BC Curriculum vs Nope Mcp — Open Educational Resources search
A side-by-side look at the BC Curriculum and Nope Mcp — Open Educational Resources search MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose BC Curriculum for education work as a local process; choose Nope Mcp — Open Educational Resources search for education. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
Which MCP server should you choose?
Choose BC Curriculum when
You need dedicated capabilities in the Education domain.
You prefer a local stdio subprocess transport.
You want tools like bc_search_curriculum, bc_get_course_curriculum, bc_get_grade_progression.
bc_search_curriculumSearch BC curriculum (K-12) for standards, competencies, content items, and assessment resources using full-text search. Returns structured results with source metadata.
Args:
- query (string): Natural language search query (e.g., 'empathetic design thinking', 'coding and computational thinking')
- subject (string, optional): Filter by subject slug (e.g., 'adst', 'science')
- grade (integer, optional): Filter by grade level (0=K, 1-12)
- content_type (string, optional): Filter by content type ('big_idea', 'competency', 'content_item', 'elaboration', 'assessment', 'all')
- limit (integer, optional): Max results (default 10, max 50)
Returns: Matching curriculum elements with source type, course, subject, and grade metadata.
bc_get_course_curriculumGet the complete BC curriculum for a specific course: Big Ideas, Curricular Competencies (grouped by domain), and Content/KDU items with elaborations. Returns the full three-column structure used by BC Ministry of Education.
Args:
- subject (string): Subject slug (e.g., 'adst', 'science')
- grade (integer): Grade level (0=K, 1-12)
- course (string, optional): Course slug (e.g., 'technology-explorations'). If omitted, returns all courses for that subject+grade.
Returns: Complete three-column curriculum structure per course, including elaborations.
bc_get_grade_progressionShow how Big Ideas, Competencies, and Content progress across grade levels for a BC subject. Useful for understanding scaffolding, prerequisites, and learning trajectories. When a query is provided, filters to only matching items at each grade — showing a focused vertical thread rather than a full data dump.
Args:
- subject (string): Subject slug
- grade_from (integer): Starting grade (0=K, 1-12)
- grade_to (integer): Ending grade (0=K, 1-12)
- focus (string, optional): Which element to trace ('big_ideas', 'competencies', 'content', 'all'). Default 'all'.
- query (string, optional): Focus on a specific concept (e.g., 'evidence', 'multiplication'). Only matching items shown at each grade.
Returns: Grade-by-grade breakdown of curriculum elements showing progression, optionally filtered to a concept thread.
bc_get_competency_connectionsFind curricular competencies that appear across multiple subjects or courses. Useful for interdisciplinary curriculum design and identifying transferable skills.
Args:
- competency_text (string): A competency description to find connections for
- scope (string, optional): Where to search ('same_subject', 'cross_subject', 'all'). Default 'all'.
Returns: Related competencies from other courses/subjects with similarity ranking.
bc_get_core_competenciesGet BC Core Competencies (Communication, Thinking, Personal/Social) with proficiency profiles. These cross-cutting competencies are assessed across all subjects.
Args:
- domain (string, optional): Filter by domain ('communication', 'thinking', 'personal_social', 'all'). Default 'all'.
Returns: Core competencies with descriptions and proficiency profile levels.
bc_get_assessment_resourcesGet BC assessment practices, classroom assessment resources, and reporting guidance.
Args:
- subject (string, optional): Filter by subject slug
- grade (integer, optional): Filter by grade level
- resource_type (string, optional): Filter by type ('classroom-assessment', 'reporting', 'standards-based', 'all'). Default 'all'.
Returns: Assessment resources with content and type metadata.
bc_get_fpplGet the First Peoples Principles of Learning (FPPL) with descriptions and connections to curriculum areas. BC curriculum requires authentic integration of these principles.
Args:
- subject (string, optional): Filter connections to a specific subject
Returns: FPPL principles with descriptions and subject-specific connections.
bc_list_coursesList all available courses in the BC curriculum database (K-12). Use this to discover what courses are available before querying specific curriculum data.
