KeenIELTS
REMOTE · KEENIELTS.COM · SCANNED SEP 26
Free IELTS prep: band-scored student essays and interactive Listening/Reading drills graded in-chat.
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How this component scores in each security and reliability category. Every signal is checked automatically against the live server, and we only credit what we can confirm. How we score → Why this is hard to score →
Endpoint Security60
- The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key. View diagnostics → Pass
- Authorisation not fully verified: no authorisation is required to call this server, and 9 tool(s) never declared a destructiveHint. The MCP spec treats an absent hint as destructive by default, so we cannot call this surface safe. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Unverified
- HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path. View diagnostics → Pass
- HSTS check failed: the Strict-Transport-Security header is absent. See how to fix → View diagnostics → Fail
- DNSSEC is configured correctly; the domain's records validate against the full chain to the root. View diagnostics → Pass
Transport & Reachability100
- Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake. View diagnostics → Pass
Schema Quality & AI Usability68
- AI-judged instruction clarity (good).Pass
- Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 1028 tokens (~114/item across 9 items; 9 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params. See how to fix → Fail
- Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples. See how to fix → Fail
Stability & Change Management100
- No destabilizing schema changes in the last 30 days.Pass
Tool Coverage67
- 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).Pass
- 0% of tool parameters carry a description.Fail
Tool Safety100
- No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.Pass
- We read all 9 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.Pass
- An AI judge read all 10 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.Pass
Capabilities60
- Spec-recency check failed: implements MCP spec 2025-06-18; the latest is 2026-07-28. See how to fix → Fail
How do I install the KeenIELTS MCP server?
KeenIELTS is a hosted endpoint at https://keenielts.com/mcp, so there is nothing to install locally. Ready-made configuration for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Codex and 5 more is on this page, copied from each client's own documentation.
remote · keenielts.com
claude mcp add --transport http com-keenielts-mcp 'https://keenielts.com/mcp'
{
"mcpServers": {
"com-keenielts-mcp": {
"url": "https://keenielts.com/mcp"
}
}
} {
"servers": {
"com-keenielts-mcp": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://keenielts.com/mcp"
}
}
} [mcp_servers.com-keenielts-mcp] url = "https://keenielts.com/mcp"
{
"$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
"mcp": {
"com-keenielts-mcp": {
"type": "remote",
"url": "https://keenielts.com/mcp",
"enabled": true
}
}
} openclaw mcp add com-keenielts-mcp --url 'https://keenielts.com/mcp' --transport streamable-http
mcp_servers:
com-keenielts-mcp:
url: "https://keenielts.com/mcp" {
"McpServers": {
"com-keenielts-mcp": {
"Transport": "http",
"Url": "https://keenielts.com/mcp"
}
}
} assistant mcp add com-keenielts-mcp -t streamable-http -u 'https://keenielts.com/mcp'
{
"mcpServers": {
"com-keenielts-mcp": {
"type": "http",
"url": "https://keenielts.com/mcp"
}
}
} The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.
Every change we have recorded for this component, newest first. Security-relevant changes are always shown. ▲ marks a change for the better, ▼ a change for the worse; unmarked changes are neutral.
- 25 Sept 26 0
- We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server See what changed → functional
- 16 Sept 26 0
- HSTS header: unverified → fail ▼ security
- Injection markers: unverified → pass ▲ security
- Stability: unverified → pass ▲ security
- Transport: fail → pass ▲ security
- Authorization: Authorisation not fully verified: no authorisation is required to call this server, and 9 tool(s) never declared a destructiveHint. The MCP spec treats an absent hint as destructive by default, so we cannot call this surface safe. security
- MCP protocol: unverified → fail ▼ functional
- Endpoint reachability: unreachable → reachable ▲ functional
- Tool coverage: unverified → 100 ▲ functional
- 15 Sept 26 0
- Endpoint reachability: reachable → unreachable ▼ security
- HSTS header: fail → unverified ▼ security
- Stability: pass → unverified ▼ security
- Tool safety: pass → unverified ▼ security
- Transport: pass → fail ▼ security
- Authorization: Authorisation not yet verified: we couldn't confirm whether this endpoint requires it. security
- Capabilities: fail → unverified ▼ functional
- Tool coverage: 100 → unverified ▼ functional
- First check of Schema quality: unverified functional
- 3 Sept 26 0
- Stability: 0.97 → pass security
- 2 Sept 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 93 to 97. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 28 days of observed history at the previous scan, 29 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 31 Aug 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 87 to 90. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 26 days of observed history at the previous scan, 27 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 29 Aug 26 +1
No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 80 to 83. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 24 days of observed history at the previous scan, 25 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.
