# `in.sambodh-ias/upsc-prep` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/in.sambodh-ias/upsc-prep
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/in.sambodh-ias/upsc-prep
- Version: 1.0.0 (active)
- Publisher: in.sambodh-ias (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-10-21T18:13:16.230Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
Sambodh IAS
UPSC prep: interactive quizzes, previous-year questions, daily current affairs, cited study search
```

Scanned 2026-10-21T19:01:04.995Z over streamable-http.

**7 tools: 2 change things and 5 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 0 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 2 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 5 | allow |

## Findings

- **high** Text addressed to the model in `start_practice_quiz` ([model-directed-text](https://anlyon.dev/methodology#model-directed-text))

```untrusted-server-text
The description contains "never reveal or hint at correct answers before the user", an instruction to keep something from the user.

description: "...free question bank. IMPORTANT: never reveal or hint at correct answers before the user has attempted the questions; gr..."
```

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

```untrusted-server-text
The server marks "start_practice_quiz" 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 "start_practice_quiz" says "start": a word for a change.
```


## Changes things (2)

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

### `start_practice_quiz`

- The name "start_practice_quiz" says "start": a word for a change.
- The server marks it read-only (readOnlyHint: true), but an annotation never lowers a class.
- Findings: high model-directed-text, warn annotation-conflict

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
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`

- The name "submit_quiz_answers" says "submit": a word for a change.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
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).
```

## Only reads (5)

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

### `get_current_affairs`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
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 name "get_news_card_detail" says "get": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

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

### `get_pyq_sample`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
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 name "list_study_topics" says "list": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
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 which parameter values are valid.
```

### `search_sambodh_knowledge`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
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, economy...).
```

## Claude Code permissions

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

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__upsc-prep__get_current_affairs",
      "mcp__upsc-prep__get_news_card_detail",
      "mcp__upsc-prep__get_pyq_sample",
      "mcp__upsc-prep__list_study_topics",
      "mcp__upsc-prep__search_sambodh_knowledge"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__upsc-prep__start_practice_quiz",
      "mcp__upsc-prep__submit_quiz_answers"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```