Args:
- subject (string, optional): Filter by subject slug
- grade (integer, optional): Filter by grade level (0=K, 1-12)
Returns: List of courses with subject, grade, name, and URL.
bc_get_crawl_statusCheck when BC curriculum data was last crawled, data completeness, and any crawl errors. Use to verify data freshness before relying on results.
Args:
- subject (string, optional): Check specific subject only
Returns: Crawl timestamps, record counts per subject, and recent errors.
bc_search_cross_curricularFind curriculum elements shared between two or more subjects at the same grade level. Identifies overlapping competencies, big ideas, and content across subjects. Essential for interdisciplinary planning.
Args:
- subjects (string[]): Two or more subject slugs to compare (e.g., ['science', 'adst'])
- grade (integer): Grade level (0=K, 1-12)
- focus (string, optional): Which element to compare ('big_ideas', 'competencies', 'content', 'all'). Default 'all'.
- query (string, optional): Narrow to a specific concept (e.g., 'evidence', 'design thinking')
- limit (integer, optional): Max connections to return (default 20, max 50)
Returns: Groups of curriculum items connected by shared language across subjects.
bc_get_curriculum_changesShow what changed in BC curriculum since a given date. Detects added, removed, and modified Big Ideas, Competencies, and Content items across crawl runs. Requires at least two crawls to have change data.
Args:
- since (string, optional): ISO date (e.g., '2026-01-15'). Default: last 30 days.
- subject (string, optional): Filter by subject slug
- grade (integer, optional): Filter by grade level
- change_type (string, optional): Filter by change type ('added', 'removed', 'modified', 'all'). Default 'all'.
- limit (integer, optional): Max entries to return (default 50, max 100)
Returns: Course-level summary of which courses changed, plus item-level detail of what specifically was added/removed/modified.
bc_get_course_historyShow the crawl history and change timeline for a specific course. Includes each crawl snapshot (date, item counts, content hash) and a changelog of all detected modifications.
Args:
- subject (string): Subject slug (e.g., 'science')
- grade (integer): Grade level (0=K, 1-12)
- course (string, optional): Course slug (e.g., 'chemistry'). If omitted, shows history for all courses at subject+grade.
Returns: Timeline of crawl snapshots and detected changes per course.
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search_resourcesSearch for educational resources (learning materials, courses, videos, etc.) using full-text search and metadata filters. Returns resources matching the query from the AMB relay. Only openly licensed resources are returned (CC0, Public Domain, CC BY, CC BY-SA); NC/ND, all-rights-reserved and unlicensed resources are left out. NOTE: the metadata filters (publisherName, creatorName, subjectLabel, resourceTypeLabel, educationalLevelLabel) are EXACT full-string matches against the stored metadata (case-insensitive) — not fuzzy or substring searches. A guessed spelling silently returns 0 results; use resolve_publisher to find the canonical actor spelling first. On a zero-match actor filter the response includes actorCandidates with similar spellings to retry with.
search_contentTopic search across ALL content types on the relay in one ranked call: educational resources (kind 30142), long-form articles/blogs (30023), wikis (30818), projects (30143), measures (30144), and NKBIP-01 publications (30040 indices + 30041 sections — scientific articles, books). Results are interleaved and ranked by semantic passage match, and each carries the matched passage ("snippet") when available — use it to answer the user, not just list links. Educational resources are returned only when openly licensed (CC0, Public Domain, CC BY, CC BY-SA); the other content types carry no license and are all included. This is the tool for DISCOVERY intent — the user wants materials to browse ("finde/suche/empfiehl Materialien zu X"): present the items. For QUESTION intent — the user wants an answer built from the content ("wie/warum/was hilft bei X?") — prefer search_passages, which returns quotable fulltext passages with citations; this tool then supplements the answer with browsable links. Each result carries eventAuthor (the Nostr signer who uploaded the event — often an aggregator) plus, for resources, creator/publisher (who actually made and published the resource); these can differ, so do not treat eventAuthor as the publisher. For full metadata (license, dates, complete entity lists) pass a result's naddr to get_resource. Publication facets ride inside the query string as NIP-50 field filters: append type:academic, doi:10.1234/abcd.5678, keywords:<term>, or partOf:30143:<pubkey>:<d> ("publications of a project") to the query — the relay resolves them server-side. When presenting results to the user, render each as a markdown link so they can open it directly — prefer sourcePage (the original external source page, present on most resources and on projects/measures/publications), then url, then naddr. For upcoming events on the same topic, follow up with search_calendar_events.
