Student MCP Server

Manage educational context based on courses, assignments, and exams using a knowledge graph.

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What is the Student MCP server?

Student MCP server is a locally run integration for AI assistants that speak the Model Context Protocol. Manage educational context based on courses, assignments, and exams using a knowledge graph.

What you get

An MCP server implementation that provides tools for managing student knowledge graphs, enabling structured representation of courses, assignments, exams, concepts, and study resources. This server helps students track their academic progress, manage deadlines, and optimize their learning journey.

  • Persistent Educational Context — Maintain a structured knowledge graph of educational entities and relationships across multiple sessions
  • Study Session Management — Track study sessions with unique IDs and record progress over time
  • Course Management — Organize courses, lectures, assignments, and exams in a structured format
  • Concept Mapping — Connect learning concepts to show relationships and prerequisites
  • Assignment Tracking — Monitor assignment status, due dates, and related resources
  • Exam Preparation — Track exam dates and organize study materials

What the assistant can call

Once Student is connected, these are the calls the assistant has available:

  • getCourseOverview — Comprehensive view of a course including lectures, assignments, exams, and resources
  • getUpcomingDeadlines — Find assignments and exams with approaching due dates
  • getAssignmentStatus — Get detailed status of assignments, including progress and related concepts
  • getExamPrep — Get exam preparation materials and related concepts
  • findRelatedConcepts — Discover connections between different educational concepts
  • getStudyProgress — Track study progress across courses
  • getTermOverview — Get overview of courses and work for an academic term
  • getConceptMastery — Assess level of understanding for specific concepts
  • getStatusOverview — View all entities with a specific status (active, completed, pending, abandoned)
  • getPriorityItems — Identify high-priority assignments and study tasks
  • getLearningSequence — Visualize the sequence of learning activities based on precedes relations
  • startsession — Starts a new study session, generating a unique session ID and displaying current courses, upcoming deadlines, recently studied concepts, and past

Setting it up

github on npm is all you need. Most clients run it directly, so configuration is a few lines and a restart.

Configuration and credentials

You will need 2 environment variables: MEMORY_FILE_PATH, SESSIONS_FILE_PATH. Keep credentials in your client's env block or a secrets manager rather than in a file you might commit.

Choosing this one

Among the knowledge and memory options, the useful question is rarely "what can it do" but "what does it cost you to run" — permissions, credentials, and how much of your context its toolset consumes. Student's toolset — getCourseOverview, getUpcomingDeadlines, getAssignmentStatus and 11 more — is a fair guide to whether it matches your workflow. It is maintained by tejpalvirk; worth a glance at recent repository activity before you build anything load-bearing on it.

SyncDev reviews every entry in this directory against the project's own documentation before publishing, and revisits them as servers change.

Before you rely on it

  • It runs with your machine's permissions. That is convenient and also the reason to think about what you point it at before you approve a tool call.
  • With 14 tools registered it takes up a noticeable share of the context window; turn it off in projects that never touch Student.
  • MCP clients confirm each tool call by default. Leave that on until you have watched what the student mcp server does with a few real requests.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
getCourseOverviewComprehensive view of a course including lectures, assignments, exams, and resources
getUpcomingDeadlinesFind assignments and exams with approaching due dates
getAssignmentStatusGet detailed status of assignments, including progress and related concepts
getExamPrepGet exam preparation materials and related concepts
findRelatedConceptsDiscover connections between different educational concepts
getStudyProgressTrack study progress across courses
getTermOverviewGet overview of courses and work for an academic term
getConceptMasteryAssess level of understanding for specific concepts
getStatusOverviewView all entities with a specific status (active, completed, pending, abandoned)
getPriorityItemsIdentify high-priority assignments and study tasks
getLearningSequenceVisualize the sequence of learning activities based on precedes relations
startsessionStarts a new study session, generating a unique session ID and displaying current courses, upcoming deadlines, recently studied concepts, and past study sessions. Shows status information via has_status relations, priori
loadcontextLoads detailed context for a specific entity (course, assignment, etc.), displaying relevant information based on entity type. Includes status information, priority levels, and sequential relationships between related en
endsessionRecords the results of a study session through a structured, multi-stage process: 1. **summary**: Records session summary, duration, and course focus 2. **conceptsLearned**: Documents concepts studied during the session

How to install the Student MCP server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "student": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "github:tejpalvirk/student"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Configuration as documented by the project. Restart the client after saving.

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
MEMORY_FILE_PATHFilesystem location the server is allowed to use.Optional
SESSIONS_FILE_PATHFilesystem location the server is allowed to use.Optional

Example prompts to try

  • Use Student to getCourseOverview.
  • Use Student to getUpcomingDeadlines.
  • Use Student to getAssignmentStatus.

Frequently asked questions

Student is a tool that uses a knowledge graph to help you manage your academic life. It organizes courses, assignments, exams, and learning resources, allowing you to track progress, manage deadlines, and visualize connections between concepts.