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Sambodh IAS

By sambodh-ias.in Verified namespace

UPSC prep: interactive quizzes, previous-year questions, daily current affairs, cited study search

WebsiteSearch & web data
Connect to Sambodh IAS
Checks passed
13 / 22

1 failed · 8 not measured

Median response
819 ms

Median of successful probes over 7 days

30-day uptime
Not measured

Share of countable probes over 30 days, including daily rollups. Auth challenges are excluded.

Discovered tools
7

Tool definitions returned by this server

Independent monitoring

Health & checks

Status history

Outdated check

Last connection measurement is over 24 hours old. Current availability is unknown.

Last checked
Check summary by test group
Test areaPassedFailedUnmeasured
ConnectionCan a client connect and discover tools?
500
Reliability & speedDoes it respond consistently and quickly?
004
Access & authenticationWhat is required to use this server?
102
Tool qualityAre the tool definitions usable by an agent?
400
Publisher identityCan the publisher be traced to its source?
312

Unmeasured means there is not enough evidence to decide. How these checks work

Inspect individual checks 22 recorded

Core

  • Pass
    Reachable

    Latest probe returned HTTP 200 in 819 ms.

  • Pass
    Valid handshake

    protocolVersion 2025-11-25, serverInfo.name Sambodh IAS.

  • Pass
    Lists tools

    tools/list returned 7 tools.

  • Pass
    Current protocol

    Negotiated 2025-11-25. The bar is 2025-06-18 or newer.

  • Pass
    HTTPS

    The endpoint URL is https.

Performance

  • Not measured
    Fast (p50)

    Median latency 819 ms over 1 samples in 7 days. The bar is 1000 ms. Need at least 5 samples.

  • Not measured
    Consistent (p95)

    95th percentile 819 ms over 1 samples in 7 days. The bar is 3000 ms. Need at least 20 samples.

  • Not measured
    Reliable (uptime)

    1 of 1 attempts returned a tool list in 30 days (100%). The bar is 99%. Need at least 30 samples.

  • Not measured
    Stable tool list

    Fewer than two successful probes in 30 days, so tool-list stability is not measured.

Access

  • Pass
    Open access

    tools/list succeeded with no credential, and the record declares none.

  • Not measured
    Standard auth

    Auth is not required, so the OAuth metadata check does not apply.

  • Not measured
    Free tier cited

    No publisher quote has been checked.

Tools

  • Pass
    Tools described

    Every tool description is at least 20 characters.

  • Pass
    Valid input schemas

    Every inputSchema is a JSON Schema object.

  • Pass
    Parameters documented

    18 of 21 parameters have a description (86%). The bar is 80%.

  • Pass
    Safety hints

    Every tool sets readOnlyHint or destructiveHint.

Publisher

  • Pass
    Verified namespace

    Listed in the Official MCP Registry.

  • Pass
    Website matches publisher

    The website host matches the reverse-domain namespace.

  • Fail
    Source repo linked

    No repository URL is on file.

  • Not measured
    Repo owner matches

    This namespace is not an io.github login, so the owner comparison does not apply.

  • Pass
    Recently updated

    Updated 2026-07-05T12:01:30.655848Z, within 180 days.

  • Not measured
    Open-source licence

    No GitHub repository to ask about a licence.

Start using Sambodh IAS

Connect to this server

Choose your client, copy the configuration, then enable the server in your client’s MCP settings.

Run this command in your terminal, then restart Claude Code.

Claude Code

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

Capabilities

Tools 7

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.

Discovered
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.

Discovered
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.

Discovered
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 which parameter values are valid.

Discovered
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, economy...).

Discovered
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.

Discovered
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).

Discovered

Recent measurements

Probe history

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Latest stored probes. Raw probe rows are kept for 14 days.
CheckedResultResponseTools
Connected819 ms7

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