# io.github.Kastalien-Research/thoughtbox (npm · @kastalien-research/thoughtbox)

Extended reasoning with structured processes, persistence, and workflow guidance

- Trust score: 65/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +23
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-08-07

## Components

- npm · `@kastalien-research/thoughtbox`: 65/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/kastalien-research-thoughtbox/kastalien-research-thoughtbox.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/kastalien-research-thoughtbox/kastalien-research-thoughtbox)

## Channel facts

- Registry: `npm`
- Package: `@kastalien-research/thoughtbox`
- Version: `1.0.3`
- Transport: `stdio`

## Trust breakdown

How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically from public evidence about the published package, including repeated runs of it in an isolated sandbox, and we only credit what we can confirm. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-08-07.

- **Supply Chain Security**: 70/100
  - No malware found by supply-chain analysis.
  - CVE check failed: a known high-severity CVE affects @modelcontextprotocol/sdk 1.20.0, a direct dependency. A fixed version is available.
  - No install/post-install scripts declared.
  - Dependency health was assessed across the 90 of 91 dependencies we could resolve, so this covers what we could see, not the whole tree.
- **Provenance & Transparency**: 45/100
  - Source repository is publicly reachable at the declared URL.
  - Provenance check failed: no build-provenance attestation is published.
  - Clear OSI-approved license (MIT).
  - Actively maintained (last published 108 days ago).
  - Disclosure check failed: no security disclosure policy was found in the source repository.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 78/100
  - 100% of prompts and resources have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the item's name).
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Tool/resource definitions use about 1210 tokens (~67/item across 18 items; 3 tools + 15 resources), lean.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 40/100
  - Stability observed for 12 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Capabilities**: 60/100
  - Spec-recency check failed: implements MCP spec 2025-06-18; the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add kastalien-research-thoughtbox -- npx -y @kastalien-research/thoughtbox
```

### Codex

```bash
codex mcp add kastalien-research-thoughtbox -- npx -y @kastalien-research/thoughtbox
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "kastalien-research-thoughtbox": {
      "type": "local",
      "command": [
        "npx",
        "-y",
        "@kastalien-research/thoughtbox"
      ],
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add kastalien-research-thoughtbox --command npx --arg -y --arg @kastalien-research/thoughtbox
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  kastalien-research-thoughtbox:
    command: "npx"
    args: ["-y", "@kastalien-research/thoughtbox"]
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "kastalien-research-thoughtbox": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@kastalien-research/thoughtbox"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-08-07 (score 65, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 37 to 40. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 11 days of observed history at the previous scan, 12 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-08-05 (score 64, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 30 to 33. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 9 days of observed history at the previous scan, 10 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-08-03 (score 63, +4)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.27

### 2026-08-02 (score 59, +17)

- [security regression] Known CVEs: unverified → fail
- [security regression] Provenance: fail → unverified
- [security regression] Install scripts: pass → unverified
- [security improvement] Malware scan: unverified → pass
- [functional regression] Maintenance: pass → unverified
- [functional regression] License: pass → unverified
- [functional improvement] Dependency health: unverified → partial
- [functional] Licence: MIT

### 2026-07-31 (score 42, −8)

- [functional] We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server

### 2026-07-30 (score 50, −24)

- [security regression] Known CVEs: fail → unverified
- [security regression] Malware scan: pass → unverified
- [security improvement] CVE-2026-0621 no longer affects this package
- [security improvement] CVE-2026-25536 no longer affects this package
- [security improvement] CVE-2025-66414 no longer affects this package
- [functional regression] Dependency health: partial → unverified

### 2026-07-29 (score 74, +49)

- [security regression] CVE-2025-66414 affects this package: high
- [security regression] CVE-2026-25536 affects this package: high
- [security regression] CVE-2026-0621 affects this package: high
- [security regression] Known CVEs: unverified → fail
- [security regression] Provenance: unverified → fail
- [security improvement] Install scripts: unverified → pass
- [functional improvement] Schema quality: unverified → good
- [functional improvement] Maintenance: unverified → pass
- [functional improvement] Schema quality: unverified → 100
- [functional improvement] License: unverified → pass
- [functional improvement] Tool coverage: unverified → 100
- [functional] Licence: MIT

### 2026-07-28 (score 25, −28)

- [functional regression] Schema quality: 100 → unverified
- [functional regression] Tool coverage: 100 → unverified
- [functional improvement] Dependency health: unverified → partial

## MCP tools (3)

### `thoughtbox` (~288 tokens)

Step-by-step thinking tool for complex problem-solving.

Supports flexible reasoning: forward thinking (1→N), backward thinking (N→1), branching, and revision.
Adjust your approach dynamically as understanding deepens.

