branch-thinking

Branch-Thinking MCP Tool is a Node.js-based MCP server designed to manage, visualize, and reason over branching thoughts, tasks, code, and knowledge. It exposes a CLI/API-driven interface for creating and linking thoughts across multiple branches, performing semantic search with embeddings, and generating automatic insights and summaries. The tool includes features for node clustering, centrality overlays, edge bundling, and task overlays to help agents and humans navigate complex multi-branch projects. To run it locally, start the server and use the provided commands to interact with branches, capture knowledge, extract tasks, and view visual analytics.

Once running, you can use the CLI to create thoughts, link related ideas across branches, and trigger agentic workflows. The built-in agentic cache and prefetch capabilities help keep embeddings, summaries, and analytics warm for responsive querying. For visualization, leverage the real-time multi-branch analytics and overlay metadata to explore relationships, priorities, and next actions across branches.

Prerequisites:

• Node.js 18+ installed on your machine
• pnpm (recommended) or npm
• Git access to clone the repository

Step-by-step:

1. Clone the repository git clone https://github.com/your-org/branch-thinking-mcp.git cd branch-thinking-mcp

2. Install dependencies pnpm install # or npm install

3. Build the project (if required by the repo setup) pnpm build # or npm run build

4. Run the MCP server node dist/index.js

5. Verify the server is running

   • Access the CLI help: node dist/index.js --help
   • Or check the running process and logs for startup messages

Notes:

• If dist/index.js is not present, ensure you run the build step or adjust to the correct entry point as defined by the project setup.
• You can configure environment-specific options via environment variables as needed by your deployment environment.

Tips and common considerations:

• Node.js 18+ is required. Use nvm or your preferred Node version manager to ensure compatibility.
• Use pnpm for faster dependency installation and reduced disk usage.
• If you publish as part of a CI/CD pipeline, consider pinning dependency versions to avoid breaking changes.
• The MCP protocol integration relies on the @modelcontextprotocol/sdk; ensure proper authentication/permissions if integrating with external agents.
• For debugging, run the server with verbose logging (check the project’s docs for the exact flag) and inspect the dist/index.js output for startup health.
• If you enable advanced visualizations, ensure your environment has sufficient memory for clustering computations (e.g., ml-kmeans) and graph analytics.
• The roadmap mentions agentic cache policies; tune LRU+TTL settings according to your workload and data freshness requirements.