# Sambodh IAS (remote · api.sambodh-ias.in)

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

- Trust score: 66/100 (medium)
- Change this week: +8
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-08-03

## Components

- remote · `api.sambodh-ias.in`: 66/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/in-sambodh-ias-upsc-prep/api.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/in-sambodh-ias-upsc-prep/api)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://api.sambodh-ias.in/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `none`
- Version: `1.0.0`

## 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**: 74/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - No authorisation is required to call this server. Every tool declares its destructiveHint and none is destructive, so open access doesn't expose one.
  - HTTPS is enforced; there's no plaintext access path.
  - 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**: 40/100
  - 0% of prompts and resources have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the item's name).
  - AI-judged instruction clarity (good).
  - Context-footprint check failed: tool/resource definitions use about 1101 tokens (~122/item across 9 items; 7 tools + 2 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**: 95/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 86% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Capabilities**: 100/100
  - Implements a supported MCP spec version (2025-11-25); the latest is 2026-07-28.
  - Supports UI / widget rendering.

## Install

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http in-sambodh-ias-upsc-prep https://api.sambodh-ias.in/mcp
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.in-sambodh-ias-upsc-prep]
url = "https://api.sambodh-ias.in/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "in-sambodh-ias-upsc-prep": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://api.sambodh-ias.in/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add in-sambodh-ias-upsc-prep --url https://api.sambodh-ias.in/mcp --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  in-sambodh-ias-upsc-prep:
    url: "https://api.sambodh-ias.in/mcp"
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "in-sambodh-ias-upsc-prep": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.sambodh-ias.in/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.

### 2026-08-02 (score 66, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 20 to 23. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 6 days of observed history at the previous scan, 7 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-07-31 (score 65, +5)

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

### 2026-07-30 (score 60, 0)

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

### 2026-07-29 (score 60, +1)

- [functional] Server version: 1.28.1 → 1.29.0

### 2026-07-28 (score 59, +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 58, 0)

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

### 2026-07-26 (score 58)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (7)

### `get_current_affairs` (~156 tokens)

Get UPSC current-affairs cards (NewsPulse)

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.

Input parameters:

- `category`: news = factual coverage, editorial = analysis pieces
- `days` (integer): Look-back window in days
- `gs_paper`: Filter by GS subject: Polity, Economy, International Relations, Environment, Science & Tech, Ethics
- `language` (string): ISO code: en, hi, te, ta, or, bn, mr, pa, kn
- `limit` (integer)
- `topic`: Free-text topic/syllabus filter

### `get_news_card_detail` (~87 tokens)

Read a full NewsPulse concept card

The full concept card behind a NewsPulse headline: bullets, Prelims &
        Mains relevance, concept explainers with static-syllabus links, and the
        source citation.

Input parameters:

- `language` (string): ISO code: en, hi, te, ta, or, bn, mr, pa, kn
- `slug` (string, required): Card slug from get_current_affairs

### `start_practice_quiz` (~175 tokens)

Start an interactive UPSC 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.

Input parameters:

- `language` (string): ISO code: en, hi, te, ta, or, bn, mr, pa, kn
- `month`: Current-affairs month slug, e.g. may-2026
- `num_questions` (integer)
- `source` (string): Question pool: current_affairs (recent news MCQs), pyq (real UPSC previous-year questions), or mixed
- `subject`: Optional subject filter, e.g. polity, history, geography, economy, environment, science_tech
- `year`: PYQ year (pyq/mixed sources)

### `submit_quiz_answers` (~86 tokens)

Submit quiz answers for grading

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).

Input parameters:

- `answers` (object, required): Map of question id → chosen option letter, e.g. {"<qid>": "B"}
- `quiz_id` (string, required): quiz_id from start_practice_quiz

### `get_pyq_sample` (~92 tokens)

Get UPSC previous-year questions by year

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.

Input parameters:

- `language` (string): ISO code: en, hi, te, ta, or, bn, mr, pa, kn
- `year` (integer, required): UPSC Prelims year

### `list_study_topics` (~68 tokens)

Browse UPSC subjects, PYQ years and current-affairs months

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.

### `search_sambodh_knowledge` (~110 tokens)

Search Sambodh's UPSC study library

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...).

Input parameters:

- `query` (string, required): What to look up, phrased as a topic or question
- `subject`: Optional subject filter (see list_study_topics)
- `top_k` (integer)

## Diagnostics

Captured diagnostic sections: TLS, DNSSEC, Authorisation, Transports. The full working is on the page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/in-sambodh-ias-upsc-prep/api#diagnostics

## Score history

- 2026-08-03: 66
- 2026-08-02: 66
- 2026-08-01: 65
- 2026-07-31: 65
- 2026-07-30: 60
- 2026-07-29: 60
- 2026-07-28: 59
- 2026-07-27: 58
- 2026-07-26: 58

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://api.sambodh-ias.in/mcp
- Website: https://sambodh-ias.in/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/in-sambodh-ias-upsc-prep/api/changelog.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/in-sambodh-ias-upsc-prep/api/changelog.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/in-sambodh-ias-upsc-prep/api