# `com.pplfree/ground-school` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/com.pplfree/ground-school
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/com.pplfree/ground-school
- Version: 1.0.0 (active)
- Publisher: com.pplfree (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T18:00:46.186Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
PPL Free Ground School
Free FAA private-pilot ground school: source-cited answers, lessons and practice questions.
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T18:53:54.400Z over streamable-http.

**5 tools: 1 change things and 4 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 0 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 1 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 4 | allow |

## Findings

No check matched anything in these tool definitions.


## Changes things (1)

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

### `check_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
Grade the user's answer to a practice question from get_practice_question. Use this when the user replies with their choice (for example "B" or "I think it is C"): pass the question_id and their choice. Returns whether the answer is correct, the correct choice, why each choice is right or wrong, and the FAA citations. It also returns save_progress_url, a pplfree.com link where the user can save the answers from this chat to their study progress on that site, and save_token: pass it back as previous_token on the next check_answer call so one link collects every answer in the chat (up to 20, valid for 7 days). Nothing is stored unless the user opens the link.
```

## Only reads (4)

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

### `get_lesson`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Fetch one full ground-school lesson: its summary, why it matters in flight, the learning objectives it covers, and a link to read it. Use this after search_faa_knowledge when the user wants the whole topic rather than a single answer, or when they ask to study or learn a subject properly. Call list_curriculum first if you do not already have a lesson key.
```

### `get_practice_question`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Return private-pilot practice questions written for this course in the style of the FAA knowledge test (not actual FAA test questions), each with its answer choices, its topic, a question_id and a link to try it on pplfree.com. The correct answer is withheld by default so the user can attempt the question first. Once the user has answered, call check_answer with that question_id and their choice to grade it (or call this tool again with the question_id and reveal_answer: true to show the answer without grading). Use this when the user wants to be quizzed, asks for practice or test questions, wants to check their understanding of a topic, or is preparing for the FAA private-pilot knowledge test. Optionally scope it to a topic.
```

### `list_curriculum`

- The name "list_curriculum" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
List the ground-school curriculum: modules and the published lessons in each, with their keys. Use this to orient yourself before get_lesson, to answer "what does the course cover", or to help a user plan what to study next.
```

### `search_faa_knowledge`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Answer a US private-pilot (FAA) ground-school question from a source-cited curriculum. Use this whenever the user asks about FAA regulations, airspace, VFR weather minimums, weight and balance, aerodynamics, aircraft systems, navigation, weather theory, human factors, or private-pilot certification requirements. Returns short passages, each with the FAA citation it came from (e.g. "14 CFR 91.155", "PHAK Ch. 15") and a link to the lesson. Cite those labels in your answer.
```

## Claude Code permissions

For `.claude/settings.json`, assuming the server is installed as `ground-school`:

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__ground-school__search_faa_knowledge",
      "mcp__ground-school__get_practice_question",
      "mcp__ground-school__get_lesson",
      "mcp__ground-school__list_curriculum"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__ground-school__check_answer"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```