughtNeeded` restored to the required array on 28 August 2026, and the published 2026.8.31 doesn't declare zod as a dependency, fixed on main on 3 September and not yet released (12 of 25). Date versions with no per-package changelog (5 of 15). The repository README and SECURITY.md call these reference implementations, 'not production-ready solutions' (0 of 15)."
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          "reason": "One tool with a zod input schema and an output schema (25). README in Markdown on GitHub, no llms.txt (5 of 10). The description lists when to use the tool in seven bullets but never when not to, runs about 2,800 characters, and its parameter section uses snake_case names (`total_thoughts`, `is_revision`) that don't match the camelCase inputs (14 of 20). Integers with a minimum of 1, required fields marked, and booleans that accept 'true' or 'false' strings (13 of 15). README example prompts since April 2026. Errors come back as `{error, status: failed}` with isError set, undocumented (8 of 15). Dated monorepo releases with notes, no changelog for this package (8 of 15)."
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          "reason": "2026.8.31 on npm, published 31 August, 31 days before the run date (20). Only 2026.7.4 and 2026.8.31 were published for this package since 3 July, two of the monorepo's four dated releases (0). Fixes for this server merged in March, August and September 2026. We couldn't read reply times on issues (12 of 25). Not in the official MCP registry, though package.json carries the mcpName io.github.modelcontextprotocol/server-sequential-thinking (0). CI on push and Dependabot groups, but the published package is missing its zod declaration (7 of 10)."
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          "maintenance": "2026.8.31 on npm, published 31 August, 31 days before the run date (20). Only 2026.7.4 and 2026.8.31 were published for this package since 3 July, two of the monorepo's four dated releases (0). Fixes for this server merged in March, August and September 2026. We couldn't read reply times on issues (12 of 25). Not in the official MCP registry, though package.json carries the mcpName io.github.modelcontextprotocol/server-sequential-thinking (0). CI on push and Dependabot groups, but the published package is missing its zod declaration (7 of 10).",
          "payments": "Free, self-hosted, nothing to buy, so 20 + 20 + 20. No payment protocol (0).",
          "reliability": "Scored as a local stdio package. Official npm package and the mcp/sequentialthinking Docker image on Node 22, but no engines field or supported runtimes stated (15 of 20). The monorepo's TypeScript workflow runs the server's 17 tests on every push and pull request. We couldn't see whether the default branch passes, so 20 of 25. We couldn't read the issue list. The history shows `nextThoughtNeeded` restored to the required array on 28 August 2026, and the published 2026.8.31 doesn't declare zod as a dependency, fixed on main on 3 September and not yet released (12 of 25). Date versions with no per-package changelog (5 of 15). The repository README and SECURITY.md call these reference implementations, 'not production-ready solutions' (0 of 15).",
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          "security": "No credentials to hold or leak, so the middle band (20). No side effects beyond an in-memory history and stderr output (18 of 20). Returns only what the model sent, no outside content (10). Each thought is printed to stderr by default, which gives the operator a trace but also writes the model's reasoning into host logs until `DISABLE_THOUGHT_LOGGING=true` (10 of 15). SECURITY.md says the repository isn't eligible for vulnerability reports. No advisories for this server. Six advisories for the git server in the same repository were published, and security.txt on modelcontextprotocol.io was valid per the 26 September check (6 of 20).",
          "transparency": "MIT for older contributions and Apache-2.0 for new ones, both OSI licences, with npm saying `SEE LICENSE IN LICENSE` (28 of 30). No network calls and nothing stored beyond the process's memory. There's no written statement, but lib.ts is under 3 KB and shows it (20 of 30). No deprecation policy, and the README tells users to look for a `sequential_thinking` tool while the server registers `sequentialthinking` (5 of 20). No telemetry in the code (20)."
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        "Only 2026.7.4 and 2026.8.31 were published in 2026, and the latest doesn't declare its zod dependency",
        "History is shared across the whole process, so separate problems in one session run together",
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        "body": "One tool, four required fields, a description of about 2,800 characters, and a five-field response echoing what the model sent. Nothing from outside enters. No network, file or credential, and lib.ts is under 3 KB. The question is whether the scaffold earns its turns, since every thought is a round trip and about 700 tokens of description sit in context. The description lists seven cases to use it and none to skip it, and its parameter guide says `total_thoughts` and `is_revision` while the schema's inputs are camelCase. The README says `sequential_thinking`; the server registers `sequentialthinking`. History is one object per process, so a second problem inherits the first's count and branches. The maintainers call it a reference implementation and not production-ready, which I count in its favour. Two npm releases in 2026, 2026.7.4 and 2026.8.31. Three, because the answer it gives back is only ever the model's own, and the docs disagree with the code on what to call it.",
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