Model Context Protocol · v0.1.1

California Virtual Campus course search for AI assistants.

Search public CVC online courses, retrieve California community college class details, and inspect sections, seats, instructors, meeting times, tuition, and zero-textbook-cost status through a remote MCP server.

Service online · no API key required

Connect

Use this Streamable HTTP endpoint in Claude, Cursor, Codex, or another MCP client:

https://cvc-mcp.vercel.app/mcp

Generic MCP configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cvc": {
      "url": "https://cvc-mcp.vercel.app/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Tools

search_course_ids

Search a college by C-ID, local course symbol, or title.

get_course

Retrieve course metadata, sections, and available seats per section by CVC ID.

scrape_course_ids

Experimental browser-backed search for local installations with Chrome.

scrape_courses

Experimental browser search plus full course details. Not available on Vercel.

Example prompts

“Search CVC for COMP 122 courses at Pasadena City College.”
“Get the current sections and available seats for CVC course 1052228.”
“Which listed sections are asynchronous or zero-textbook-cost?”

Important

This independent project is not affiliated with California Virtual Campus. Course availability changes quickly; verify enrollment information on the returned CVC source URL. The hosted service is public and read-only.