Academy

MCP server for StudioMeyer Academy — connect Claude Code, Cursor, or Claude Desktop to your learning progress and the AI-Operator Recipe Stack.

• See where you are in the 6-level Memory-First AI Operator curriculum (free)
• Walk 74 step-by-step Recipes covering CLAUDE.md, Skills, MCP-server building, OAuth, Multi-Tenant SaaS — with per-step Validators that check whether what you just did actually worked
• Browse the Knowledge Graph (32 Concepts + 27 Relations covering CLAUDE.md, agents.md, OAuth-PKCE, MCPize, Multi-Tenant, Operator Skills, ...)
• Get the next lesson or recipe recommended based on your real progress
• Take inline quizzes, submit checkpoints, earn certificates
• Run daily spaced-repetition review directly in your chat
• Talk to the Academy AI-Tutor about the current lesson (Pro only)

Academy lives at https://studiomeyer.academy (and https://academy.studiomeyer.io).

v0.2.0 update (2026-04-25): Added 10 Recipe + Knowledge-Graph tools. Recipes Phase 1-5 free, Phase 6-10 require Pro subscription, Phase 11-15 coming-soon. Lessons stay free forever.

Install

npm install -g mcp-academy

Or run without installing:

npx -y mcp-academy

Setup

1. Log in at https://academy.studiomeyer.io/dashboard/keys
2. Create a new API key (e.g. "Claude Code Desktop")
3. Copy the token — it starts with academy_...
4. Wire it into your MCP-capable client.

Claude Code

claude mcp add academy \
  -s user \
  --env ACADEMY_API_KEY=academy_your_token_here \
  -- npx -y mcp-academy

Claude Desktop

Edit ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json (macOS) or the equivalent on your OS:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "academy": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-academy"],
      "env": {
        "ACADEMY_API_KEY": "academy_your_token_here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Cursor

Add to ~/.cursor/mcp.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "academy": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-academy"],
      "env": { "ACADEMY_API_KEY": "academy_your_token_here" }
    }
  }
}

Tools

23 tools total — 13 Lessons + 10 Recipes / Knowledge-Graph.

Lessons (13)

Recipes + Knowledge-Graph (10, new in v0.2.0)

Env Variables

Setting ACADEMY_BASE_URL is useful if you want to run the MCP server against a local Academy instance (http://localhost:3220).

Privacy

The server never stores anything locally. Every call is a straight HTTPS request to your Academy account, authenticated by the Bearer token you configured. Revoke any key at https://academy.studiomeyer.io/dashboard/keys.

License

MIT © StudioMeyer.