# Teachworks MCP by usefulapi (remote · teachworks.usefulapi.io)

Read Teachworks students, families, tutors, lessons, invoices and payments; book lessons.

- Trust score: 64/100 (medium)
- Registry status: active
- Liveness: live
- Owner verified: no
- Last scored: 2026-10-16

## Components

- remote · `teachworks.usefulapi.io`: 64/100 (this document), [markdown](https://verifymcp.io/servers/io-usefulapi-teachworks/teachworks.md), [page](https://verifymcp.io/servers/io-usefulapi-teachworks/teachworks)

## Channel facts

- Endpoint: `https://teachworks.usefulapi.io/mcp`
- Transports: `streamable-http`
- Auth: `required`
- Version: `1.2.1`

## 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 2026-10-16.

- **Endpoint Security**: 78/100
  - The endpoint's TLS certificate is valid, in date, and uses a strong key.
  - Authorisation is enforced on tool calls, advertised via RFC 9728 protected-resource metadata. Discovery is public, which costs nothing: no tool can be invoked without a token.
  - HTTPS enforcement could not be verified: the plaintext port redirected somewhere other than https, so enforcement is unproven.
  - HSTS check failed: the Strict-Transport-Security header is absent.
  - DNSSEC check failed: this domain isn't protected by DNSSEC.
  - The authorisation server offers only Dynamic Client Registration (RFC 7591), which MCP 2026-07-28 deprecated in favour of Client ID Metadata Documents.
- **Transport & Reachability**: 0/100
  - Transport check failed: declared streamable-http, but the endpoint redirected instead of responding directly.
- **Schema Quality & AI Usability**: 78/100
  - 100% 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 3195 tokens (~133/item across 24 items; 24 tools + 0 resources), over budget; trim descriptions and params.
  - Usage-examples check failed: none of the tools include examples.
- **Stability & Change Management**: 20/100
  - Stability observed for 6 of 30 days with no destabilising changes; credit accrues until the full window elapses.
- **Tool Coverage**: 93/100
  - 100% of tools have a non-trivial description (not blank, and not just the tool's name).
  - 79% of tool parameters carry a description.
- **Tool Safety**: 100/100
  - No prompt-injection markers were found in the server instructions, tool names or descriptions we captured.
  - We read all 24 captured tool definition(s), and no name or description among them implies an irreversible operation.
  - An AI judge read all 25 captured unit(s) of tool text and found none that tries to manipulate the model reading it.
- **Capabilities**: 60/100
  - Spec-recency check failed: implements MCP spec 2025-06-18; the latest is 2026-07-28.

## Install

### How do I install the Teachworks MCP by usefulapi server?

Teachworks MCP by usefulapi is a hosted endpoint at https://teachworks.usefulapi.io/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.

### Claude

```bash
claude mcp add --transport http io-usefulapi-teachworks 'https://teachworks.usefulapi.io/mcp'
```

### Cursor

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "io-usefulapi-teachworks": {
      "url": "https://teachworks.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "io-usefulapi-teachworks": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://teachworks.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Codex

```toml
[mcp_servers.io-usefulapi-teachworks]
url = "https://teachworks.usefulapi.io/mcp"
```

### opencode

```json
{
  "$schema": "https://opencode.ai/config.json",
  "mcp": {
    "io-usefulapi-teachworks": {
      "type": "remote",
      "url": "https://teachworks.usefulapi.io/mcp",
      "enabled": true
    }
  }
}
```

### OpenClaw

```bash
openclaw mcp add io-usefulapi-teachworks --url 'https://teachworks.usefulapi.io/mcp' --transport streamable-http
```

### Hermes

```yaml
mcp_servers:
  io-usefulapi-teachworks:
    url: "https://teachworks.usefulapi.io/mcp"
```

### Netclaw

```json
{
  "McpServers": {
    "io-usefulapi-teachworks": {
      "Transport": "http",
      "Url": "https://teachworks.usefulapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### Vellum

