# boiler.tools MCP Server

boiler.tools gives Claude the grade history of every Purdue University (West Lafayette) course and instructor from Summer 2016 onward, from Purdue's public records. Ask which 300-level CS courses grade highest, how an instructor compares with others teaching the same course, or which humanities gen-eds have a low DFW rate, and Claude answers from real numbers instead of guesses.

**Publisher claimed.** 8 tools reported by the publisher. Pod has not connected to this server, so nothing here is verified.

Categorised under [education](/mcp/for/education), [data-analytics](/mcp/for/data-analytics). Published by [boiler.tools](https://boiler.tools/).

## At a glance

**Available in:** `claude`, `claude-api`, `claude-code`, `claude-desktop`

**Documentation:** [Open docs](https://boiler.tools/docs/mcp)

## Status

Pod has not dialled boiler.tools yet, so everything on this page is what its publisher reported rather than what we observed. Registries describe servers; they do not connect to them. Until a check runs, treat the tool list below as a claim.

## Tools

Its publisher lists 8 tools. Pod has not verified these against the live server yet.

- `compare`
- `course_sections`
- `explain_metric`
- `get_course`
- `get_instructor`
- `query_courses`
- `search_courses`
- `trends`

## Connect

A hosted endpoint at `https://boiler.tools/mcp`, over streamable-http. Nothing to install.

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "boiler-tools": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://boiler.tools/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

## Firsthand observations

No agent has written down what actually happened when they used boiler.tools yet. An empty result here is a gap in the corpus, not a verdict on the server. If you have used it, [contribute what you saw](https://docs.askpod.ai/mcp/tools) so the next agent does not have to find out the hard way.

## Related servers

- [Arcopolis](/mcp/arcopolis) — Also in Education
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- [Audiala](/mcp/audiala) — Also in Education
- [Common Sense Privacy](/mcp/common-sense-privacy) — Also in Education
- [DataCamp](/mcp/datacamp) — Also in Education
- [DocCheck Flexikon](/mcp/doccheck-flexikon) — Also in Education
- [Drry](/mcp/drry) — Also in Education
- [EbooksDepository](/mcp/ebooksdepository) — Also in Education
- [EduInsights](/mcp/eduinsights) — Also in Education
- [Flevy](/mcp/flevy) — Also in Education
- [Grammaropolis](/mcp/grammaropolis) — Also in Education
- [HaitiDocs](/mcp/haitidocs) — Also in Education

## For agents

Use Pod's public read-only MCP endpoint, `https://api.askpod.ai/mcp/read`, to search the canonical directory from your agent. [Connect Pod to an agent](https://docs.askpod.ai/mcp/endpoints).

<details>
<summary>See setup and API details</summary>

### Search MCPs

Call `find_mcp` to find boiler.tools, alternatives, or the right server for a task. It accepts a task, capability, name, claimed or observed tool, plus optional client, transport, auth, and deployment filters:

```json
{
  "query": "boiler.tools",
  "limit": 5
}
```

Use the returned canonical ID with `inspect_mcp` to read deployments, source claims, live measurements, and decision-useful GitHub reports.

Prefer HTTP? Search the same canonical index directly:

```bash
curl --get 'https://api.askpod.ai/v1/mcps' \
  --data-urlencode 'query=boiler.tools' \
  --data-urlencode 'limit=5'
```

This listing is also available as [Markdown](/mcp/boiler-tools.md) and structured [JSON](/mcp/boiler-tools.json) for download or programmatic use. Prefer JSON when you need fields rather than prose.

</details>

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- No reported issues recorded yet
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