# Lotus Wisdom

An MCP server that walks a model through step-by-step contemplative reasoning, mixing analysis with meditation pauses. Useful for problems that need several angles.

- MCP server · `type=mcp` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf (Devin Desktop), Cline, Zed, Gemini CLI · ★ 36
- Author: linxule
- License: MIT · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/linxule/lotus-wisdom-mcp
- Updated: 2026-10-19
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/mcp/lotus-wisdom

## What it does

The server exposes a `lotuswisdom` tool that breaks thinking about a problem into steps. Each step carries a tag from a set of wisdom domains: entry, skillful means, non-dual recognition, meta-cognitive, process flow, meditation. The first call with `tag='begin'` returns the whole framework; after that the model moves through tags until the status reads `WISDOM_READY`. A second tool, `lotuswisdom_summary`, gives a recap of the path taken.

Two prompts ship with it: `contemplate`, which takes a question, and `deep-inquiry`, which takes a topic. Clients that support MCP Prompts surface them as slash commands or a prompt picker. Results arrive as a text block plus `structuredContent` validated against `outputSchema`. In clients with MCP ext-apps, every step renders as an interactive living trace that follows the host's light or dark theme.

There are two ways to connect: the remote HTTP endpoint `https://lotus-wisdom-mcp.linxule.workers.dev/mcp`, or a local stdio package run through `npx`. The remote worker keeps no session state, so continuity between steps travels in the `previousJourney` parameter. Run the local server with `LOTUS_DEBUG=true` and it prints trace lines to stderr. The tool is marked read-only and idempotent, though those are hints for the host rather than a promise of no side effects: local calls update the journey held in memory, and the hosted worker collects usage analytics. It does not touch your files or outside business data.

## Requirements
- Needs: Node.js (commands run via npx)
- Remote server: `https://lotus-wisdom-mcp.linxule.workers.dev/mcp`

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Platform CLI: remote server**
```bash
claude mcp add --transport http lotus-wisdom https://lotus-wisdom-mcp.linxule.workers.dev/mcp
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
claude mcp add lotus-wisdom -- npx -y lotus-wisdom-mcp
```

### Codex

1. **Platform CLI: remote server**
```bash
codex mcp add lotus-wisdom --url https://lotus-wisdom-mcp.linxule.workers.dev/mcp
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
codex mcp add lotus-wisdom -- npx -y lotus-wisdom-mcp
```

### Cursor

**Config file**
File `.cursor/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "lotus-wisdom": {
            "url": "https://lotus-wisdom-mcp.linxule.workers.dev/mcp"
        }
    }
}
```
File `.cursor/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "lotus-wisdom": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "lotus-wisdom-mcp"
            ]
        }
    }
}
```

### GitHub Copilot

**Config file**
File `.vscode/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "servers": {
        "lotus-wisdom": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://lotus-wisdom-mcp.linxule.workers.dev/mcp"
        }
    }
}
```
File `.vscode/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "servers": {
        "lotus-wisdom": {
            "type": "stdio",
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "-y",
                "lotus-wisdom-mcp"
            ]
        }
    }
}
```

### Gemini CLI

1. **Platform CLI: remote server**
```bash
gemini mcp add -t http lotus-wisdom https://lotus-wisdom-mcp.linxule.workers.dev/mcp
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini mcp add lotus-wisdom npx -y lotus-wisdom-mcp
```

## When to use it
- work through a tangled problem from several angles
- make the model pause before it answers
- run a long inquiry across a topic step by step
- get a recap of how the reasoning went
- attach a contemplative framework to any MCP client

## Example prompts
- Work through this problem with lotuswisdom, start with tag='begin'
- Run the contemplate prompt on: should we rewrite the payments module
- Start a deep-inquiry on migrating to a new framework

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