- 26 Aug 26 0
- We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server See what changed → functional
Diagnostic detail from the automated scan of this channel: what the scanner observed at each step, so you can see exactly where a check passed or failed. It is informational only and never changes the trust score.
Captured 26 Sept 2026 · Probed https://keenielts.com/mcp
TLS valid
Negotiated TLS 1.3 with TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 .
| Subject | Issuer | Valid from | Valid until | Key | Signature | Serial |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN=keenielts.com | CN=WE1,O=Google Trust Services,C=US | 25 Sept 2026 | 24 Dec 2026 | ECDSA 256 | ECDSA-SHA256 | 751c025f24a2e30f0ec9abd7c451d010 |
| SANs: keenielts.com, status.keenielts.com, *.status.keenielts.com | ||||||
| CN=WE1,O=Google Trust Services,C=US (CA) | CN=GTS Root R4,O=Google Trust Services LLC,C=US | 13 Dec 2023 | 20 Feb 2029 | ECDSA 256 | ECDSA-SHA384 | 7ff31977972c224a76155d13b6d685e3 |
| CN=GTS Root R4,O=Google Trust Services LLC,C=US (CA) | CN=GlobalSign Root CA,OU=Root CA,O=GlobalSign nv-sa,C=BE | 15 Nov 2023 | 28 Jan 2028 | ECDSA 384 | SHA256-RSA | 7fe530bf331343bedd821610493d8a1b |
Background: What to check on a remote MCP endpoint →
DNSSEC secure
Validation of keenielts.com. — Secure
| Zone | DS | Keys | Algorithms | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| . | trust_anchor | 20326, 38696 | 8, 8 | Verified |
| com. | present | 19718 | 13 | Verified |
| keenielts.com. | present | 2371 | 13 | Verified |
| keenielts.com. | Verified address RRset verified with the apex keys |
Authentication No authorisation required
The endpoint answered without asking for a token. Anyone who knows the URL can reach it.
| Result | No authorisation required |
|---|---|
| HTTP status | 200 |
Background: How OAuth 2.1 works in the 2026 MCP spec →
Transports 2 probes
| Transport | URL | Outcome | Status | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| streamable-http | https://keenielts.com/mcp | Verified | 200 | |
| http (plaintext) | http://keenielts.com/mcp | HTTPS enforced | 301 | https://keenielts.com/mcp |
The tools this component advertises to a client, with an estimated token cost for each. Expand a tool to see its parameters and schema. The per-tool counts are indicative and are not scored directly; the schema's total context footprint is one signal in Schema Quality & AI Usability. A tool's description is untrusted text the model reads on every call, which is what makes this list a security surface and not just an inventory: how tool poisoning works →
check_drill_answers ~149
Grade a user's drill answers server-side (same grader the website uses — case/whitespace tolerant, accepts standard IELTS answer variants). Args: skill: 'listening' or 'reading'. slug: the drill slug from get_drill. answers: question number -> the user's answer, e.g. {"1": "true", "2": "B", "3": "24 April"}. Returns per-question results with the accepted answers and explanations (safe to share with the user now that they have answered), plus a score.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| answers | object | yes | – |
| skill | string | yes | – |
| slug | string | yes | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
compare_question ~72
List every public band-scored answer to ONE IELTS Writing question — the same prompt answered by different students at different band scores, useful for showing what separates a Band 6 from a Band 8 on identical input. Fetch individual answers with get_model_answer.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| section_id | integer | yes | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
fetch ~56
Fetch the full content of a KeenIELTS search result by id: a model answer with examiner feedback, a practice drill, a question compared across band scores, or a site page.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | string | yes | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
get_drill ~142