```bash
assistant mcp add io-usefulapi-teachworks -t streamable-http -u 'https://teachworks.usefulapi.io/mcp'
```

### Other

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "io-usefulapi-teachworks": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://teachworks.usefulapi.io/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.

### 2026-10-16 (score 64, +1)

No change was recorded against any check on this day. Stability & Change Management went from 17 to 20. That category is still filling its 30-day observation window: 5 days of observed history at the previous scan, 6 at this one. The score rises as the window fills, whether or not the server changes.

### 2026-10-14 (score 63, +3)

- [security] The server rewrote its instructions, which are the text every model session reads
- [functional] The server now declares the “prompts” capability
- [functional] First check of Schema quality: 100
- [functional] New prompt “getting_started”
- [functional] Server version: 1.4.0 → 1.5.0

### 2026-10-12 (score 60, +1)

- [functional improvement] Stability: unverified → 0.07

### 2026-10-10 (score 59)

First indexed and scored.

## MCP tools (24)

### `teachworks_list_students` (~211 tokens)

List students

List or search students (child students of families and independent students) with their school, grade, subjects, status, billing method and default teachers. GET /students.

Input parameters:

- `customer_id`: Only students of this customer/family id.
- `direction` (string): Sort by id ascending (default) or descending (newest first).
- `email` (string): Search by email.
- `first_name` (string): Search by first name.
- `grade` (string): Search by grade.
- `last_name` (string): Search by last name.
- `page` (integer): Page number (1-based, default 1).
- `per_page` (integer): Records per page (default 20, max 50).
- `phone_number` (string): Search by phone number.
- `school` (string): Search by school.
- `status` (string)
- `subject` (string): Search by subject.
- `type` (string): family = child students, independent = independent students.

### `teachworks_get_student` (~45 tokens)

Get student

Retrieve one student profile: contact details, school/grade, billing, custom fields, default teachers/services. GET /students/{id}.

Input parameters:

- `student_id` (required): Student id.

### `teachworks_list_customers` (~190 tokens)

List customers

List or search customers — the billed profiles: families (with child students) and independent students. Returns contact details, status and last invoice date. GET /customers.

Input parameters:

- `city` (string)
- `country` (string)
- `direction` (string): Sort by id ascending (default) or descending (newest first).
- `email` (string): Search by email.
- `first_name` (string): Search by first name.
- `last_name` (string): Search by last name.
- `page` (integer): Page number (1-based, default 1).
- `per_page` (integer): Records per page (default 20, max 50).
- `phone_number` (string): Search by phone number.
- `state` (string)
- `status` (string)
- `type` (string): family or independent.
- `zip` (string)

### `teachworks_get_customer` (~40 tokens)

Get customer

Retrieve one customer (family or independent student) with contact details and custom fields. GET /customers/{id}.

Input parameters:

- `customer_id` (required): Customer id.

### `teachworks_list_employees` (~164 tokens)

List employees

List or search employees — teachers/tutors and administrative staff — with subjects, status and wage settings. GET /employees.

Input parameters:

- `city` (string)
- `direction` (string): Sort by id ascending (default) or descending (newest first).
- `email` (string): Search by email.
- `first_name` (string): Search by first name.
- `last_name` (string): Search by last name.
- `page` (integer): Page number (1-based, default 1).
- `per_page` (integer): Records per page (default 20, max 50).
- `state` (string)
- `status` (string)
- `subject` (string): Search by subject taught.
- `zip` (string)

### `teachworks_get_employee` (~44 tokens)

Get employee

Retrieve one employee (teacher or staff): contact details, subjects, wage type, bio, permissions. GET /employees/{id}.

Input parameters:

- `employee_id` (required): Employee id.

### `teachworks_get_employee_earnings` (~98 tokens)

Get employee earnings

Total earnings of one employee (lessons, other events, other compensation, total) for an optional lesson status and date range. GET /employees/{id}/earnings.

Input parameters:

- `date_from` (string): Lessons starting on or after this date.
- `date_to` (string): Lessons starting on or before this date.
- `employee_id` (required): Employee id.
- `status` (string): Only lessons with this status.

### `teachworks_get_lesson_totals` (~152 tokens)

Get lesson totals

Lesson totals for one student, customer or employee: count (default), duration in minutes, or (employees only) earnings, broken down by status, for an optional status and date range. GET /{students|customers|employees}/{id}/lesson_totals.

Input parameters:

- `date_from` (string): Lessons starting on or after this date.
- `date_to` (string): Lessons starting on or before this date.
- `id` (required): The student, customer or employee id.
- `kind` (string, required): Whose lessons to total.
- `measure` (string): count (default), duration (minutes) or earnings (employees only).
- `status` (string): Only lessons with this status.

### `teachworks_list_lessons` (~298 tokens)

List lessons

