mcp-micromanage

Control your coding agent colleague who tends to go off track.

If sequentialthinking is a dynamic formulation and externalization of thought workflows, this tool is a dynamic formulation and externalization of development task flows.

Motivation

Challenges with Coding Agents

• Coding agents often make modifications beyond what they're asked to do
  • Assuming cursor+claude
• They struggle to request user feedback at key decision points during implementation
• Work plans and progress tracking can be challenging to visualize and monitor

Solution

• Commit and PR-based Work Plans: Force implementation plans that break down tickets into PRs and commits as the minimum units of work
• Forced Frequent Feedback: Enforce user reviews at the commit level, creating natural checkpoints for feedback
• Visualization: Instantly understand the current work plan and implementation status through a local React app

tool

1. plan: Define your implementation plan with PRs and commits
2. track: Monitor progress and current status of all work items
3. update: Change status as work progresses, with mandatory user reviews

Visualization Dashboard

The project includes a React-based visualization tool that provides:

• Hierarchical view of PRs and commits
• Real-time updates with auto-refresh
• Status-based color coding
• Zoom and pan capabilities

Getting Started

Headless（mcp tool only）

1. Add to your mcp json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "micromanage": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@yodakeisuke/mcp-micromanage"
      ]
    }
  }
}

2. (Highly recommended) Add the following .mdcs to your project

recommended-rules

(Can be adjusted to your preference)

With Visualisation

1. clone this repository

2. Add to your mcp json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "micromanage": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": [
        "[CLONE_DESTINATION_PATH]/sequentialdeveloping/dist/index.js"
      ]
    }
  }
}

3. build server

npm install
npm run build

4. run frontend

cd visualization/ 
npm install
npm run dev

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Third-Party Software

This project uses the following third-party software:

• MCP TypeScript SDK: Licensed under the MIT License. Copyright © 2023-2025 Anthropic, PBC.