CBT Thought Record

A guided 5-column CBT thought record that detects 10 common cognitive distortions and helps reframe automatic thoughts into balanced alternatives.

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Quick start

Call this tool from your code in three languages.

cURL

curl -X POST 'https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/cbt-thought-record' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"situation":"My manager asked to speak with me after the meeting.","automaticThought":"They think I did a terrible job. I always mess everything up. I'\''m going to get fired. I should have known better.","emotion":"Anxiety 85%, shame 60%","evidenceFor":"I stumbled over my words twice during the presentation.","evidenceAgainst":"I'\''ve received positive feedback for 3 years. The meeting might be about something else entirely.","balancedThought":"I stumbled, but one presentation doesn'\''t define my work. I'\''ll wait to hear what the meeting is about before assuming the worst."}'

API reference

Send a POST request with your inputs as JSON. File parameters require a separate upload first.

Endpoint

HTTP

POST https://api.elysiatools.com/en/api/tools/cbt-thought-record

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
situation	textarea	No	—
automaticThought	textarea	No	—
emotion	textarea	No	—
evidenceFor	textarea	No	—
evidenceAgainst	textarea	No	—
balancedThought	textarea	No	—

Response format

HTML result

JSON

{
  "result": "<div>Processed HTML content</div>",
  "error": "Error message (optional)",
  "message": "Notification message (optional)",
  "metadata": {
    "key": "value"
  }
}

MCP integration

Add this tool to your Model Context Protocol server so AI agents can list and call it.

Server configuration

Add this block to your MCP client configuration:

mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "elysiatools-cbt-thought-record": {
      "name": "cbt-thought-record",
      "description": "A guided 5-column CBT thought record that detects 10 common cognitive distortions and helps reframe automatic thoughts into balanced alternatives.",
      "baseUrl": "https://api.elysiatools.com/mcp/sse?toolId=cbt-thought-record",
      "command": "",
      "args": [],
      "env": {},
      "isActive": true,
      "type": "sse"
    }
  }
}

List available tools

After connecting to the SSE endpoint, list the exposed tools:

tools/list

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/list"
}

Call this tool

Invoke the tool by its id, passing arguments built from its parameters:

tools/call

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 2,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "cbt-thought-record",
    "arguments": {
  "situation": "My manager asked to speak with me after the meeting.",
  "automaticThought": "They think I did a terrible job. I always mess everything up. I'm going to get fired. I should have known better.",
  "emotion": "Anxiety 85%, shame 60%",
  "evidenceFor": "I stumbled over my words twice during the presentation.",
  "evidenceAgainst": "I've received positive feedback for 3 years. The meeting might be about something else entirely.",
  "balancedThought": "I stumbled, but one presentation doesn't define my work. I'll wait to hear what the meeting is about before assuming the worst."
}
  }
}

Chain multiple tools in one session with a comma-separated toolId list, e.g. /mcp/sse?toolId=png-to-webp,jpg-to-webp,gif-to-webp (max 20).

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