List lessons (the calendar) with teacher, service, location, start/end, duration, status and participants. Filter by teacher, student, location, service, status and date range. GET /lessons.

Input parameters:

- `custom_status` (string): Search by custom status (Custom Statuses add-on).
- `date_from` (string): Lessons starting on or after this date.
- `date_to` (string): Lessons starting on or before this date.
- `direction` (string): Sort by id ascending (default) or descending (newest first).
- `employee_id`: Only lessons taught by this teacher (employee id).
- `from_date` (string): Lessons starting on exactly this date.
- `include_deleted` (boolean): true = include deleted lessons.
- `joinable` (boolean): true = only lessons marked joinable.
- `location_id`: Only lessons at this location (exact).
- `location_or_parent_location_id`: Lessons at this location or any of its sub-locations.
- `name` (string): Search by lesson name.
- `page` (integer): Page number (1-based, default 1).
- `per_page` (integer): Records per page (default 20, max 50).
- `series_id`: Only lessons of this repeating series.
- `service_id`: Only lessons of this service.
- `status` (string)
- `student_id`: Only lessons with this student.

### `teachworks_get_lesson` (~47 tokens)

Get lesson

Retrieve one lesson with its participants (students, statuses, charges, notes), teacher, wage and cost. GET /lessons/{id}.

Input parameters:

- `lesson_id` (required): Lesson id.

### `teachworks_list_other_events` (~172 tokens)

List other events

List non-lesson calendar events (meetings, open houses, staff work) with location, times and participants. GET /other_events.

Input parameters:

- `date_from` (string): Events starting on or after this date.
- `date_to` (string): Events starting on or before this date.
- `direction` (string): Sort by id ascending (default) or descending (newest first).
- `employee_id`: Only events of this employee.
- `from_date` (string): Events starting on exactly this date.
- `location_id`: Only events at this location.
- `page` (integer): Page number (1-based, default 1).
- `per_page` (integer): Records per page (default 20, max 50).
- `series_id`: Only events of this repeating series.

### `teachworks_list_availabilities` (~124 tokens)

List teacher availability

List teachers' weekly availability slots (day of week + start/end time). Use before scheduling a lesson. GET /availabilities.

Input parameters:

- `day` (integer): Day of week, Sunday = 0 … Saturday = 6.
- `direction` (string): Sort by id ascending (default) or descending (newest first).
- `employee_id`: Only this teacher's availability.
- `page` (integer): Page number (1-based, default 1).
- `per_page` (integer): Records per page (default 20, max 50).

### `teachworks_list_invoices` (~197 tokens)

List invoices

List invoices with customer, number, dates, status (Saved, Approved, Paid, Void) and totals. Filter by customer, status, invoice date or due date range. GET /invoices.

Input parameters:

- `customer_id`: Only invoices of this customer.
- `date_from` (string): Invoice date on or after.
- `date_to` (string): Invoice date on or before.
- `direction` (string): Sort by id ascending (default) or descending (newest first).
- `due_from` (string): Due date on or after.
- `due_to` (string): Due date on or before (e.g. today, to find overdue invoices together with status Approved).
- `number`: Invoice number.
- `page` (integer): Page number (1-based, default 1).
- `per_page` (integer): Records per page (default 20, max 50).
- `status` (string)

### `teachworks_get_invoice` (~42 tokens)

Get invoice

Retrieve one invoice with its line items (lessons, charges), taxes and totals. GET /invoices/{id}.

Input parameters:

- `invoice_id` (required): Invoice id.

### `teachworks_list_payments` (~129 tokens)

List payments

List customer payments (amount, method, date, refunds, invoice allocations). Filter by customer and date range. GET /payments.

Input parameters:

- `customer_id`: Only payments of this customer.
- `date_from` (string): Payment date on or after.
- `date_to` (string): Payment date on or before.
- `direction` (string): Sort by id ascending (default) or descending (newest first).
- `page` (integer): Page number (1-based, default 1).
- `per_page` (integer): Records per page (default 20, max 50).

### `teachworks_get_payment` (~38 tokens)

Get payment

Retrieve one payment with its refunds and the invoices it is allocated to. GET /payments/{id}.

Input parameters:

- `payment_id` (required): Payment id.

### `teachworks_list_locations` (~93 tokens)

List locations

List locations and sub-locations (rooms) where lessons take place. GET /locations.

Input parameters:

- `direction` (string): Sort by id ascending (default) or descending (newest first).
- `name` (string): Search by name.
- `page` (integer): Page number (1-based, default 1).
- `per_page` (integer): Records per page (default 20, max 50).

### `teachworks_list_services` (~98 tokens)

List services

List services (lesson types such as 'Math Tutoring') with their default cost and wage. GET /services.

Input parameters:

- `direction` (string): Sort by id ascending (default) or descending (newest first).
- `name` (string): Search by name.
- `page` (integer): Page number (1-based, default 1).
- `per_page` (integer): Records per page (default 20, max 50).

### `teachworks_list_subjects` (~94 tokens)

List subjects

