prior_attempts

MCP tool from Selvedge by masondelan

Prior change attempts on an entity + inferred outcome (tried → reverted → re-opened) — call it before editing. Optional fuzzy query adds semantically similar records (needs the semantic extra; falls back to substring)

How to use it

prior_attempts is exposed by the Selvedge MCP server. Add the server to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf and others), and the prior_attempts tool becomes available to the model automatically. See the full listing for setup details and every tool this server provides.

Install Selvedge

$claude mcp add selvedge -- selvedge-server

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Other tools in Selvedge (7)

blame

Most recent change + context for an exact entity, plus the derived decision status (active / reverted / reopened)

changeset

All events grouped under a named feature/task slug

diff

History for an entity or entity prefix, each row annotated with supersededby

history

Filtered history across all entities

log_change

Record a change event with entity, diff, and reasoning. renamefrom + changetype="rename" records the dual-event rename pattern; changetype="supersede" re-opens a reverted decision (append-only); optional constraint / stalewhen keep the decision's principle and its invalidation condition queryable

Full-text search across all events

stale_decisions

Decisions due for a revisit: past their revisitafter and still in active use (flag="revisitdue"), or whose stalewhen condition matched a later change (flag="reviewsuggested")