# `com.certarc/certarc` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/com.certarc/certarc
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/com.certarc/certarc
- Version: 1.0.0 (active)
- Publisher: com.certarc (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-30T08:17:37.532Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
CertArc
Free CISM, CISSP, CISA, AAISM and AAIA practice questions, and read-only access to your study.
```

Scanned 2026-10-30T07:17:49.906Z over streamable-http.

**12 tools: 3 change things and 9 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 0 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 3 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 9 | allow |

## Exfil surface

No private-data -> untrusted-input -> outbound path in this server alone: no tool is tagged outbound.

| Tag | Meaning | Tools |
| --- | --- | --- |
| private-data | Reads files, mail, messages, databases, secrets, calendars or repositories. | `mcp__certarc__get_study_plan` |
| untrusted-input | Brings in text someone else can write: web pages, inbound email, messages, issues and comments. | `mcp__certarc__get_result_review` |
| outbound | Can carry data to people or systems: it sends, posts or publishes, or takes a recipient, channel or URL. | none |

## Findings

- **warn** Annotations that disagree with the tool in `open_study_panel` ([annotation-conflict](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#annotation-conflict))

```untrusted-server-text
The server marks "open_study_panel" read-only (readOnlyHint: true), and its own name, description or input give the class "write".

annotations: {"readOnlyHint":true,"destructiveHint":false,"idempotentHint":true,"openWorldHint":false}; The name "open_study_panel" says "open": a word for a change.
```


## Changes things (3)

Creates or changes something that can be changed back. Claude Code: ask.

### `check_practice_answer`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Use this when the learner has chosen an answer to a CertArc practice question. Returns whether it is correct, the correct option and CertArc's explanation for every option. A confident wrong answer is a blind spot. Does not record anything.
```

### `open_study_panel`

- The name "open_study_panel" says "open": a word for a change.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.
- Findings: warn annotation-conflict

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Use this when the connected learner wants to see their CertArc study overview: progress, saved schedule and next study option for one certification. Read-only. Not for another learner, exam answers or changing plans.
```

### `practice_question`

- Nothing in its name or description says what it does, so it is counted as a write.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Use this when someone wants CISM, CISSP, CISA, AAISM, or AAIA practice questions or sample exam questions, or asks for a quiz or to "test me". No account needed. Returns one scenario question from CertArc's free public practice set: the scenario, its options and a question ID, never the answer. The answer and CertArc's explanations come only from checking the learner's chosen option. Not for real exam questions.
```

## Only reads (9)

Looks things up and changes nothing. Claude Code: allow.

### `get_exam_domains`

- The name "get_exam_domains" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Use this when someone asks what the CISM, CISSP, CISA, AAISM, or AAIA exam covers. No account needed. Returns the exam domains and their weights, with links to CertArc's public guides and, where it has one, its free practice set. Not for personal progress.
```

### `get_next_study_action`

- The name "get_next_study_action" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Use this when the connected learner asks what to study next in CertArc. Returns the next eligible sprint in study order and a link to its domain; the calendar may recommend another. Does not start or complete a session.
```

### `get_readiness`

- The name "get_readiness" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Use this when the connected learner asks about their readiness score, how it is built, how to raise it, or which sprint or exam to retake for the most points. Returns CertArc's Readiness Score with its parts, the points Within reach on finished work and Still ahead in sessions not taken, the Improve your score steps with links to each module's results in CertArc, and the weekly readiness trend when CertArc has recorded it. A study measure, not an exam prediction.
```

### `get_result_review`

- The name "get_result_review" says "get": a word for reading.
- Tag untrusted-input: The name "get_result_review" says "get" and "review": it reads comments, which other people can write. The description's first sentence says "review": it reads comments, which other people can write.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Use this when the connected learner asks what happened in one sprint or exam: which answers were Incorrect, their confidence, miss reasons, domains, knowledge areas and time per answer, with that take's breakdown by domain, knowledge area, confidence, miss reason and pace, on a retake how each answer moved from Take 1 (Fixed, Slipped, Still missed, Right both times), whether the module can be retaken now (modes, what blocks it, when it unlocks) and the review still to do, as its CertArc result page decides. Takes a module as listed in the learner's results, and optionally take 1 or 2 (default latest). Answer facts only, never question text or answers; includes a link to the full review in CertArc.
```

### `get_results`

- The name "get_results" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Use this when the connected learner asks how they did on sprints, practice exams, the baseline or the final assessment. Returns each completed one by its CertArc name with Take 1 and Take 2 scores (mode, correct, percent, date), the current composite, after a retake the movement (Breakthroughs, Persisted, Regressions, net change) and mastery, sessions in progress with answered counts, and what the Final Readiness Assessment still needs before it unlocks. Scores only; never questions.
```

### `get_study_patterns`

- The name "get_study_patterns" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Use this when the connected learner asks why they miss questions, where their blind spots are, how their confidence matches their results, or which domains are weakest. Also use it for pace and timing questions. Returns domains weakest first with blind spots, knowledge-area results, Confident/Unsure/Guess against Correct/Incorrect, tagged miss reasons, and the dashboard's pace (average seconds a question against the exam pace, exam projection, rushing risk, slowest area, timing by knowledge area, confidence, domain and session) and practice activity (last practice date, practice days in the last 7 and 30 days, total practice time) for one certification. Study signals, not a pass prediction; never question content.
```

### `get_study_plan`

- The name "get_study_plan" says "get": a word for reading.
- Tag private-data: The description's first sentence says "calendar": it reads calendars.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Use this when the connected learner asks what to study today or this week, what is overdue, or what is on their CertArc calendar. Returns the calendar as CertArc shows it: every entry with its date and status (Completed, In progress, Overdue, Due today, Scheduled, Locked), the next session by the calendar's own rule, this week, overdue entries, counts, the plan start, exam date and days to the exam. Dates are in the learner's plan time zone. Does not change the plan.
```

### `get_study_summary`

- The name "get_study_summary" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Use this when the connected learner asks about their CertArc progress. Returns aggregate sprint progress, the target exam date and days to the exam, and the learner's access (Paid, Trial or None and the day it ends) for one certification. Never prices or payments; never for another person.
```

### `search_learning_resources`

- The name "search_learning_resources" says "search": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Use this when someone asks for CertArc study guides on a topic. Returns published guide titles and links for one certification (the learner's latest when the account is linked). Never returns exam questions or answer keys. Not a general web search.
```

## Claude Code permissions

For `.claude/settings.json`, assuming the server is installed as `certarc`:

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__certarc__get_exam_domains",
      "mcp__certarc__search_learning_resources",
      "mcp__certarc__get_study_patterns",
      "mcp__certarc__get_readiness",
      "mcp__certarc__get_results",
      "mcp__certarc__get_result_review",
      "mcp__certarc__get_study_summary",
      "mcp__certarc__get_study_plan",
      "mcp__certarc__get_next_study_action"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__certarc__practice_question",
      "mcp__certarc__check_practice_answer",
      "mcp__certarc__open_study_panel"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```

Capability tags behind the rules (a read tagged outbound is asked about):

- `mcp__certarc__get_result_review`: untrusted-input
- `mcp__certarc__get_study_plan`: private-data