# Cert Atlas (remote · mcp.quizforge.ai)

Search 1,580 certification exam blueprints: domains, scoring, prerequisites, compare. No API key.

- Trust score: 64/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +1
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-08-03

## Components

- remote · `mcp.quizforge.ai`: 64/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/hans6883-cert-atlas/mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/hans6883-cert-atlas/mcp)
- npm · `cert-atlas-mcp`: 71/100, [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/hans6883-cert-atlas/cert-atlas-mcp.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/hans6883-cert-atlas/cert-atlas-mcp)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://mcp.quizforge.ai/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `1.2.3`

## Trust breakdown

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. Scores are 0–100 per category. Scoring method: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring (what has changed: https://verifymcp.io/docs/scoring/changelog)

Scored 2026-08-03.

- **Endpoint Security**: 46/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - Authorisation not fully verified: no authorisation is required to call this server, and 4 tool(s) never declared a destructiveHint. The MCP spec treats an absent hint as destructive by default, so we cannot call this surface safe.
  - HTTPS not yet verified: we couldn't determine whether a plaintext access path exists.
  - HSTS check failed: the Strict-Transport-Security header is absent.
  - DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC.
- **Transport & Reachability**: 100/100
  - Verified streamable-http transport via a live MCP handshake.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 83/100
  - 100% of prompts and resources have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the item's name).
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (excellent).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 679 tokens (~135/item across 5 items; 4 tools + 1 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 27/100
  - Stability observed for 8 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 100/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 100% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http hans6883-cert-atlas https://mcp.quizforge.ai/mcp
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.hans6883-cert-atlas]
url = "https://mcp.quizforge.ai/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "hans6883-cert-atlas": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://mcp.quizforge.ai/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add hans6883-cert-atlas --url https://mcp.quizforge.ai/mcp --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  hans6883-cert-atlas:
    url: "https://mcp.quizforge.ai/mcp"
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hans6883-cert-atlas": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.quizforge.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

The mcpServers block is a cross-client convention. Remote transports vary, so check your client's docs.

## Changelog

Every change recorded for this component, newest first. Days that predate change tracking, or that we cannot explain, say so: "we were watching and nothing happened" and "we were not watching" are different claims.

### 2026-08-03 (score 64, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 23 to 27. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 7 days of observed history at the previous scan, 8 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-07-31 (score 63, −2)

- [functional] We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server

### 2026-07-30 (score 65, +1)

- [functional] We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server

### 2026-07-28 (score 64, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 3 to 7. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 1 days of observed history at the previous scan, 2 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-07-27 (score 63, +1)

- [functional] We updated how we score, so this day's move reflects our rubric, not a change to the server

### 2026-07-26 (score 62)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (4)

### `search_exams` (~196 tokens)

Search 1,580 certification & professional exams by name, code, certifying body, or vendor. Call this whenever a user mentions a certification or exam — e.g. AWS Solutions Architect, CISSP, CompTIA Security+, PMP, CCNA, NCLEX, CFA, Azure AZ-104, CKA — or asks what certs a body offers. Returns matching exams with code, certifying body, question count, domain count, and a free practice-exam link.

Input parameters:

- `certifying_body` (string): Filter by certifying body, e.g. 'AWS', 'CompTIA', 'ISC2', 'Microsoft'
- `limit` (integer): Max results (default 20)
- `query` (string): Keywords: certification name, exam code, vendor, or topic
- `vendor_slug` (string): Filter by vendor slug, e.g. 'aws', 'microsoft', 'comptia'

### `get_exam_blueprint` (~131 tokens)

Get the full published blueprint for ONE certification exam: domain/objective breakdown with topic weights, passing score, question count & types, duration, price, prerequisites, retake & renewal policy, languages, and the official source URL. Call this for 'what's on the X exam', 'how is X weighted by domain', 'prerequisites for X', 'passing score for X', 'how long is X'. Accepts an exam_id, exam_code, or certification name. Includes a free practice-exam link.

Input parameters:

- `exam` (string, required): Exam id, exam code, or certification name

### `compare_exams` (~100 tokens)

Compare 2–8 certification exams side by side — price, duration, passing score, question count, and domain count. Call for 'X vs Y', 'which is harder/cheaper', 'easiest cloud cert', 'CCNA vs Network+'. Accepts exam ids, codes, or names; each row links a free practice exam.

Input parameters:

- `exams` (array, required): 2–8 exam ids, codes, or names to compare

### `list_certifying_bodies` (~79 tokens)

List the 222 certifying bodies / vendors covered by Cert Atlas with exam counts. Call for 'what certification providers/vendors are covered', 'how many AWS/Microsoft/Cisco certs'. Optionally filter by a substring.

Input parameters:

- `contains` (string): Optional substring filter on the body name, e.g. 'micro', 'aws'

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/hans6883-cert-atlas/mcp#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-08-03: 64
- 2026-08-02: 63
- 2026-08-01: 63
- 2026-07-31: 63
- 2026-07-30: 65
- 2026-07-29: 64
- 2026-07-28: 64
- 2026-07-27: 63
- 2026-07-26: 62

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://mcp.quizforge.ai/mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/hans6883/cert-atlas
- Website: https://atlas.quizforge.ai/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/hans6883-cert-atlas/mcp/changelog.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/hans6883-cert-atlas/mcp/changelog.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/hans6883-cert-atlas/mcp