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Which MCP servers are Sambodh IAS's own, from the official registry and from asking its own domain, whether they answer, and what they offer. A program checked each of these, nobody copied them from a product page.

read 2026-10-26

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Whose server it is
  • Registry namein.sambodh-ias/upsc-prepverified in the MCP registry

The registry name sits under sambodh-ias.in. The registry only lets a publisher use that namespace after proving control of the domain through DNS or HTTP.

When we asked itchecked 2026-10-26
  • Stateanswerschecked 2026-10-26
  • Tools7
  • Server calls itselfSambodh IAS
  • Server version1.30.0
  • Protocol version2025-06-18

On 2026-10-26 the server answered initialize and tools/list without a sign-in. First answer in 745 ms.

Should an agent connect itNot proven either way yet
  • Whether its tools do the product's job has not been judged yet.
  • Checked on 3 of the 7 days it takes to judge reliability.

Once connected

  • For "practise prelims-style MCQs generated from standard textbooks", the likely first call is start_practice_quiz.
  • Parameters are untyped or undescribed in 3 of 7 tools: check arguments before calling.

Said by rules from the measurements above. The likely first call is a model's pick from the tool list; read its description before relying on it.

Measured dailydaily checks: 3, the first on 2026-10-26
  • INITE MCP scoreafter a weeka score needs 7 daily checks: 3 so far
  • Answeredmeasuring3 of the 7 daily checks it takes to print a share
  • Median first answer735 ms
  • Space in an agent's context≈ 1,392 tokensthe definitions of all its tools (7), which an agent carries on every turn
  • Tool definitionsA · 93 of 100
  • Typed results0 of 7 toolsdeclared outputSchema: results come typed, read once
  • Parameters without a description: in 3 of 7

What an agent can do with it

  • can do · practise prelims-style MCQs generated from standard textbooks
  • not sure · write mains answers and get them scored by dimension
  • not sure · review current affairs as spaced revision cards

Each of the product's use cases, put to Jev against this server's tool list: can an agent do it with these tools?

Worth a look

None of the five warning signs in these definitions.

A program checks the server once a day: initialize and tools/list, no model. Tokens are the definitions' length at about four characters a token. The grade averages six checks of every tool's name, description, schema and annotations; it says how well the tools are described, not whether they work. The score weighs what was measured and nothing else: answering (25%), doing the product's job (25%), definitions (20%), context (10%), use (10%) and how readily a client connects (10%). A part that was not measured is left out, and a hidden instruction caps the score at 40. The state of vendors' MCP servers: method and numbers →

Tools it offers7 tools · read 2026-10-26
  • get_current_affairs

    Daily UPSC-relevant news distilled into NewsPulse concept cards: what happened, why it matters for Prelims/Mains, and the syllabus concepts it illustrates. Use for any 'current affairs for UPSC' request.

  • get_news_card_detail

    The full concept card behind a NewsPulse headline: bullets, Prelims & Mains relevance, concept explainers with static-syllabus links, and the source citation.

  • start_practice_quiz

    Start an MCQ quiz from Sambodh's validated free question bank. IMPORTANT: never reveal or hint at correct answers before the user has attempted the questions; grade via submit_quiz_answers.

  • submit_quiz_answers

    Grade a quiz attempt server-side. Returns per-question verdicts with explanations and the overall score. Call once the user has answered (fully or partially).

  • get_pyq_sample

    Real UPSC Prelims previous-year questions with answers and explanations — the free 3-question sample per year (full year papers are on the platform). Includes the year's total validated PYQ count.

  • list_study_topics

    The catalog behind the other tools: indexed subjects/topics (for search_sambodh_knowledge and quiz subject filters), available PYQ years, published current-affairs month slugs, and NewsPulse GS-paper values. Call this first when unsure…

  • search_sambodh_knowledge

    Semantic search over Sambodh's indexed UPSC corpus (NCERTs + standard references). Returns source-attributed passages — synthesize your answer from them and cite the sources. Use for static-syllabus questions (history, polity, geography…

How to connect

Add the server to your MCP client config. Claude Desktop, Cursor and most other clients read this shape:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "upsc-prep": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.sambodh-ias.in/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Add it

Claude Code, in a terminal

claude mcp add --transport http sambodh-ias https://api.sambodh-ias.in/mcp

Add to CursorAdd to VS Code

claude.ai, ChatGPT and other clients: add https://api.sambodh-ias.in/mcp as a custom connector in the settings.

Each line is something a program found when it went looking: the registry entry, the server's own answer, a spec that parses. A missing line means we did not find it, not that it does not exist.