Use for:
\- Multi-step analysis and planning
\- Problems requiring course correction
\- Hypothesis generation and testing
\- System design and architecture decisions

Patterns Cookbook:
Automatically provided at thought 1 with 6 core reasoning patterns, examples, and best practices.
Request anytime with includeGuide parameter.

Input parameters:

- `branchFromThought` (integer): Branching point thought number
- `branchId` (string): Branch identifier
- `includeGuide` (boolean): Request the patterns cookbook guide as embedded resource (also provided automatically at thought 1 and final thought)
- `isRevision` (boolean): Whether this revises previous thinking
- `needsMoreThoughts` (boolean): If more thoughts are needed
- `nextThoughtNeeded` (boolean, required): Whether another thought step is needed
- `revisesThought` (integer): Which thought is being reconsidered
- `thought` (string, required): Your current thinking step
- `thoughtNumber` (integer, required): Current thought number (can be 1→N for forward thinking, or N→1 for backward/goal-driven thinking)
- `totalThoughts` (integer, required): Estimated total thoughts needed (for backward thinking, start with thoughtNumber = totalThoughts)

### `notebook` (~461 tokens)

Notebook toolhost for literate programming with JavaScript/TypeScript.

Create, manage, and execute interactive notebooks with markdown documentation and executable code cells.
Each notebook runs in an isolated environment with its own package.json and workspace.

✨ NEW: Pre-structured templates for guided workflows
\- Use template: "sequential-feynman" for deep learning with Feynman Technique
\- Templates provide scaffolded cells, metacognitive prompts, and progress tracking
\- Perfect for complex topics requiring validated understanding

Available operations:
\- create: Create a new notebook (optionally from template)
\- list: List all active notebooks
\- load: Load notebook from .src.md file
\- add_cell: Add cell (title/markdown/code)
\- update_cell: Update cell content
\- run_cell: Execute code cell
\- install_deps: Install npm dependencies
\- list_cells: List all cells in notebook
\- get_cell: Get cell details
\- export: Export notebook to .src.md

Common operation examples:

Create a blank notebook:
{ operation: "create", args: { title: "My Analysis", language: "typescript" } }

Create from Sequential Feynman template:
{ operation: "create", args: { title: "React Server Components", language: "typescript", template: "sequential-feynman" } }

Add a code cell:
{ operation: "add_cell", args: { notebookId: "abc123", cellType: "code", content: "console.log('hello')", filename: "example.ts" } }

Run a cell:
{ operation: "run_cell", args: { notebookId: "abc123", cellId: "cell_456" } }

List notebooks:
{ operation: "list", args: {} }

For detailed schemas of all operations, see the thoughtbox://notebook/operations resource.

When to use:
\- Writing executable documentation
\- Building reproducible code examples
\- Creating step-by-step tutorials
\- Developing and testing code snippets
\- Prototyping with immediate feedback
\- Deep learning workflows (with templates)

Input parameters:

- `args` (object): Arguments for the operation (varies by operation)
- `operation` (string, required): The notebook operation to execute

### `mental_models` (~197 tokens)

Access 15 mental models for structured reasoning. Each model provides a complete prompt with process steps, examples, and pitfalls.

Mental models are process scaffolds that tell you HOW to think about a problem, not WHAT to think. They're infrastructure for your reasoning.

Operations:
\- get_model: Retrieve a specific mental model prompt
\- list_models: List available models (optionally filtered by tag)
\- list_tags: List all available tags with descriptions
\- get_capability_graph: Get structured data for knowledge graph initialization

Available tags: debugging, planning, decision-making, risk-analysis, estimation, prioritization, communication, architecture, validation

Use list_models with a tag filter to discover relevant models for your task. For example, use tag "debugging" when stuck on an issue, or "decision-making" when choosing between options.

Input parameters:

- `args` (object): Arguments for the operation
- `operation` (string, required): The operation to execute

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: Provenance, Vulnerabilities, Dependencies. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/kastalien-research-thoughtbox/kastalien-research-thoughtbox#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-08-07: 65
- 2026-08-06: 64
- 2026-08-05: 64
- 2026-08-04: 63
- 2026-08-03: 63
- 2026-08-02: 59
- 2026-08-01: 42
- 2026-07-31: 42
- 2026-07-30: 50
- 2026-07-29: 74
- 2026-07-28: 25
- 2026-07-27: 53

## Links

- npm package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@kastalien-research/thoughtbox
- Socket report: https://socket.dev/npm/package/@kastalien-research/thoughtbox
- Repository: https://github.com/Kastalien-Research/thoughtbox
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/kastalien-research-thoughtbox/kastalien-research-thoughtbox.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/kastalien-research-thoughtbox/kastalien-research-thoughtbox.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/kastalien-research-thoughtbox/kastalien-research-thoughtbox