List standard subjects (used on student and teacher profiles). GET /subjects.

Input parameters:

- `direction` (string): Sort by id ascending (default) or descending (newest first).
- `name` (string): Search by name (partial match).
- `page` (integer): Page number (1-based, default 1).
- `per_page` (integer): Records per page (default 20, max 50).

### `teachworks_create_family` (~163 tokens)

Create family

WRITE: create a family customer (the billed parent profile that child students belong to). Add children afterwards with teachworks_create_child_student. POST /customers/family.

Input parameters:

- `additional_notes` (string)
- `address` (string)
- `city` (string)
- `country` (string)
- `email` (string): Primary email (notifications, user account).
- `first_name` (string, required): Parent first name(s), e.g. 'Frank & Tina'.
- `home_phone` (string)
- `last_name` (string, required): Family last name.
- `mobile_phone` (string)
- `state` (string)
- `status` (string): Defaults to Active; use Prospective for leads.
- `zip` (string)

### `teachworks_create_child_student` (~171 tokens)

Create child student

WRITE: create a child student under an existing family (the family is billed for their lessons). POST /students.

Input parameters:

- `additional_notes` (string)
- `birth_date` (string)
- `customer_id` (required): The family (customer) id the student belongs to.
- `default_location_id`
- `default_service_ids` (array): Default service ids.
- `default_teacher_ids` (array): Default teacher (employee) ids.
- `email` (string)
- `first_name` (string, required)
- `grade` (string)
- `last_name` (string, required)
- `mobile_phone` (string)
- `school` (string)
- `standard_subject_ids` (array): Subject ids.
- `start_date` (string)
- `status` (string)

### `teachworks_create_lesson` (~228 tokens)

Create lesson

WRITE: schedule a single lesson on the calendar for one or more students with a teacher, service and location. Check teachworks_list_availabilities and teachworks_list_lessons first to avoid conflicts. POST /lessons.

Input parameters:

- `description` (string)
- `employee_id` (required): Teacher (employee) id.
- `from_date` (string, required): Start date.
- `from_time` (string, required): Start time, e.g. 16:00.
- `location_id`: Location id.
- `name` (string): Lesson name (defaults per Teachworks settings).
- `service_id` (required): Service id (sets the default cost and wage).
- `spaces` (integer): Number of student spaces (group lessons).
- `student_ids` (array, required): Student ids attending.
- `time_zone` (string): Rails time zone name, e.g. 'Eastern Time (US & Canada)' (defaults to the account's).
- `to_date` (string): End date (defaults to from_date).
- `to_time` (string, required): End time, e.g. 17:00.

### `teachworks_add_student_to_lesson` (~58 tokens)

Add student to lesson

WRITE: add a student to an existing lesson (the lesson must still be Scheduled). PUT /lessons/{id}/add_student.

Input parameters:

- `lesson_id` (required): Lesson id.
- `student_id` (required): Student id to add.

### `teachworks_create_payment` (~89 tokens)

Record payment

WRITE: record a payment received from a customer (bookkeeping only — it does not charge a card). POST /payments.

Input parameters:

- `amount` (number, required): Amount paid.
- `customer_id` (required): Customer that paid.
- `date` (string, required): Payment date.
- `description` (string): Details, e.g. 'Payment for INV-0216'.
- `payment_method` (string)

## Diagnostics

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

## Score history

- 2026-10-16: 64
- 2026-10-15: 63
- 2026-10-14: 63
- 2026-10-13: 60
- 2026-10-12: 60
- 2026-10-10: 59

## Common questions

### What is the Teachworks MCP by usefulapi server?

Teachworks MCP by usefulapi is listed in the public MCP registry as io.usefulapi/teachworks. Read Teachworks students, families, tutors, lessons, invoices and payments; book lessons. This page covers its hosted endpoint (https://teachworks.usefulapi.io/mcp).

### Is the Teachworks MCP by usefulapi server safe to use?

Teachworks MCP by usefulapi scores 64 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 Teachworks MCP by usefulapi server expose?

Teachworks MCP by usefulapi exposes 24 tools: teachworks_list_students, teachworks_get_student, teachworks_list_customers, teachworks_get_customer, teachworks_list_employees, and 19 more. Their descriptions and schemas cost roughly 2,985 tokens of context every time the server is loaded.

### Does the Teachworks MCP by usefulapi server require authentication?

Yes. Teachworks MCP by usefulapi asked us for credentials when we connected, so you will need to authorise it in your MCP client before it can do anything.

### Is the Teachworks MCP by usefulapi server still maintained?

Teachworks MCP by usefulapi is still listed as active in the MCP registry. We last reached this channel on 16 October 2026. Those dates come from our own scans of the registry and the channel itself, not from anything the publisher announced.

## Links

- Remote endpoint: https://teachworks.usefulapi.io/mcp
- Repository: https://github.com/m190/usefulapi-mcp
- Website: https://usefulapi.io/teachworks/
- Changelog RSS feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/io-usefulapi-teachworks/teachworks.xml
- Changelog JSON feed: https://verifymcp.io/servers/io-usefulapi-teachworks/teachworks.json
- HTML version of this page: https://verifymcp.io/servers/io-usefulapi-teachworks/teachworks