ictexam-mcp

A Model Context Protocol server for ICTExam, the AI exam authoring, delivery and auto-grading platform from ICT Innovations.

It lets an AI assistant read your exams, gradebooks and per-question item analysis, and — only when you turn writes on — parse a question paper into a structured exam with AI and publish exams to students.

Install

Run it straight from npm with npx, or install it globally:

npx -y ictexam-mcp      # no install
npm install -g ictexam-mcp

Requires Node.js 18 or newer.

Configure

Set these in your MCP client's server config (or a .env):

Variable	Required	Default
ICTEXAM_BASE_URL	yes		Your site, e.g. https://app.ictlms.net (no trailing /api)
ICTEXAM_EMAIL	yes		A teacher or admin account
ICTEXAM_PASSWORD	yes		Password for that account
ICTEXAM_API_PREFIX	no	/api	API mount path; set empty to hit the backend port directly
ICTEXAM_MCP_ALLOW_WRITE	no	false	Unlock the write tools (see Safety)
ICTEXAM_TIMEOUT_MS	no	60000	Per-request timeout (AI parsing can be slow)
ICTEXAM_TLS_INSECURE	no	false	Skip TLS verification — self-signed test servers only

Claude Desktop example

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "ictexam": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "ictexam-mcp"],
      "env": {
        "ICTEXAM_BASE_URL": "https://app.ictlms.net",
        "ICTEXAM_EMAIL": "teacher@example.com",
        "ICTEXAM_PASSWORD": "your-password"
      }
    }
  }
}

Tools

Read tools are always available:

Tool	What it does
ictexam_list_exams	List exam papers (id, title, status, class, subject)
ictexam_get_exam	One paper's settings, share links and questions
ictexam_list_classes	Classes (course groups)
ictexam_list_subjects	Subjects, each tied to a class
ictexam_gradebook	Per-exam totals and student marks
ictexam_item_analysis	Per-question difficulty, p-value and average mark

Write tools appear only when ICTEXAM_MCP_ALLOW_WRITE=true:

Tool	What it does
ictexam_parse_question_paper	Upload a local PDF/DOCX and AI-extract the questions
ictexam_publish_exam	Publish a paper; returns student and teacher share URLs
ictexam_unpublish_exam	Set a paper back to draft

Safety

The server is read-only by default. The three write tools are not registered at all unless you set ICTEXAM_MCP_ALLOW_WRITE=true, so a default install cannot change anything on the platform. Parsing a paper spends AI credit on the server, and publishing makes an exam live for students — both sit behind that switch on purpose. The client authenticates with the account's own session cookie and echoes the CSRF token on writes, exactly as the web app does; it never stores or logs your password beyond the environment you give it.

How it connects

ICTExam runs a FastAPI backend. The server signs in once with your email and password, keeps the session cookie for the life of the process, and talks to the REST API under /api (configurable). No API key to provision.

About

Built by Tahir Almas at ICT Innovations — the team behind ICTExam, ICTContact, ICTDialer, ICTFax and ICTPBX. ICTExam ships with a native Moodle activity module (LTI 1.3, grade passback and roster sync); learn more at ictlms.net.

MIT licensed. Issues and PRs welcome at github.com/ictinnovations/ictexam-mcp.