Productivity

opencampusadvisor.org

Provides academic course search and school/department listings to aid in student planning and productivity.

1 endpoint20 known toolsFirst detected July 6, 2026Last detected September 6, 2026

ENDPOINT 1

https://api.opencampusadvisor.org/mcp

No auth detected

MCP server metadata

Name: Open Campus Advisor
Version: 2.0.8

Capabilities

prompts.listChangedtools.listChanged

Known tools 20

set_student_context

Update the student's profile for this session.

Potential side effects

get_student_context

Read back the current stored student profile for this session.

Inferred read-only

list_schools

List all available school slugs.

Inferred read-only

list_departments

Get all academic departments at a school.

Inferred read-only

search_courses

Find courses at a school by keyword and/or department — returns sections, instructors, and live enrollment.

Inferred read-only

get_course_details

Get everything about a specific course — full description, prerequisites, gen-ed area, grading, and live seat availability per section.

Inferred read-only

list_first_year_seminars

List first-year seminars or equivalent small introductory courses at a school.

Inferred read-only

list_courses_for_freshmen

Find intro-level courses in a department that first-year students can take.

Inferred read-only

list_gen_ed_courses

Find courses in a department that fulfill distribution or general education requirements at a school.

Inferred read-only

search_by_instructor

Find all courses taught by a specific instructor at a school this term.

Inferred read-only

search_faculty_research

Find faculty at a school whose research matches a topic — returns research summaries, contact info, and websites.

Inferred read-only

get_faculty_profile

Get a faculty member's full profile — biography, research, OpenAlex publications (citation counts, open-access links, topic tags), current courses, contact info, and active NIH grants.

Inferred read-only

explore_academic_path

Map a complete academic path for a career goal — departments to study in, courses to take, faculty to approach, ranked by how well each school supports the goal.

Inferred read-only

get_major_requirements

Get the exact degree requirements for a major at a specific school — required courses, elective groups, math prerequisites, and catalog URL.

Inferred read-only

get_career_outcomes

Get real data on a specific career — salary range, job outlook, required skills, typical employers, time to entry, and which majors lead there.

Inferred read-only

get_career_paths

Work backwards from a career to find which majors and schools lead there — and which adjacent careers are nearby.

Inferred read-only

search_reu_programs

Find active NSF-funded Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) programs in a research field.

Inferred read-only

search_faculty_all_schools

Find researchers across schools by topic — auto-discovers departments and returns faculty ranked by research match.

Inferred read-only

report_answer_gap

Call this when you cannot give a useful answer because the system is missing data — a school not in the system, a major not tracked, a career not in the database.

Inferred read-only

search_all_schools

Search course offerings across schools and rank them by how much each covers a topic.

Inferred read-only

CONNECT WITH APPROVAL

Client installation

Review this server and its permissions before adding it. Secret placeholders must be set locally.

Codex

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.open-campus-advisor]
url = "https://api.opencampusadvisor.org/mcp"
enabled = true

Claude Code

.mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "open-campus-advisor": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.opencampusadvisor.org/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktop

Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector

Name: open-campus-advisor
Remote MCP URL: https://api.opencampusadvisor.org/mcp

Add this remote URL as a custom connector in Claude Desktop. Availability depends on the user plan and workspace policy.

Cursor

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "open-campus-advisor": {
      "url": "https://api.opencampusadvisor.org/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Visual Studio Code

.vscode/mcp.json

Add to Visual Studio Code

{
  "servers": {
    "open-campus-advisor": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.opencampusadvisor.org/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Generic MCP

Client-specific MCP configuration

{
  "name": "open-campus-advisor",
  "transport": "streamable-http",
  "url": "https://api.opencampusadvisor.org/mcp"
}

MCP Inspector

Run the official MCP Inspector locally and enter the indexed Streamable HTTP endpoint.

TRUST AND VERIFICATION EVIDENCE

Trust Data Available

BuiltWith Trust API v2 evidence for opencampusadvisor.org was fetched 2026-08-23T14:15:32.782Z.

Trust status Neutral

opencampusadvisor.org is assessed as Neutral: No suspicious signals found, but no strong positive signal either

Indexed

Evidence is source-attributed and does not guarantee that a third-party server is safe. Risk labels are conservative metadata heuristics.