Get one drill's content so the user can attempt it in conversation. The questions are markdown; `{{3}}` marks a gap the user fills for question 3, and `{{3:A/B/C}}` means question 3 is a choice between the slash-separated options. For listening drills, give the user the audio link to play before answering. Collect the user's answers, then call check_drill_answers to grade them — do NOT guess at or reveal correct answers yourself; they are only returned by check_drill_answers.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| skill | string | yes | – |
| slug | string | yes | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
get_model_answer ~101
Get one student IELTS Writing answer in full: the question, the essay, and the AI examiner's band scores + feedback on all four official IELTS marking criteria (Task Achievement, Coherence & Cohesion, Lexical Resource, Grammatical Range & Accuracy). Get section_id/attempt_id pairs from search_model_answers or compare_question.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| attempt_id | integer | yes | – |
| section_id | integer | yes | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
list_drills ~115
List short, targeted IELTS practice drills that can be taken right here in the conversation (fetch with get_drill, grade with check_drill_answers). Args: skill: 'listening' or 'reading'. category: optional IELTS question-type filter. Listening: completion, multiple-choice, matching, labelling. Reading: true-false-not-given, completion, matching-headings, matching-information, multiple-choice-short-answer.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| category | – | – | – |
| skill | string | yes | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
list_practice_tests ~91
Catalog of full-length IELTS practice tests on keenielts.com — books, difficulty, and test counts for all four skills (Listening, Reading, Writing, Speaking). Full tests are taken on the website (timed, with audio players and AI band scoring), not in this conversation — point the user at the URLs. Taking tests and getting AI band scores is free.
Input schema present but exposes no named parameters.
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
search ~52
Search KeenIELTS: real student IELTS Writing model answers with band scores, Listening/Reading practice drills, and IELTS practice resources. Returns result ids for use with fetch.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| query | string | yes | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
search_model_answers ~164
Search real student IELTS Writing answers scored by AI examiner. Args: task: IELTS Writing task number — 1 (reports/letters) or 2 (essays). band: whole band to filter on; matches half-bands too (8 -> 8.0-8.5). query: free-text match against the question/prompt. limit: max results (1-50). Each result links to a full page with the question, the student's answer, and criterion-by-criterion examiner feedback. Use get_model_answer for the full content, or compare_question to see the same prompt at other bands.
| Name | Type | Req | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| band | – | – | – |
| limit | integer | – | – |
| query | – | – | – |
| task | – | – | – |
No output schema declared.
No examples provided.
What is the KeenIELTS MCP server?
KeenIELTS is an MCP server listed in the public MCP registry as com.keenielts/mcp. Free IELTS prep: band-scored student essays and interactive Listening/Reading drills graded in-chat. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://keenielts.com/mcp).
Is the KeenIELTS MCP server safe to use?
KeenIELTS scores 74 out of 100 on VerifyMCP. That is a record of what we were able to check automatically, not an endorsement. The category breakdown on this page shows every signal behind the number, including the ones we could not confirm.
What tools does the KeenIELTS MCP server expose?
KeenIELTS exposes 9 tools: search_model_answers, get_model_answer, compare_question, list_drills, get_drill, and 4 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 942 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.
Does the KeenIELTS MCP server require authentication?
No. We connected to KeenIELTS without credentials and it answered, so anything it exposes is reachable by anyone who knows the address.
Is the KeenIELTS MCP server still maintained?
KeenIELTS is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 26 September 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.