# `now.exam/past-papers` on anlyon.dev

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- Page: https://anlyon.dev/servers/now.exam/past-papers
- JSON: https://anlyon.dev/api/v1/servers/now.exam/past-papers
- Version: 1.0.0 (active)
- Publisher: now.exam (domain proven to the MCP Registry)
- Runs: remote (streamable-http)
- Sign-in to list tools: none
- Metadata from the official MCP Registry, synced 2026-11-03T01:18:20.240Z

Title and description, as the publisher wrote them:

```untrusted-server-text
exam.now
Cambridge, AQA and Edexcel past papers: questions, figures and mark schemes by part, and marking.
```

Scanned 2026-11-03T01:18:28.029Z over streamable-http.

**11 tools: 5 change things and 6 only read.**

| Group | Class | Tools | Claude Code |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Deletes or cancels | destructive | 0 | deny |
| Can't be undone | irreversible | 0 | ask |
| Changes things | write | 5 | ask |
| Only reads | read | 6 | allow |

## Exfil surface

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

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

## Findings

No check matched anything in these tool definitions.


## Changes things (5)

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

### `class_summary`

- 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
For a teacher's own exam.now class: topic bands across the class with no pupil names, and how many pupils have started. Small groups are suppressed to protect pupils' privacy.
```

### `common_mistakes`

- 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
Up to 5 exam.now write-ups of common mistakes in a subject, drawn from Cambridge examiner reports, each with a short summary and a link. Narrow them with a topic code or words.
```

### `exam_timetable`

- 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
Cambridge exam dates for one or more syllabuses in the June or November 2026 series: component, date, morning or afternoon session and duration, with a link to the exam.now timetable. Zone defaults to the UK timetable.
```

### `mark_answer`

- The name "mark_answer" says "mark": a word for a change.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Mark a student's answer to one part against the official mark scheme with exam.now's marker. Returns marks awarded and available, the mark-scheme rows earned and missed, feedback and a common-mistake link, and saves the mark to the student's exam.now progress. Needs a linked exam.now account with marking.
```

### `topic_progress`

- 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
The linked student's own progress in one subject on exam.now: each syllabus topic's band (secure, getting there, not yet), the next three topics to work on and links to practise them.
```

## Only reads (6)

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

### `find_past_paper`

- The name "find_past_paper" says "find": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Find Cambridge, AQA or Edexcel past papers on exam.now from a free-text query such as "0580 june 2024 paper 4" or from structured fields. Returns up to 10 papers with their exam.now paper_id, title, session, duration, total marks, whether it can be answered on screen, and links to the question paper, mark scheme and examiner report. Use the paper_id with get_question, get_mark_scheme or get_paper.
```

### `find_questions_by_topic`

- The name "find_questions_by_topic" says "find": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Past-paper questions on exam.now tagged with a syllabus topic, newest first. Pass the topic code (e.g. E2.5) or words (e.g. "simultaneous equations"). Returns question references with the start of each prompt, marks, whether it has a figure, and a link to the question.
```

### `get_mark_scheme`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
The official mark-scheme rows for one part of an exam.now past paper: each row's code (M1, A1, B1…), marks, answer, guidance and alternatives, the part's maximum marks, the paper's general marking principles, the mark-scheme PDF page and a link to it on exam.now.
```

### `get_paper`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
An exam.now past paper as structured JSON (metadata, questions, parts, prompts, marks, answer kinds, figure URLs), a few questions at a time. Use next_from to get the next page. include_mark_scheme adds the mark-scheme rows for the same questions and needs a linked exam.now account (a free one is fine).
```

### `get_question`

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

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
The text of one question or part from an exam.now past paper: context, prompt, marks, figures (with alt text), the answer surface (response kinds, tools, whether a calculator is allowed), topic codes and a link to the part on exam.now. Pass question for the whole question or part for one part.
```

### `practise_question`

- The description's first verb is "show": a word for reading.

Description, as the server wrote it:

```untrusted-server-text
Show one past-paper question as a practice card the student can answer, with its figures and answer surface. The model gets the full question so it can give hints without giving the answer away. Use mark_answer to mark the student's answer.
```

## Claude Code permissions

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

```json
{
  "permissions": {
    "allow": [
      "mcp__past-papers__find_past_paper",
      "mcp__past-papers__get_question",
      "mcp__past-papers__get_mark_scheme",
      "mcp__past-papers__get_paper",
      "mcp__past-papers__find_questions_by_topic",
      "mcp__past-papers__practise_question"
    ],
    "ask": [
      "mcp__past-papers__mark_answer",
      "mcp__past-papers__topic_progress",
      "mcp__past-papers__exam_timetable",
      "mcp__past-papers__common_mistakes",
      "mcp__past-papers__class_summary"
    ],
    "deny": []
  }
}
```