nextmove-mcp

A Model Context Protocol server for Cursor that analyzes your repo and tells you what to work on next — presented as numbered options you can act on immediately.

Ask "what's my next move?" and get back something like:

1. Wire up the goals screen with real data · M goals/index.tsx was just added but has no data fetching yet — good moment to finish it while the context is fresh.

2. Fix the failing CI job · S The build job has been failing on this branch for 2 days and is likely blocking a merge.

3. Add tests for the goals API · S No test files exist yet — the goals logic is a low-risk place to establish the pattern.

Just reply with 1, 2, or 3 and I'll get started.

Reply with a number and Cursor starts working on it immediately — no copy-pasting prompts.

What it looks at

• Local git — current branch, uncommitted changes, unpushed commits, stale local branches, hottest files (last 30 days), recent commits, TODOs in active files
• GitHub — PRs waiting on your review, your open PRs, CI status on current branch, assigned issues, recent releases
• Project setup — detects stack, package manager, and flags missing CI, tests, linter, formatter
• Linear — if the Linear MCP is connected in Cursor, in-progress issues are cross-referenced against your current branch and recent commits. Only surfaced if they're clearly relevant to the current codebase.

Install

Add to your ~/.cursor/mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "nextmove": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "nextmove-mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Restart Cursor. That's it.

Usage

In any Cursor chat:

what's my next move?

The tool auto-detects your current workspace. You can also target a specific repo:

what's my next move in /path/to/my/project?

Reply with a number and Cursor acts on it immediately — no prompts to copy, no context to re-explain.

GitHub integration

GitHub signals are enabled automatically if you have the GitHub CLI installed and authenticated:

brew install gh
gh auth login

Alternatively, set a GITHUB_TOKEN environment variable.

Without a token the tool still works — it skips the GitHub layer and focuses on local git and project signals.

Linear integration

If the Linear MCP server is connected in Cursor (Settings → Tools & MCP → Linear), nextmove automatically checks your in-progress Linear issues and cross-references them against your current branch name and recent commits. If a sprint issue clearly relates to what you're already working on, it's surfaced as a task. If nothing matches the current codebase context, Linear is skipped silently.

No configuration required.

Ranking

Tasks are ranked in this order:

1. Unblock teammates — pending review requests first
2. Broken CI — fix before starting anything new
3. Active sprint work — in-progress Linear issues that match the current context
4. Assigned GitHub issues — honor existing commitments
5. New features — bias toward things worth building, not just chores

Development

git clone https://github.com/christianalares/nextmove-mcp
cd nextmove-mcp
pnpm install

Preview the output against a local repo:

REPO=/path/to/your/project pnpm dev

Run tests:

pnpm test

Test the MCP protocol directly in a browser UI:

npx @modelcontextprotocol/inspector tsx src/index.ts