{"id":"jacck-mcp-reasoner","name":"mcp-reasoner","homepage":null,"repo_url":"https://github.com/Jacck/mcp-reasoner","category":"ai-ml","subcategories":[],"tags":["mcp","claude-desktop","typescript","reasoning","beam-search","monte-carlo-tree-search","mcts","ai-agents"],"what_it_does":"mcp-reasoner is an MCP server implementation for Claude Desktop that provides configurable reasoning strategies—Beam Search and Monte Carlo Tree Search (MCTS)—and reports/evaluates the quality of different reasoning paths. It also includes experimental “alpha” MCTS variants with additional (incomplete/subject-to-change) simulation layers.","use_cases":["Complex problem solving in Claude Desktop with enhanced search over reasoning paths","Exploring different reasoning strategies (beam search vs MCTS) for tasks requiring deeper deliberation","Research/experimentation with search-based reasoning and intermediate evaluation of reasoning paths"],"not_for":["Production systems that require strong guarantees about algorithm completeness (alpha components are explicitly incomplete)","Use cases requiring a public hosted API, webhooks, or managed scalability","Environments where local tooling cannot be run (it is configured via a local MCP server command)"],"best_when":"You want an on-prem/local MCP tool for Claude Desktop that can try multiple search-based reasoning approaches and you can tolerate experimental algorithm behavior.","avoid_when":"You need mature, stable algorithmic components with well-defined evaluation semantics and robust operational guidance (rate limits, error recovery, etc.).","alternatives":["Other MCP servers for reasoning (e.g., general tool adapters around planning/agents)","Library-based implementations of beam search/MCTS integrated into your own pipeline (outside MCP)","General-purpose agent frameworks that support tree search / planning with configurable evaluators"],"af_score":44.0,"security_score":30.5,"reliability_score":32.5,"package_type":"mcp_server","discovery_source":["github"],"priority":"high","status":"evaluated","version_evaluated":null,"last_evaluated":"2026-03-30T13:34:26.454576+00:00","interface":{"has_rest_api":false,"has_graphql":false,"has_grpc":false,"has_mcp_server":true,"mcp_server_url":null,"has_sdk":false,"sdk_languages":["TypeScript","JavaScript (Node.js)"],"openapi_spec_url":null,"webhooks":false},"auth":{"methods":["None indicated for MCP local server"],"oauth":false,"scopes":false,"notes":"No authentication mechanism is described in the provided README; MCP usage appears to be local to Claude Desktop via command/args."},"pricing":{"model":null,"free_tier_exists":false,"free_tier_limits":null,"paid_tiers":[],"requires_credit_card":false,"estimated_workload_costs":null,"notes":"No pricing/hosting model described; appears to be a self-hosted/local npm package."},"requirements":{"requires_signup":false,"requires_credit_card":false,"domain_verification":false,"data_residency":[],"compliance":[],"min_contract":null},"agent_readiness":{"af_score":44.0,"security_score":30.5,"reliability_score":32.5,"mcp_server_quality":62.0,"documentation_accuracy":55.0,"error_message_quality":0.0,"error_message_notes":null,"auth_complexity":95.0,"rate_limit_clarity":0.0,"tls_enforcement":60.0,"auth_strength":15.0,"scope_granularity":10.0,"dependency_hygiene":45.0,"secret_handling":30.0,"security_notes":"Security posture is hard to confirm from the provided materials. The service is configured as a local MCP server (likely behind Claude Desktop), and no auth/scopes are described. If it accepts arbitrary inputs and/or forwards prompts to models, it may be exposed to prompt-injection-style risks inherent to agent tooling; also, any logging of reasoning traces/secrets is unknown. Dependency hygiene is unknown beyond a few listed dependencies.","uptime_documented":0.0,"version_stability":55.0,"breaking_changes_history":60.0,"error_recovery":15.0,"idempotency_support":"false","idempotency_notes":null,"pagination_style":"none","retry_guidance_documented":false,"known_agent_gotchas":["Alpha MCTS variants explicitly mention incomplete simulators and subject-to-change behavior, so agents should not assume stable outputs or semantics for those modes.","README does not document tool schemas/inputs/outputs in detail, so an agent may need to inspect the repository code to reliably call MCP tools."]}}