get_resource
Ready-to-paste client configs
Paste either block (or both) into your client config, e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json. We only show a config when the install command is confirmed.
No confirmed install command for Nope Mcp — Open Educational Resources search yet — follow the setup steps linked from its listing page rather than a guessed package name.
Frequently asked questions
BC Curriculum is categorized under Education and uses a local stdio subprocess. Nope Mcp — Open Educational Resources search belongs to Education and uses an install path we have not confirmed yet. Pick BC Curriculum for education work and Nope Mcp — Open Educational Resources search for education.
Copy the mcpServers block from the config section on this page into your client's config (for example claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json), then fully restart the client. Nope Mcp — Open Educational Resources search has no confirmed install command yet — follow its own setup instructions.
BC Curriculum has no declared pricing — check the project's own site. Nope Mcp — Open Educational Resources search has no declared pricing — check the project's own site. If a server needs environment variables such as API keys, define them under the env key in your client's MCP config.
Yes. MCP clients support multiple servers: add bc-curriculum and nope-mcp-open-educational-resources-search as separate keys in the same mcpServers object, and your assistant will call tools from either one.
On AllMCPs, BC Curriculum has a quality signal of 52/100 (Good) with 3 views, 0 installs and 0 GitHub stars. Nope Mcp — Open Educational Resources search has 52/100 (Good) with 0 views, 0 installs and 1 GitHub stars.
Retrieve a single piece of content by naddr (preferred — pass a search_content result's naddr), d-tag identifier, or event ID. naddrs of ANY content type from search_content work (resources, articles, wikis, projects, measures, publications); non-resource kinds return the same shape as their search results. Bare identifier/eventId lookups (no naddr) always resolve the full educational-resource metadata (kind 30142), including creator/publisher and educational properties. Lookups are not license-filtered: a learning resource carries openLicense (true for CC0, Public Domain, CC BY, CC BY-SA — the open licenses that search results are currently limited to). When presenting the resource, render a markdown link the user can open: prefer its sourcePage (the original source page); fall back to url (the edufeed viewer) only when sourcePage is absent.
browse_subjectsList available subjects/topics in the educational resource collection. Returns subjects with their labels and resource counts.
browse_resource_typesList available learning resource types (Video, Course, Worksheet, etc.) with resource counts.
browse_educational_levelsList available educational levels (Primary, Secondary, Higher Education, etc.) with resource counts.
relay_statsGet information about all selectable AMB relays (default and extra), including supported NIPs, relay name, and description.
list_relaysList the configured AMB relays. defaultRelays are searched on every query; extraRelays hold different corpora (e.g. the OERSI aggregation) and are only searched when a search/get tool call passes them in its relays parameter.
relay_list_getGet a user's NIP-65 relay list (kind 10002). Returns read and write relays for the specified pubkey. If no pubkey provided, uses the connected signer's pubkey.
skos_get_vocabularyFetch and parse a SKOS vocabulary from its URI. Returns the concept scheme with all concepts organized hierarchically.
skos_get_conceptGet details of a single SKOS concept by its URI, including broader, narrower, and related concepts.
skos_searchSearch for concepts in a SKOS vocabulary. By default searches prefLabel, altLabel, hiddenLabel, and definition.